Favorable spot helps Seattle put Rams away | Seahawks

Published 2:28 pm Monday, January 3, 2011

Any Seahawk fan that remembers the 2006 Super Bowl will tell you it seems like officials hate the Seattle Seahawks.

As Yahoo! Sports blogger Chris Chase points out, a crucial missed call actually helped Seattle put away the St. Louis Rams Sunday night.

Seattle’s Michael Robinson came up short on a third-down run, but slid forward as the play was ending. The referee came forward and signaled a first down when the Seahawks should have been short of the mark.

The Rams hadn’t scored a touchdown all game and it’s hard to project what they would have done on offense, but it was clearly a poor call that went in Seattle’s favor.

Seattle went on to win 16-6 and earn a trip to the playoffs.