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Seahawks Lose Late, First Of Many Odd Losses To Jeff Fisher’s Rams, Russ’s Rookie Year

Seahawks Lose Late, First Of Many Odd Losses To Jeff Fisher’s Rams, Russ’s Rookie Year

The Seahawks were 3-1 and clicking after a last-second Hail Mary victory over the Green Bay Packers. Meanwhile, their division rival, the St Louis Rams, were attempting to find a new identity. After a short period as the “Greatest Show On Turf,” the Rams had faded to mediocrity. Since 2002, the team had had no winning seasons, with two seasons being 8-8. A culture change was in order, and the Rams believed they had found the man to do it,…

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Seahawks’ Defense Does It Again. Curse Against Rams Finally Broken.

Seahawks’ Defense Does It Again. Curse Against Rams Finally Broken.

The Seattle Seahawks (9-4-1) defeated the Los Angeles Rams (4-10), their first win against the Rams since December 28th, 2014. This long-time-coming win also sealed the NFC West title for the Seahawks, their third division championship in four years. The Arizona Cardinals (5-7-1) will play the New Orleans Saints, and the San Francisco 49ers (1-12) will play the Atlanta Falcons, on Sunday, December 17th. The Defense Brings The Heat Again In 14 opening drives this season, the Seahawks’ offense has…

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Discombobulated But Still Dangerous, The Cardinals Lie Ahead – Seahawks Bye Week Special

Discombobulated But Still Dangerous, The Cardinals Lie Ahead – Seahawks Bye Week Special

The Seahawks played a smash-mouth game against the Rams during week two and lost in a fashion only the Rams can create. There were many reasons to ignore this game, especially since every NFL team shits the bed once per season. One could be forgiven for thinking, without Teddy Bridgewater, and in the first week of the Sam Bradford experiment, where Adrian Peterson rushed for only 31 yards on 19 carries, that the Vikings were in 8-8 territory. Fast forward to week 5 and the Vikings are now 5-0 and have won four of those five games by greater than a touchdown. Last year, the Seahawks took the Vikings twice. The first was a 38-7 stomping. Several key Viking defensive starters were missing during the game, and in the post-season, it was a different story with their presence. The Hawks still won, 10-9.

If the Seahawks are due to meet the Vikings in the post-season, this Rams defense might be the only real warm-up they get. So being the glutton for punishment that I am, I decided to watch week two again.

The Spread Will Save the Seahawks, Exactly Like It Did Last Season

The Spread Will Save the Seahawks, Exactly Like It Did Last Season

Okay, so you know when you put that swear jar out and you told yourself every time you swore you would put a quarter in the jar and then, one day, you would be able to buy yourself a new flat screen TV? Well, congradulations, after Sunday’s game, you’ve earned yourself a month-long, Price Is Right-esque European vacation highlighted by a week in Paris, a weekend in Venice, and the running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain—all because the Seahawks lost in the most gut-wrenching way possible. Remember when the Nazis faces melted off during Raiders of the Lost Ark? That is my sense-memory of this game. It was traumatic. Like, Saturday night, I went to bed after seeing the girl I liked cuddling on the couch with another guy, had a text conversation with her the next morning where she told me if we dated she would do it again and I should get used to it, but still the worst thing that happened to me this weekend took place exclusively between 1:00PM – 4:00PM PST.

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch, Week 16: One Of Those Days

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch, Week 16: One Of Those Days

Sans Marshawn Lynch and Thomas Rawls, the Hawk’s rushing attack fell flat against a Ram’s defensive line that had been long heralded as one of the premiere units in the NFL. Christine Michael put up six carries for six yards and Bryce Brown scarcely ran any better, with seven carries for nine yards. Things became so anemic that offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell began utilizing the third down offense, led by former Buffalo Bill Fred Jackson, during earlier downs. While Jackson was only a marginal improvement—2 carries for 11 yards—he did contribute with his pass-catching, giving the offense some presence out of the backfield. If anything, it affirmed the talent drop off the offense had seen at the tailback position, an expected reality given the injury situation, but disheartening to see with a post-season appearance already locked up.

The rest of the offense’s day was filled with plays that should’ve been highlights but ended up being groaners.

2016 Seahawks Opponents, NFC West

2016 Seahawks Opponents, NFC West

Post his Jake Delhomme-esque conference championship meltdown, Carson Palmer will enter this season with some serious psychological ghosts. No doubt, the Arizona Cardinals will feel no better about the prospect. In a QB starved league, the Cardinals can do no better than Palmer, but can Palmer do them any better?

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch, Week 1: The Rams…Again.

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch, Week 1: The Rams…Again.

The hype for the 2015-2016 Seahawks season was unlike any season before it. Coming off of two straight Super Bowl appearances, and the belief that the Seahawks had lost the Super Bowl more than the Patriots had won it, fueled the perception that the Seahawks were as unbeatable a squad as any in NFL history. The Legion of Boom was in its prime. Bobby Wagner’s and Russell Wilson’s contracts were settled, the latter’s contract having been a controversial subject for fans. Beast Mode was back, and who didn’t love to see those Lynch runs? Everyone was confident, including the Seahawks themselves.

Week Sixteen: Only a Hiccup.

Week Sixteen: Only a Hiccup.

A few things that happened this Sunday–the Patriots, Steelers, Panthers and Packers all lost. Meanwhile, the Vikings–one of the worst offenses in the league–put up 49 points. Go figure. Yesterday was one of those weird Sundays that happen once or twice a season. About nothing makes sense (except for the Chargers blowing an overtime game–that made perfect sense). The Seahawks got caught in the same game the Patriots, Panthers and Steelers got caught in, the “trap” game against an inferior divisional opponent who played way above their heads to win.

Week One: Seahawks Down.

Week One: Seahawks Down.

You wait the entire year after losing the Super Bowl on the last play of the game for week one where you will get a new start, a new season, and the first game ends in losing on the last play. It was a fourth and short but it felt like fourth and forever with how dismal and predictable the Seahawks had been in short yardage situations for the preceding four quarters.