Seattle Seahawks Alexander
The Seattle Seahawks (13-3) had the best record in the NFC this season and got a first-round playoff bye and home-field advantage. They are hosts Saturday to the defensive-minded Washington Redskins as they go after their first playoff victory since 1984.
A lot of there success is down to one man - Shaun Alexander.
It isn't that easy to explain what Shaun Alexander does so well, nothing really...and then again everything. Perhaps there is nothing that defines him - nothing that stands out as with other running backs. He is perhaps like Pete Sampras in tennis terms - who possesses a solid all round game - but without the top spin of Borg or the serve and volley of McEnroe...
So what does Alexander have? Well, figures that's what. He owns the league-leading total of 1,880 rushing yards, the 28 total touchdowns that set an NFL single season record, the 89 rushing touchdowns in 96 games that leave him behind only eleven players. He carried 370 times this season and averaged 5.1 yards, leading the Seahawks to their best record. He had a touchdown run of 88 yards, which was the second longest in the NFL and beat all rushers with fifty-four carries of ten yards or more. He has also managed a run of ten yards or more in fifty-five consecutive games, currently the NFL's longest active run.
Enough said.
Washington take a nine point advantage to Seattle on the pointspread.
