Hawks sink Washington 35-14, face Packers next

With a shocking turnaround early in the fourth quarter, all signs pointed to Washington's storybook season adding one of its most compelling chapters yet.

But in a matter of 28 seconds, the Seahawks struck back to take hold of a 35-14 victory Saturday in the NFC wild-card playoffs.

With 28 seconds between them, Matt Hasselbeck's 20-yard touchdown pass to D.J. Hackett and Marcus Trufant's 78-yard interception return for a touchdown turned a 14-13 deficit to Washington into a 28-14 lead as the Seahawks rallied for their fourth consecutive home playoff victory.

The Seahawks advance to play their third divisional-round game in as many years. They will play at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Green Bay for a chance to advance to the NFC Championship game.

The Seahawks took a 13-0 lead into the fourth quarter, but Washington rallied. Quarterback Todd Collins hit Antwaan Randle El over the middle for a 7-yard touchdown on the first play of the quarter to cut the lead to 13-7.

Two plays later from scrimmage, Hasselbeck threw the first of two fourth-quarter interceptions. On the following drive, Collins threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss on a crossing route.

And like that, with 12:38 left, Washington had the lead, 14-13.

Disaster seemed imminent after the following kickoff, when a short Washington kick took an awkward bounce past returner Nate Burleson. Washington's Anthony Mix recovered at the Seattle 14-yard line. But the drive stalled, and Washington kicker Shaun Suisham missed wide left on a 30-yard field-goal attempt that kept the Seahawks' deficit at one.

With 8:03 left, the Seahawks took over at the Washington 42, and a five-play drive ended with Hasselbeck's 20-yard touchdown pass to Hackett, who was wide open down the middle. Hackett finished with 101 yards receiving.

Hasselbeck's pass to Marcus Pollard on the two-point conversion put Seattle ahead 21-14 with 6:06 left. On the next play from scrimmage, Trufant intercepted Collins and ran 78 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown with 5:38 left.

Jordan Babineaux added on with a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown with 27 seconds left.

The Seahawks led most of the way until the crazy fourth quarter. They took the lead with 3:45 left in the first quarter on their longest run of the afternoon and fullback Leonard Weaver's longest run in almost three months. On first down, Leonard Weaver ran right off tackle, then cut to the sideline before diving over the pylon for a 17-yard score.

Josh Brown added a 50-yard field goal in second quarter and a 33-yarder in the third -- both into the wind -- to give the Seahawks a 13-0 lead going into the fourth quarter.