everything is most definitely not OK. the O line was pitiful, the offense looks like they're stuck in quicksand, and WTF with the botched onside kick in OT?
Ramblin', Gamblin' Pete Carroll needs to dial back the Ramblin' and Gamblin'. kick it the fuck out of the end zone and give your D a chance.
If anything this was a pretty big upset. No one thought the Rams were going to win this one.
That Ram's D Line is legit though, but no excuses for allowing the very mediocre Nick Foles to pass all over the place. That guy folds to pressure faster than a newspaper.
Although, Seattle should expect teams to follow the Patriot's blueprint against Seattle until it is stopped: short passes to shifty guys with a bit of YAC afterwards. Eat up the field in 3-6 yard chunks, use the size of Seattle's DBs against them. Sounds like that is what St. Louis did.
It felt a lot like the superbowl again. We led by one touchdown until they tied it up in the last minute. After that, Corrall shot us in the foot. From what I read, the Rams were expected to be the "underdogs". I think our defense could be better too considering we let them score 34 points on us...
Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander, despite still holding most franchise records, WERE boring—but the Jim Zorn/Jack Patera years... ok not always great, but never boring.
I thought the defense looked great when I wasn't looking at the scoreboard. Also—Russell, ya could'a run it in. Is there participation awards being given or something?
For all the good he's done as the Seahawks coach, Pete Carroll is still a stupid fucking Trojan. Even though he claims it wasn't an onside kick, Carroll was being too cute with that OT kickoff when he didn't need to be. Kick it deep and play some damn football, Pete. You're not Jeff Fisher (another stupid fucking Trojan).
With one loss already, an undefeated season is going to be difficult. But if anyone can do it, it's Pete Carrol, the stupid fucking Trojan.
I feel oddly OK about this loss too. I mean, the defense gave up 34 points, but aside from a handful of plays (that Kam would have helped prevent), they seemed to play well. And while 9 sacks or whatever doesn't speak well for the offensive line and the new center bobbled the ball way too many times, the team scored 31 points, which is hardly the sign of an offense in trouble. The stats and the subjective experience of the play and the score did not all line up with each other. I think if you ran this same game in 100 identical parallel universes, the Hawks would have won 60 or 70 of them.
Greenbay, though. I think it's a second loss, much soul-searching, and then like a ten-game winning streak.
Ok I'm gonna say something that's borderline sacrilege around here--
Is Russell Wilson even that great?
I'm a seattleite born and raised, have been a Seahawks fan through the rotten years-- but I can't help but think that other than being a Great Guy, what does he bring to the QB position that somebody else can't? I mean he's a perfectly fine QB...but as great as everybody seems to think? I dunno...
Frank Clark did have a huge play in OT - pushing the OLineman on him right back into Foles, forcing a throw away on 3rd down and then a FG, removing the threat of a game-ending TD. Won't show in stats but was a big play for the rookie.
Ramblin', Gamblin' Pete Carroll needs to dial back the Ramblin' and Gamblin'. kick it the fuck out of the end zone and give your D a chance.
If anything this was a pretty big upset. No one thought the Rams were going to win this one.
That Ram's D Line is legit though, but no excuses for allowing the very mediocre Nick Foles to pass all over the place. That guy folds to pressure faster than a newspaper.
Although, Seattle should expect teams to follow the Patriot's blueprint against Seattle until it is stopped: short passes to shifty guys with a bit of YAC afterwards. Eat up the field in 3-6 yard chunks, use the size of Seattle's DBs against them. Sounds like that is what St. Louis did.
I thought the defense looked great when I wasn't looking at the scoreboard. Also—Russell, ya could'a run it in. Is there participation awards being given or something?
With one loss already, an undefeated season is going to be difficult. But if anyone can do it, it's Pete Carrol, the stupid fucking Trojan.
GO HAWKS!!!
Greenbay, though. I think it's a second loss, much soul-searching, and then like a ten-game winning streak.
the D flat-out handed them the tying TD, and Carroll flat-out handed them their OT FG.
Is Russell Wilson even that great?
I'm a seattleite born and raised, have been a Seahawks fan through the rotten years-- but I can't help but think that other than being a Great Guy, what does he bring to the QB position that somebody else can't? I mean he's a perfectly fine QB...but as great as everybody seems to think? I dunno...
@5 - I hadn't even looked at it that way, but yeah... those were straight college ball shenanigans.