Hasselbeck threw for 272 yards and the four TDs set a playoff career high. It was quite a show by Hasselbeck, whose contract expires after the season. He walked off the field to a rousing ovation with his son propped on his shoulders.
“It wasn’t just one thing, it felt like everyone did a little something to help us get the win,” Hasselbeck said. “It was just an awesome feeling.”
But for all Hasselbeck did, the lasting image of this stunner will be Lynch’s run that clinched the victory.
Lynch took a second-down carry with less than four minutes to go and then the highlights began. Eight different Saints’ got their hands on Lynch as he shed six tackles. Lynch added a massive stiff arm that sent cornerback Tracy Porter(notes) to the turf and dived backward into the end zone on the longest scoring run of his career.
Hasselbeck said if that play gets 4 yards “you’re patting yourself on the back.” Lynch finished with 131 yards on 19 carries, the first Seattle back to top 100 yards this season.
“That was the most unbelievable, unrealistic play I’ve ever seen in the history of football,” Seattle linebacker Aaron Curry(notes) said. “It was just unreal. It seems just like a routine football play, then he takes it to another level.”
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