The Seattle Seahawks finally won a road playoff game, snapping an eight-game postseason skid away from home with a 24-14 NFC wild-card victory Sunday over the Redskins, who lost Griffin to another knee injury in the fourth quarter.
Griffin didn’t know what the injury was, and coach Mike Shanahan said he was scheduled for an MRI to determine its extent.
Washington won seven straight games to win the NFC East title and become the only team in the last 16 years to make the playoffs after a 3-6 start.
But any hope for a late comeback win against the Seahawks ended once Griffin’s heavily braced right knee buckled badly as he strained to field a bad shotgun snap in the fourth quarter. He lay on the ground, unable to recover the ball as the Seahawks pounced on it.
Marshawn Lynch ran for 132 yards, and Russell Wilson completed 15-of-26 passes for 187 yards and ran eight times for 67 yards as the Seahawks overcame a 14-0 first-quarter hole — their biggest deficit of the season. They will visit the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons next Sunday.
Information from Espn.com contributed to this report.