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Video: Seahawks WR Sidney Rice knocked for a loop on game-winning overtime TD catch
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Seattle Seahawks receiver Sidney Rice was fortunate that the ball he caught broke the plane of the end zone in overtime on the play that led his team to a 23-17 overtime win over the Chicago Bears. Rice was hit so hard by Bears safety Major Wright, he was out cold before he hit the ground. The 13-yard pass from quarterback Russell Wilson was the final play of an 80-yard drive to start the extra quarter.
It was the Seahawks’ first overtime win since 2005.
We got the feeling, however, that Rice will have to ask his teammates how the play went. As he went to the left side of the end zone, Wright launched himself at the receiver, leading to a violent collision that seemed legal on its face.
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Texans punt returner gets run down and tackled by the punter
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Returners often get a hard time when the punter tackles them on the way to the end zone.
Those plays are almost always the same. The returner has just the punter to beat, tries to put on a move, the punter guesses right and happens to get in the returner’s way enough to get a tackle. You almost never, ever see a punter get beat, recover, and run down the returner to prevent a touchdown.
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