L.J. Collier was either injured or largely ineffective for much of his rookie season. It was a disappointing development at a time when the Seattle Seahawks defensive line needed young talent to blossom quickly in order to establish themselves as title contenders.
Enter year two of Collier — healthy and raring to go, and he was the hero on the final play against the New England Patriots.
With Seattle’s defense bending but not breaking, the Pats had the ball at the 1-yard line with :03 left. Barring a defensive penalty, either the Patriots win and get out of Seattle with a comeback victory or the Seahawks survive and improve to 2-0.