Editor: Joe Bryant. Game Recap Contributors: Mike Anderson, Michael Brown, Chris Burtt, J.D. Caldwell, David Dodds, Bobby Elder, Jim Enochs, Joel Faulhaber, Michael Flynn, Kevin Goldblum, Clayton Gray, Bob Harris, Fred Hebert, Jesse Hilsenrad, Drew Kendall, Jeff Lewis, Joey Matusek, Justin Oliver, Steve Prosapio, David Shick, Cody Smith, Scott Smith, Jeffrey Stout. Seattle 17 at Dallas 14 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Seattle Seahawks: Trent Dilfer tore his Achilles tendon just before halftime. Dilfer will most likely be out for the season. Matt Hasselbeck was surprisingly effective replacing Dilfer and moved the Seattle offense well enough to get a win. Shaun Alexander managed only 58 yards on 23 carries although two of the carries were for touchdowns. He did not get to the line of scrimmage quickly and was caught behind the line of scrimmage on several plays. The Seattle offensive line was not opening holes for him to go anywhere. However, the two touchdowns were the first two rushing touchdowns yielded by the Dallas defense this season. Maurice Morris was given a series in the second and fourth quarter. He managed 24 yards on 6 carries, but went back to the bench when Seattle got inside the 10 yard line. Alexander is still the first option in the red zone for Seattle. Just before Alexander came back into the game for his first touchdown, Alexander was shown on the sideline having emphatic discussion with coach Mike Holmgren while Morris was in the game. However, they were "smiles" involved in the discussion. Neither person was looking upset. Darrel Jackson took a vicious hit from Darren Woodson at the start of Seattle's game winning field goal drive. After the game in the locker room Jackson had what is being called a seizure, but he did not stop breathing or lose consciousness. Dallas Cowboys: Emmitt Smith got the rushing record today. The Dallas coaching staff made sure he got plenty of carries early on and the weak Seattle run defense was plenty giving. Emmitt was productive with 8 carries of 10+ yards. Even after the record was in the books Smith ran hard and got the second Dallas touchdown. Chad Hutchinson was unimpressive. As you might expect, he was up and down with one decent play followed by something ugly. He did show some good arm strength. But there seemed to be questions at half time as to whether we'd see Quincy Carter back there. Did nothing to make folks think the QB question for Dallas is now answered. He was able to make several difficult throws, but wasn't given much of an opportunity down field. Hutchinson struggled in converting third down opportunities as Dallas was only 3 of 9 on the day. Hutchinson couldn't keep the sticks moving. Both Seattle and Dallas are simply bad teams. Without the celebration of Emmitt Smith getting the record this was a pretty ho-hum game. WHAT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW Seattle Seahawks QB: Trent Dilfer: 7-12-46 (1 INT). Dilfer tore his Achilles tendon at the start of the second quarter and his season appears to be over. Matt Hasselbeck: 12-19-131 (1 INT), 3-11 yards rushing. Hasselbeck replaced Dilfer and led Seattle on two 74 yard touchdown drives. He was efficient and threw the ball well. His one interception was thrown high, but hit Darrell Jackson in both hands and bounced to the defensive back. He was surprisingly effective in leading his team back to a win. RB: Shaun Alexander: 23-58 yards rushing (2 TD), 7-38 yards receiving (9 targets). Alexander's long carries of the day were for 8 and 10 yards. He found himself on the bench for a couple series during the game with Maurice Morris in, but was quickly back in the huddle as Seattle entered the red zone. It was apparent that the game plan today called for Alexander to get the ball more often in the passing game. Showed nice patience and vision on the 2nd TD. Maurice Morris: 6-24 yards rushing, (0 targets). Put a scare into Alexander owners as much was made of the noise concerning the carries Morris was to steal from Alexander during the week. It didn't turn out to be too significant although it bears keeping an eye on. WR: Darrel Jackson: 2-42 yards receiving (7 targets). Jackson was the targeted receiver on both interceptions during the game. One of those was thrown high, but hit him in the hands. Jackson took a huge hit from Darren Woodson going across the middle on the second play of the last Seattle drive. Woodson was flagged for the hit and