Sports: FootballUSA pro: San Fran 49ers vs Atlanta Falcons + Colin Kaepernick

Reuters football journo, Simon Evans, reads fast and well, covering all the combos the Atlanta Falcons have to offer around there quirky star Colin Kaepernick.  I, for one, can't help go into viewing this game without rooting for the Falcons against the intrepid San Fransisco 49ers.  But, heck, I'll take anything as it comes along if the game is as lively and engaging as Evans' write-up suggests it will be.

— Sportikos, refWrite Backpage sports newspotter, analyst, columnist

Reuters (Jan20,2k13)
All eyes are on Colin Kaepernick 
in National Football Conference title game

by Simon Evans

Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:42pm EST

(Reuters) - The Atlanta Falcons are one game from finally turning their Super Bowl potential into reality but while their presence in the NFC Championship game is no shock, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is certainly a surprise element.

Sunday's game in the Georgia Dome will arguably come down to whether Atlanta's defense, which has struggled against mobile quarterbacks this season, will be able to cope with the fast read-option plays of the thrillingly unpredictable Kaepernick.

Atlanta have everything else in place.

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Sports: Football pro: Seahawks (24) defeat Redskins (14)

Yeah, Seahawks out of state of Washington go to DC and win.  Now they gear up for next weeks challenge against Atlanta's Falcons.  It's about time I learned what "top seeded" means.  Is that a betting term?  Or an atheletics term?

-- Sportikos, refWrite Backpage sports newspotter, analyst, columnist


Huffington Post (Jan7,2k13)

Seahawks defeat Redskins, 24-14: RG3 injured, Marshawn Lynch scores key Seattle touchdown

by JOSEPH WHITE 01/06/13 10:39 PM ET EST

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LANDOVER, Md. — Russell Wilson raced ahead to throw the final block on Marshawn Lynch's fourth-quarter, go-ahead touchdown run, doing just enough to get in the way of the Washington Redskins safety near the goal line.

Less than a minute later, Robert Griffin III's knee buckled as he tried to field a bad shotgun snap, the pain so bad that he didn't even try to recover the ball.

The last rookie quarterback standing in the NFL playoffs is Wilson – the third-round pick who teamed with Lynch on Sunday to lead the Seattle Seahawks to a 24-14 victory over Griffin and the Redskins.

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