Seattle Seahawks Pummeled by New York Giants: No Guts, No Glory

Winning on the road is all about guts.  That catch-all phrase for mental fortitude, heart, resilience, and just outright toughness.   Any time you walk onto another team’s battlefield for a fight, you are the underdog. When that team happens to be the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants, you are going into the house of the big dog in the NFL. If you don’t have iron guts they’ll hit you so hard you won’t get up.   That is exactly what happened to the Seattle Seahawks.   On their opening drive the New York Giants punched the Seattle Seahawks and they never recovered. The entire game the Seahawks' offense and defense were reeling like a punch-drunk fighter that didn’t know where his opponent was standing in the ring.   Seahawk tacklers bounced off New York Giants running backs, whether it was the monstrous Brendan Jacobs or the fast Ahmad Bradshaw.   Seattle's defensive backs were out-run and out-muscled by ... (link)