my analysis of Sunday's game is thus: when Russell scored TD #2, the packer's defender was all "nice job, russ" and patting him on the back. the interceptor of the 4th interception slid down because they were being sportsmanlike - the game was out of reach.
if he'd run, possibly for a pick 6, we'd never have had a chance.
this is a seriously great moment in Seattle sports...the Seahawks are monsters in the NFL, the Mariners are gonna go to the World Series. Now somebody please, pretty please, I'm begging you....bring back the goddamn Sonics.
Like in 2004, when the Red Sox came back from three games down in the ALCS to improbably beat the Yankees and then easily swept the Cardinals in the World Series, the Seahawks have gone through the same sort of unexplainable, miraculous, other-worldly, phenomenal Return From the Dead on their way to a championship.
So I expect the Best Team in the History of the NFL™ to demolish Brady and Belichick on February 1st...and be two-thirds of the way to the first three-peat in the history of the league.
"But it’s also obvious that our city’s recent growth has had a serious cost in terms of growing inequality, underfunded infrastructure, and a lost sense of entrenched community, architectural heritage, and diversity."
One could argue that the team's management (Vulcan) is hugely complicit in our city's aforementioned steroidal growth problem, which is a cruel irony for a Seahawks fan like me.
Good branding for Vulcan though. Better to be thought responsible for a winning team than loss of affordability, architectural heritage, and cultural/economic diversity.
@11: Seriously. Cheating their way into the Super Bowl? I kind of wish the Pats were coming here for a regulation game so we could (loudly) express our contempt and disgust.
I do remember when YOUsaid before the playoffs, "...keep that post bookmarked, because you'll see it come true when the Lions upset your boys." Didn't quite happen that way, did it?
The Patriots are better on both sides of the ball than the Packers, and their QB actually can use both legs, so I would not be terribly confident about a win, let alone a blowout after barely beating GB. Their secondary is much better than Green Bay's, so since GB was able to blanket Seattle's recievers until they stopped playing man, I would expect a similar outcome for the passing game, but Belicheck is too smart to stop doing what works just because of the time left in the game.
The Pats have small, shifty recievers and love playing dink and dunk, so it is going to be likely the biggest challenge Seattle's secondary will face all season. NE's recievers are exactly the type that bigger bodied DBs typically have problems with, so it should be an exciting matchup.
I think the Seahawks have a great shot at winning, but citing the Chiefs' win over the Patriots as a blueprint is a bit silly. The Patriots were 2-2 after that game and went 10-2 after that (including a meaningless final-game loss against Buffalo they just mailed in).
Using your logic you could say "...the Patriots are a better version of a very good Chargers team that had the Seahawks’ number."
Spike, I just love your Seahawks analysis. It's a rare glimpse of feeling like I am inside your head (or gut) and relating all over the place and expert football analysis that I trust. Thanks for adding to an already interesting and exciting journey. Go Hawks!
you're absolutely right in analysis. the match-ups really couldn't be more fun to look forward to...given how gronk can stretch the field any which direction, it'll be interesting to see how seatle's secondary covers. if the hawks are caught being stubborn, the patriots might expose some defensive weaknesses seattle didn't even know they had. this might be the most exciting superbowl match-up in the past decade.
Or WERE you?
if he'd run, possibly for a pick 6, we'd never have had a chance.
the seahawks (and the pats) would have run.
I don't like football, don't watch it unless forced to, and God knows I don't get the obsession factor.
However I have *GOT* to ask... WTF is up with that hair?
Like in 2004, when the Red Sox came back from three games down in the ALCS to improbably beat the Yankees and then easily swept the Cardinals in the World Series, the Seahawks have gone through the same sort of unexplainable, miraculous, other-worldly, phenomenal Return From the Dead on their way to a championship.
So I expect the Best Team in the History of the NFL™ to demolish Brady and Belichick on February 1st...and be two-thirds of the way to the first three-peat in the history of the league.
Go Hawks!
One could argue that the team's management (Vulcan) is hugely complicit in our city's aforementioned steroidal growth problem, which is a cruel irony for a Seahawks fan like me.
Good branding for Vulcan though. Better to be thought responsible for a winning team than loss of affordability, architectural heritage, and cultural/economic diversity.
http://www.seahawks.com/team/staff.html
Fuck.
Waiting to hear more, but I am super pissed right now.
I do remember when YOU said before the playoffs, "...keep that post bookmarked, because you'll see it come true when the Lions upset your boys." Didn't quite happen that way, did it?
Go Hawks! Best Team in the History of the NFL™.
The Pats have small, shifty recievers and love playing dink and dunk, so it is going to be likely the biggest challenge Seattle's secondary will face all season. NE's recievers are exactly the type that bigger bodied DBs typically have problems with, so it should be an exciting matchup.
Should be a good game.
Using your logic you could say "...the Patriots are a better version of a very good Chargers team that had the Seahawks’ number."
you're absolutely right in analysis. the match-ups really couldn't be more fun to look forward to...given how gronk can stretch the field any which direction, it'll be interesting to see how seatle's secondary covers. if the hawks are caught being stubborn, the patriots might expose some defensive weaknesses seattle didn't even know they had. this might be the most exciting superbowl match-up in the past decade.