Jackson walked to the sideline. He was not targeted again in the game. After the game in the locker room Jackson had what is being called a seizure, but he did not stop breathing or lose consciousness. Keep an eye on this situation. Koren Robinson: 2-23 yards receiving (5 targets). Robinson responded to the Woodson hit on Jackson by almost getting into a fight on the field, but no punches were thrown. After sitting one play Robinson was targeted down the sideline on a play that drew a flag that led to the winning score. Bobby Engram: 6-69 yards receiving (6 targets). Engram was targeted hitting the seams in the middle of the field out of the slot three times in the first quarter. It was obvious that Seattle is working him into their game plan on a more regular basis. TE: Itula Mili: 0-0 yards receiving (1 target). Mili's one target was in the endzone off a play action pass. Pass Defense: Seattle was able to only put mild pressure on Hutchinson in the game (2 sacks from John Randle). Springs recovered well on one long pass play to knock away a potential touchdown to Galloway, but was burned on another play when he tried to jump the route. Rush Defense: Seattle gave up only 109 yards to Emmitt Smith, but when you put this in perspective and consider that this was the first Smith 100 yard game this season you can be sure that the Seattle run defense is still not getting any better. Special Teams: For the second week in a row Jeff Feagles kept an opponent pinned deep. He punted 5 times for a 44.6 average and put 3 inside the 20 including one down at the 3 yard line. Rian Lindell made his only FG attempt of the game from 20 yards to win the game. /**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/**/** Dallas Cowboys QB: Chad Hutchinson: 12-24-145 (1TD). Dallas was only 3 for 9 on third downs and Hutchinson was rarely given a chance to throw on 1st down. As you might expect, he was up and down with one decent play followed by something ugly. He did show some good arm strength. But there seemed to be questions at half time as to whether we'd see Quincy Carter back there. Did nothing to make folks think the QB question for Dallas is now answered. He managed pretty well with what he had to work with and made only two glaring mistakes. He missed 2 TDs on a terrible under thrown ball to McGee inside the 10 yard line, and a long ball to Galloway that he threw too late that gave the corner time to recover. RB: Emmitt Smith: 24-109 rushing yards (1TD), 1-3 yards receiving (1 target). Now the all time leading rusher. Smith ran hard and had 8 carries of at least 10+ yards. However, none of these longer carries went for more than 20 yards. Emmitt is clearly missing the extra gear he once had, but still does a serviceable job in helping to move the sticks. Troy Hambrick: 3-5 rushing yards (0 targets). Hambrick was the third down RB replacing Smith in anything resembling a passing down, but mysteriously didn't get targeted with a pass the entire game. WR: Joey Galloway: 4-62 (1TD) receiving yards (9 targets). Galloway torched his good buddy Shawn Springs (both are former OSU Buckeyes) on a 39 yard touchdown. Springs tried to jump the first move and Galloway blew by Springs for an easy six. Galloway was easily the favored target by Hutchinson. Antonio Bryant: 1-14 receiving yards (4 targets). Bryant had only the one catch, but made a great adjustment on a poorly thrown ball on the last play of the game. It would have put Dallas into field goal position for a tie, but he went out of bounds before the catch and the offensive penalty ended the game. TE: Tony McGee: 3-35 receiving yards (3 targets). James Whalen was targeted early in the game, but McGee was the receiving target in the fourth quarter. McGee would have easily had a touchdown if not for a terrible under thrown pass from Hutchison inside the 10 yard line. Pass Defense: Dallas didn't manage much pressure (1 sack) on either Dilfer or Hasselbeck but did get an interception out of each. Both had lots of time to survey the field without being hurried. Two penalties on the Dallas defensive backfield aided in Seattle's winning field goal drive, a personal foul and a pass interference call. Rush Defense: Alexander was bottled up all game. If you take away his two longest carries (8 and 10 yards), they kept him under 2 yards per carry on the other 21 carries. However, they did give up their first rushing touchdowns of the season. Special Teams: Nothing special to report.