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Shaun Alexander woke from his post season slumber to reign havoc on shell-shocked Carolina Panthers. Matt Hasselbeck added to Panther's woes with top class display that will take them to the Super Bowl for the first time in their thirty year history - to clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Seattle continually frustrated Carolina's Steve Smith and Jake Delhomme - who were potentially key players for the Panthers - and in the end took a 34-14 victory.

Mike Holmgren, Seattle coach, went to back-to-back Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers and won the championship in 1996. He becomes only the fifth coach to lead two franchises to a Super Bowl.

Shaun Alexander steamrolled Carolina, rushing 132 yards on a season-high 34 carries. He scored two one yard touchdowns in the second and fourth quarters. Hasselbeck completed twenty from twenty-eight passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns - with no turnovers.

Running Back Shaun Alexander was out for most of the game against the Redskins with a concussion. Foster missed a chunk of the game against Chicago with a broken ankle. But neither teams' needed their stars to win.

The good news for Seattle is that Shaun Alexander is likely to play against Carolina but Foster will not take his place in that team.

Carolina have proved to be a tough road team going 8-2 - with the last two road wins coming in the playoffs. Delhomme is 5-1 in the play-offs with four of those wins on the road. So the Panthers are in with a big shout.

As with Denver, Seattle are 9-0 at home this season - Qwest Field is proving a tough place to play at in the NFL. But Alexander will need to produce the goods.

The Seahawks need to stop Carolina's running game and need to smother to a degree their passing game. If they can succeed in doing that, then they should run out with another long overdue victory in the playoffs.

For those interested in betting on the game we have Seattle at -3.5 on the spreads.

The Seattle Seahawks (13-3) had the best record in the NFC this season and got a first-round playoff bye and home-field advantage. They are hosts Saturday to the defensive-minded Washington Redskins as they go after their first playoff victory since 1984.
A lot of there success is down to one man - Shaun Alexander.

It isn't that easy to explain what Shaun Alexander does so well, nothing really...and then again everything. Perhaps there is nothing that defines him - nothing that stands out as with other running backs. He is perhaps like Pete Sampras in tennis terms - who possesses a solid all round game - but without the top spin of Borg or the serve and volley of McEnroe...

So what does Alexander have? Well, figures that's what. He owns the league-leading total of 1,880 rushing yards, the 28 total touchdowns that set an NFL single season record, the 89 rushing touchdowns in 96 games that leave him behind only eleven players. He carried 370 times this season and averaged 5.1 yards, leading the Seahawks to their best record. He had a touchdown run of 88 yards, which was the second longest in the NFL and beat all rushers with fifty-four carries of ten yards or more. He has also managed a run of ten yards or more in fifty-five consecutive games, currently the NFL's longest active run.

Enough said.

Washington take a nine point advantage to Seattle on the pointspread.