Tape-delay live blog - Seahawks vs. Chargers

I love TiVo (or, actually, my generic DVR).

I think I finally get what this new defer rule on the coin toss is. From what I can tell, the winner of the coin toss gets their choice to kick or receive at the start of the first half and the other team either automatically receives in the first half or gets their choice (and somehow field direction has to be picked). I'm not entirely sure why that rule would get added. Unless you're the 2006 Bears with Grossman at QB, why would you ever choose to kick in the second half after kicking in the first half? Unless your defense scores more points per defensive series than your offense does per offensive series you're basically giving away points on average.

Anyway, beautiful throw by Charlie Frye to start the game - better than any I saw last week. It certainly helped that he was throwing to a receiver with good, developed hands (as opposed to Kent, who should have caught at least one of those deep balls. Not a knock on Kent, just evidence that he's still developing). Obviously Burleson was helped by horrible tackling by that safety (can you really call a hit that helps keep the receiver upright a tackle? That's kind of what Brian Russell does). Nice block by Courtney Taylor to ensure the touchdown.

First San Diego play on offense - Marcus Trufant misses a shoestring tackle, kind of like the one he blew in the Minnesota game. Then Sproles gets another long run. Then another for a first down. Not good for the defense. On the flip side, that's what Justin Forsett can (potentially) do to other teams.

Two stops against the run inside the three, and then the Seahawks get bailed out with a botched snap, apparently caused by a bad snap from their backup center. This serves as a reminder that (a) every stop by a defense is important, because you never know what will happen on the next play, and (b) we're lucky Vallos hasn't done that yet (knock on wood).