The team was old and chasing the LOB years. This is a young and exciting team with a kick ass defense. I would pay the ticket just to watch this defense.
Simple Bob logic: Since the voices in my head tell me the Seahawks of 2025 will dominate overall, it's 'logical to assume' (yes, I know...an oxymoron) that they will luminate Lumen 8-0! Warning: Consume this prediction with a tiny grain of salt. I DID bet on the Hawks to win the Super Bowl. They say odds on THAT are about the same as being struck by lightning...twice...in the same day. YEAH! I'm gonna score BIG!!
Having the Niners at home to start the year is a blessing... as the season ticket holders are less likely to sell their seats to the opener. On that note, there needs to be some sort of punishment for season ticket holders that sell their seats. I am sick of seeing so much red in the stands for the home games vs. the Niners.
As has been mentioned by several other folks, the Seahawks being better than meh this year generally, and the defense getting stops on 3rd down specifically should bring the crowd back into it again. The crowd feels like they are participating and contributing when they make a God awful racket on 3rd down, and the defense gets a stop. When the defense consistently don't get stops (like the last number of years) it sort of takes the fun out of it......so more and more folks sell their tickets.....to the wrong sort. :(
Getting back to our marauding days is the key. Get them into 3rd and longs, and then get after their asses. Sacks, picks, and big hits. Bring the thunder. Hammer people. That's what people want. They'll hang with the team regardless if they see effort and relentlessness.
It was brought up a few days ago about the game 1 Rams game a couple of years ago. Rams were supposed to be rubbish, but they kicked our butts in the second half, and took the air entirely out of my balloon. It felt like we were struggling the whole rest of the year to get our feet under us. Game 1 this year against the 9'ers sets up differently. The class of the division coming off a season of injuries and misfortune. Nobody will write how pitiful they are in advance of that first game (right Joe?) so they'll be distinct favorites going in. But, Mike MacDonald will have had the entire offseason to prepare, and will not be passive.
What a great start to the season it would be to win emphatically in game 1, like 28-10 or something......holding them under 300 total yards, but getting 200 yards from our RB's (rushing and receiving) and almost 400 total yards from our offense. And we win the turnover battle 2-1, with a pick and a fumble recovery, with Darnold also throwing a pick.
Now, the opposite could happen, and we'll all say 'it's only 1 game', which will of course be true. But winning week 1 would be huge for our playoff chances, and would cement my optimism for the remainder of the season. Hope is a wonderful thing.
There's probably no better time to play the 9ers this year than week 1, lots of inury rehabs and probably no Aiyuk plus some key losses on D. I feel good about beating the Saints and Colts, then hopefully we can win one of the 50/50 games (Bucs, Texans, Cards, Vikes) to at least finish the season at .500 at home.
It's a shame that the fans that have tickets to the games and are not being trure Seahawk fans by selling their tickets to non-fans. For me it was embarrassing to attend the Packer game last season. Win or loose we should be proud to support the team, the stadium, and the fans.
Been to at least one home game every year since 2009. From 2012-2019ish every fan yelled as loud as they could for each defensive play. Big crescendo up to the snap. Every. Play. Thousands of burned out voices headed out to their cars after the game. Just hasn’t been that way since. I mean, me and whoever I’m with certainly keep this up, but not many around us in the seats. I kind of feel like it’s my job if I’m there, one I’m more than happy to do!
When it was like that, the fans wearing opponent jerseys weren’t even a thought to the 12s. I think we kind of scared the shit out of them.
My experience theorizes the first tier seats bought up by corporations as a sales expense. I was surprised at how comparatively quiet it was to the fans in cheaper seats. Out-of-towners and salesmen needing to protect their vocal cords?
All I know is I’m getting that itch to watch live football again! Our defense will need to set the tone early while Sam and the new offense get acclimated to the new ground and pound offense. I feel like our backs could reach @ 1500 to 1700 yards combined and if they also can find ways to score in the red zone, we will be a playoff team at least. Cross and Abe will need to be the rocks on the ends and I feel that Gray will elevate his teammates with his consistency. If this offense is top 12 and the defense is top 5. It would be great to watch them rise up again like 2012.
The business of selling tickets online is lucrative and for sure we have “business minded” ticket holders rather than fans per se. But there should be a way for Seattle to limit out of towners. Maybe restrict non PNW zip codes or something? People will still find work-arounds but at least make it more difficult.
I bought a ticket from one of these hosting sites to one of these FIFA Club Champions games, and since then I’ve literally been deluged with ticket offers to every event they have.
