EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After a few agonizing seconds concluding one of the few plays of the game that compelled fans to get out of their seats, Seattle receiver Paul Richardson won the fight with New York’s Landon Collins for control of the ball.
And when he did, it also finally gave the Seahawks control of a game that until that point had ranked as among the most exasperating in their recent history.
Seattle dominated statistically from the first play to the last, winning 24-7 and gaining 425 yards and holding the Giants to just 177.
But until Richardson’s 38-yard touchdown catch with 9:34 left put Seattle up 17-7, the game remained in doubt due largely to a litany, if not a comedy, of errors by the Seahawks’ offense that stopped one scoring opportunity after another.