Chapter 13
Now it was another pivotal game for Michael Kress and the Eagles as they had to go on the road to play the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. The Seahawks were 3 and 1 and had the leagues best defense only yielding 10.3 points per game. The Eagles were still undefeated and Michael hoped to put an ass whooping on the Seahawks on Sunday.
Michael woke up early that morning in his hotel room and picked up the local newspaper where the headlines read, "Eagles come flying high into Seattle." The article written by Bob Thompson a huge sports writer in Seattle said the following as Michael read it with amazement.
Michael Kress and the Eagles continue to amaze me as the season is rolling along. They have a very good team with a lot of fire power that shows up week in and week out, but Seattle has a very good defense that can slow down this Philadelphia offense and Kress, so this week I am picking Seattle 17 to 13 in a very low scoring game.
This was just the fuel Michael needed to pump him up in the game, he threw the paper down on the table angrily and headed out towards Qwest Field.
Time lapsed like it was nothing and before Michael knew it the game started. His life was going so well, as he was becoming an NFL Superstar more and more each day.
Michael then went out to the center of the field and called heads on the coin toss. The Eagles won the toss and chose to receive. Jackson the Seattle kicker kicked off the ball and it was returned by Matheny for 28 yards from the 1 yard line. So the Eagles started from there own 29 yard line. It was party time for Michael Kress and his high flying Philadelphia offense. Kress took the opening snap from the center and dropped back and completed the pass to Matheny for 12 yards and a first down. It was show time, and his motto was always, "Wanna talk smack, be prepared to be smacked." And he was ready to give Seattle a bit of his productive ass kicking medication.
Kress then took the snap from center again and handed it off to the running back for a gain of 3 yards. Now it was second down and 7 yards to go from there own 44 yard line. He handed it off again, and the running back weaved his way off tackle for a 4 yard gain. Now it was 3rd down and 7 yards to go from there own 48 yard line. Kress took the snap and dropped back to pass and completed the pass to Matheny for 11 yards and a first down, now the Eagles were at the Seattle 41 yard line. Kress was loving this opening possession, and now it was his time to shine. The next play was a play action fake in which Kress launched the pass down the field for the end zone, and his wide receiver caught the ball over the outstretched defender for a touchdown. Kress ran down the field in celebration waving his finger in the air. It was now 6 to nothing eagles early. The Extra point was good. Now it was 7 to 0 Eagles.
The Eagles defense shut down the Seattle offense, sacking the quarterback 2 times on the first drive, and allowing them to only complete the screen pass to their running back for 5 yards on third down. Now it was 4th down and 16 from the Seahawks 8 yard line and they punted it away to the eagles. The punt returner returned the ball 53 yards for the touchdown making the score Eagles 14, Seahawks 0. But the rest of the game would go badly for the eagles, in which they gave up 17 unanswered Seahawks points, including 2 touchdown passes over 50 yards. Also during this span of the game Kress went 9 for 23 for 68 yards and 2 interceptions. Kress was super pissed during this time span, in which he threw down his helmet and kicked over the Gatorade bucket. He was on a mission to kick the Seahawks asses. They wanted to talk smack in the town, and he wanted to rub it right back in there faces. They got the ball back after the field goal by Seattle that gave them the lead. 2 and a half minutes remained in the game and Kress wanted to drive the ball down the field and lead the Eagles to victory again. Why not, he is an NFL Superstar after all. They started the drive from their own 25 yard line.
The first play of the drive Kress completed the pass for 15 yards and a first down, now they were at their own 40 yard line. Tick, tick, tick, went the game clock, 2 minutes and 14 seconds were on the clock when he snapped the ball, they sent the blitz and he was sacked for a loss of 6 yards. Now it was second and 16 from their own 34 yard line, as the 2 minute warning came and the game clock stopped. Now it was time for Michael Kress to make a big play and win this game against the Seahawks.
Kress then took the snap again and he started to rollout to his right, he threw the ball and it was caught at the 45 yard line of Seattle for the first down by Matheny. But Matheny didn't get out of bounds, so the clock continued to tick on. Now the clock was down to a minute 30 when the ball was snapped again by Kress he threw the ball down the field and it was caught at the 27 yard line of Seattle for 18 yards and a first down. Now Kress had them where he wanted them. It was time to be a hero again for Kress. He snapped the ball again with a 1 minute and 6 seconds to play and he threw it for the end zone and it was caught by his tight end for a touchdown. Now the eagles led 20 to 17 in Seattle. The Extra point was good. Now it was 21 to 17 eagles lead. Kress was thrilled that he did his job and went back to the sideline in amazement.
The defense picked off the first pass by the Seattle quarterback and Kress and the offense ran on the field and kneeled the ball. The Eagles won it again in a thriller. Kress was becoming more of an legend and hero in the city of Philadelphia as he was becoming an NFL Superstar.