Jan. 19--REPORTING FROM SEATTLE -- Sheesh mode.
Jermaine Kearse caught a 35-yard touchdown pass on the opening drive of overtime Sunday as the Seattle Seahawks came back from the dead to post a 28-22 victory over the Green Bay Packers at CenturyLink Field.
The Seahawks, who barely had a pulse through 3 1/2 quarters, scored two touchdowns in the final 2:13 of regulation -- strung together by a successful onside kick -- and landed a knockout blow on the first possession of the overtime period.
"When you have the belief these guys have in each other, there ain't nothing you can't do," said Seattle Coach Pete Carroll, whose team overcame five turnovers to win.
"I was only thinking about finding a way to get back."
The victory kept alive Seattle's hopes of becoming the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since the New England Patriots a decade ago.
The Seahawks will play the winner of Sunday evening's AFC championship game between Indianapolis and New England in Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1 in Glendale, Ariz.
The touchdown was the improbable capper for an otherwise abysmal afternoon for Wilson, who had a career-high four passes intercepted by a swarming Green Bay defense.
"When I threw to Kearse, there was no doubt," said Wilson, who hit Doug Baldwin with a 35-yard completion on the play before the winning touchdown.
The Packers had a comfortable 16-0 lead at halftime and had 33 snaps in Seattle territory before the Seahawks took a single snap on Green Bay's side of the field.
Still, it was the flurry at the end of regulation that put the home team in position to complete the stunning comeback.
Wilson scored on a one-yard touchdown run with 2:13 remaining to cut Green Bay's lead to 19-14.
The Seahawks then got a successful onside kick, recovering a high ball that bounced off the hands and helmet of Green Bay's Brandon Bostick.
Four plays later, running back Marshawn Lynch scored on a 24-yard touchdown run, finishing it by crossing the goal line with a few casual steps backward.
But Seattle wasn't finished. On the ensuing two-point conversion attempt, Wilson was chased backward and floated a high, almost desperation pass that was plucked out of the air by tight end Luke Willson. That gave the Seahawks the relative comfort of a three-point lead.
They would need those points as Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers answered with a 48-yard drive in 1:11, setting up a 48-yard field goal by Mason Crosby. It was Crosby's fifth field goal of the game.
