Giants vs. Seahawks: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2014 Regular Season

The Seattle Seahawks got all they could handle for three quarters from a desperate New York Giants team in Sunday's Week 10 matchup at CenturyLink Field.     

Thanks to some good fortune, timely plays and assistance from the 12th Man fans, the defending Super Bowl champions scored the game's final 24 points and dominated toward the end to emerge with a 38-17 victory.

Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch was fed early and often (21 carries, 140 yards), scampering for four touchdowns on the day and spearheading a Seattle ground game that was unstoppable.

Director of AFC Football Communications Jon Zimmer noted a piece of history the Seahawks made:

Russell Wilson threw two uncharacteristic, off-target interceptions, yet made up for it with key completions and ran for 107 yards himself. Even young ball-carriers Christine Michael and Robert Turbin contributed to an amazing display of physicality, as the Seahawks rediscovered their ground-and-pound identity.

Coach Pete Carroll spoke before the game about trying to run a hurry-up style of offense, but also emphasized how he wanted to focus on what Seattle does best, per ESPN.com's Terry Blount:

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It does take us away from the plan of running the football like we like to. We are out of the formula we really like. So there's a little bit of a give-and-take there. You throw the ball a little more when you do it. So we're mixing it in, and hopefully, as we start the second half, we’ll see if our [faster] tempo can enhance the way we perform on offense.

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Sunday saw the Seahawks line up and play smashmouth football—and execute in brilliant fashion.

Ben Volin of The Boston Globe summarized the game rather well, as did CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora:

Past NFL receiver Braylon Edwards was impressed with how Lynch racked up the yards against a sieve of a G-men front seven:

ESPN's Colin Cowherd implied that the Giants were demoralized by the game's end:

But Wilson's counterpart, Eli Manning, played well enough to keep New York well within striking distance. Manning hit Preston Parker on an improvised, six-yard touchdown strike to even the score at seven, capitalizing on Wilson's first pick.

The emerging combination of Manning and rookie first-round pick Odell Beckham Jr. allowed the Giants to rip off yards in chunks, even at the hands of stud Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman.

Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman believes Beckham is destined for big things in the NFL:

It was when Manning got a little too greedy that the game began to turn in the home team's favor. The Super Bowl MVP QB took a shot deep to Beckham with inside four minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Beckham, who finished with a game-high 108 yards receiving on seven catches, was marked by Sherman in the end zone, and tried to knock the ball away from him. That attempt was successful—the only problem was, it went right to Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas.

CBSSports.com's Rob Rang reacted to the game-changing play:

Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times highlighted how long it had been since Manning made such an error:

From there, everything snowballed Seattle's way. Both Wilson and Lynch fumbled within minutes before Beast Mode lived up to his nickname, bulldozing his way into the end zone for a 16-yard TD jaunt that wound up being the difference.

Cian Fahey of Rotoworld made a pertinent observation in the fourth quarter:

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What makes Lynch's production amazing is Giants blatantly weren't accounting for Russell Wilson. Completely focused on RB.

— Cian O'Fathaigh (@Cianaf) November 10, 2014"

A long run by Michael on the Seahawks' next possession set up Wilson's short trot to paydirt from one yard out with 5:19 left, putting the game out of reach.

Few of Seattle's wins have been pretty, but that comes with the territory of being targeted by all its opponents, who will give the Seahawks their best shot every week.

Although there have been shaky moments along the way, the bottom line is that Seattle heads to Kansas City in Week 11 riding a three-game winning streak. The Chiefs are winners of four straight and boast a hostile environment of their own at Arrowhead Stadium, though.

It's never wise to count the Giants out any given Sunday. That said, this latest setback all but knocks them out of an NFC East division race that has Philadelphia and Dallas well ahead of the curve.

A two-game homestand is on deck against San Francisco and the Cowboys respectively. Thus, the road ahead won't get much easier for the G-Men, whose coach, Tom Coughlin, may be fighting for his job after a 3-6 start.