Jim Mora: "I certainly hoped so, and I felt like we had to a certain extent. Today, we struggled in the run. That's probably the understatement of the year right there."

Mora on attempts to run the ball: "I felt like coming out of last week's that we needed to stick with the run a little bit. I felt like if we gave up on it, we were giving up on something that we truly believe we have to have to be successful. So we tried to stick with it, but there was a point where we were beating our head against the wall."

Vikings CB Asher Allen just ran a better route than Deion Branch did, breaking out of his cut to pick off Matt Hasselbeck's pass. It's Seattle's second turnover of the game, but just the first committed by the offense. And with that I will sign off from the blog, E-migos, to begin collecting the detritus from this disaster.

Justin Forsett 1 run (pass failed) at 8:05
Minnesota 35, Seattle 9.

Seattle didn't convert a third down in the first three quarters. It did in the fourth, though, as Seattle scored its first touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run by Forsett. Forsett put Seattle in position to score with a 47-yard gain on a screen pass.

Well, even Tarvaris Jackson is throwing for touchdown passes. Yes, it has become that kind of game.

Sidney Rice 34 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) at 10:21.
Minnesota 35, Seattle 3.

Well, Minnesota used a replay challenge to sustain its drive, overturning a pass ruled incomplete to Rice. The challenge overturned it.

Third quarter

Olindo Mare 40 field goal at 0:43
Minnesota 28, Seattle 3.

Well, it took Seattle 42 minutes, but the Seahawks finally crossed midfield, and it came on a 37-yard reception by Nate Burleson, who made the catch despite being interfered with. That set up Seattle for a field goal, its first points of the day.

Sidney Rice 7 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) at 4:08.
Minnesota 28, Seattle 0.

Brett Favre's fourth touchdown pass of the game came against double coverage as he lofted a pass to WR Sidney Rice behind CB Marcus Trufant and S Jordan Babineaux. Coach Jim Mora said this week that Rice had those go-go gadget arms with just a huge extending reach.

Seattle forced a three-and-out on Minnesota's first possession. Seattle has the ball at its own 37, which is 2 yards away from being Seattle's furthest progress in the game. That's scary. The Seahawks ran 19 plays in the first half, they have 61 yards of total offense and minus-6 rushing. Yep. Minus six.

Second quarter

How bad was Seattle's offense in the first half? Well, the Seahawks gave up three second-quarter touchdowns, and the defense hasn't played all that badly. They haven't been able to pressure Brett Favre pretty much at all, but Adrian Peterson hasn't run roughshod over Seattle. The Vikings have just methodically ground them down.

Seattle's longest play of the first half was a kickoff return by Ben Obomanu that resulted in a fumble and set up Minnesota's third touchdown of the second quarter.

The Seahawks committed consecutive false-start penalties on the final drive of the second quarter, the first against Ray Willis and the second against Sean Locklear. Seattle has yet to get the ball past its own 40 in the game.

Bernard Berrian 2 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick)
Minnesota 21, Seattle 0.

Visanthe Shiancoe 8 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) at 4:57.
Minnesota 14, Seattle 0

Seattle helped the Vikings with a 5-yard offsides penalty against Brandon Mebane -- his second of the game -- and then a tripping penalty against safety Deon Grant that will give Jim Mora at least one play to submit to the league. Not only was Grant blocked into Sidney Rice on the play, but the block itself was dubious as Percy Harvin peeled back on Grant.

Defensive tackle Brandon Mebane has now been penalized twice for offsides.

Seattle has now had four possessions, gained two first downs and has yet to move the ball past its own 40 let alone cross midfield.

Anybody still wanting to see more Seneca Wallace on the field? Seattle just lost 9 yards on a play in which Wallace ran left, saw absolutely no room, and went back the other. Another punt.

One-third of the way through the game, Adrian Peterson has 45 yards rushing, Justin Forsett has three, and it's shaping up like a game that if Minnesota is patient, it's just going to wear Seattle down.

Percy Harvin 23 pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick) at 10:05.
Minnesota 7, Seattle 0

If Brett Favre has 3 seconds to stand in the pocket without having anyone get within an arm's reach and he's going to find an open receiver, and that's just what happened. On first-and-10 from the Seattle 24, Favre zipped a fastball to Harvin, who settled into an opening away from David Hawthorne and scored the first points of the game.

INACTIVE: RB Julius Jones, CB Josh Wilson, OL Mike Gibson, OL Mansfield Wrotto, TE Cameron Morrah, DT Craig Terrill, DE Derek Walker. EMERGENCY QB: Mike Teel.

 
Vikings inactives

"6. So I'm talking to a group of officials about a questionable call in the first quarter, and one of them clearly had onions for breakfast. Like maybe an onion bagel. Or an everything bagel. Or an omelet with onions. Anyway, someone's breath stunk. And I didn't appreciate it. I think it was the line judge."

It should be noted that Gallo is a humor columnist, a satirist. That's his gig so he's not a football reporter who's taking Mora.

That was one of three fines levied against Arizona. Cornerback Bryant McFadden ($5,000 for facemask) and Beanie Wells ($5,000 for blow to Deon Grant's head) were also fined.

The Seahawks had two players fined. Safety Jordan Babineaux was fined $7,500 for his horse-collar tackle of Anquan Boldin and safety Deon Grant was fined $5,000 for his part in the Wells' play.

Absent from that list of fines? Coach Jim Mora, which means that he didn't cross any lines with what he said regarding the officiating of the game.

"I hope it's true some day that we get a chance to talk," Holmgren said to Mahler's question.

The topic arose because earlier this week former Browns great Jim Brown was speaking at a luncheon when he said Lerner was meeting at that moment with one of the great football minds. Someone asked if it was Holmgren, and while Brown didn't confirm that, he said, "You said it, I heard it."

When Holmgren was asked whether a meeting with Lerner was fact or fiction on Friday, he continued, "I absolutely would love to talk to him about the possibility of working," Holmgren said. "But until that happens, you guys will be the first to know."

This might be the most perfect demonstration of the sidestepping and ducking and feinting that occurs this time of year when it comes to playing footsie for potential jobs. Brown strongly hints that a meeting with Holmgren is taking place without stating it, and Holmgren insinuates that no such meeting took place without saying it directly.

The best guess as to what is happening? Well, there's some back-channel communication taking place that likely includes Holmgren's agent, but there has not been a direct sit-down meeting between Holmgren and Browns ownership. At least not yet.

All indications are that Holmgren will not make a decision about his future until after the season ends.