But I agree, if we can get our snarl back maybe our folks will prefer to be there again. I sure hope so, that Packers game was indeed an embarrassment
I hear what you are saying. But tickets are so expensive that there are no reasonable restrictions for resale. The best way to fill Lumen with Seahawks’ fans is to field a winning team.
I predicted the Seahawks season at 12 wins, 5 losses right after the schedule was released. I had actually predicted that record right after the draft. You can see my game by game breakdown here:
I have them going 7-1 at home this year and 4-4 on the road. I will revisit this prediction towards the end of preseason. I think the fan base will return to form, especially if we start out well and the defense plays up to the very high level I expect them to play at.
I think defense will be the key. Haven’t had a dominant defense in years and it took th team half of the schedule figure out MM’s scheme. With a whole off season, training camp etc to put it together things should be better. Plus returning all/most of the D players helps and adding EM to the mix… go Hawks!
I go to a Seahawks game every twenty years and I went to the green bay game in Seattle last year. It was crazy...it felt like a neutral site game. There were so many packer fans everywhere...even before the game at the bar across the street it was packed with packers. Not sure how to solve it but it needs solutions ASAP imo. Here's to hoping we can regain that edge, it was a good one.
Non-transferable tickets are the answer. Allow fans to return the tickets for refund up to 1 week before the game. You get your money back and the Seahawks can resell the tickets.
I hope that we don't have any more home games where half the crowd is wearing opponent's jerseys going further. I don't know how much Brain Nemhauser's "HB Tix" program can change things, but it's a fantastic idea for season ticket holders to sell theirs to other Seahawks fans.
People had had it with our Play, finally. Who pays hundreds to get pissed off? The Guys played better elsewhere, which I took to mean the 12s down close to the field were venting this anger on Geno. At best, fans hoped to finally see DK find his Game, or it would have been worse. They will be back now, big time, to watch our Defense polish their Game. My hope is they stay patient with Darnold steering the Offense. I feel for the mental battles he'll be fighting. My bet is the Guys know this and will rally around him. Kicking Niner ass will go a long way to setting the Season.
Year 2 with our coaches! I figured we would take a few games to warm up, but the more I look at the schedule, I am ramping up my guess to the only loss at home will be game 1. I know myself enough to know that the more I read about the Hawks the more hyped up I get, so I better walk away right now! lol
The team was old and chasing the LOB years. This is a young and exciting team with a kick ass defense. I would pay the ticket just to watch this defense.
Simple Bob logic: Since the voices in my head tell me the Seahawks of 2025 will dominate overall, it's 'logical to assume' (yes, I know...an oxymoron) that they will luminate Lumen 8-0! Warning: Consume this prediction with a tiny grain of salt. I DID bet on the Hawks to win the Super Bowl. They say odds on THAT are about the same as being struck by lightning...twice...in the same day. YEAH! I'm gonna score BIG!!
Having the Niners at home to start the year is a blessing... as the season ticket holders are less likely to sell their seats to the opener. On that note, there needs to be some sort of punishment for season ticket holders that sell their seats. I am sick of seeing so much red in the stands for the home games vs. the Niners.
The Hawks have made a new policy that punishes season ticket holders who sell their tickets to rival fans.
As has been mentioned by several other folks, the Seahawks being better than meh this year generally, and the defense getting stops on 3rd down specifically should bring the crowd back into it again. The crowd feels like they are participating and contributing when they make a God awful racket on 3rd down, and the defense gets a stop. When the defense consistently don't get stops (like the last number of years) it sort of takes the fun out of it......so more and more folks sell their tickets.....to the wrong sort. :(
Getting back to our marauding days is the key. Get them into 3rd and longs, and then get after their asses. Sacks, picks, and big hits. Bring the thunder. Hammer people. That's what people want. They'll hang with the team regardless if they see effort and relentlessness.
It was brought up a few days ago about the game 1 Rams game a couple of years ago. Rams were supposed to be rubbish, but they kicked our butts in the second half, and took the air entirely out of my balloon. It felt like we were struggling the whole rest of the year to get our feet under us. Game 1 this year against the 9'ers sets up differently. The class of the division coming off a season of injuries and misfortune. Nobody will write how pitiful they are in advance of that first game (right Joe?) so they'll be distinct favorites going in. But, Mike MacDonald will have had the entire offseason to prepare, and will not be passive.
What a great start to the season it would be to win emphatically in game 1, like 28-10 or something......holding them under 300 total yards, but getting 200 yards from our RB's (rushing and receiving) and almost 400 total yards from our offense. And we win the turnover battle 2-1, with a pick and a fumble recovery, with Darnold also throwing a pick.
Now, the opposite could happen, and we'll all say 'it's only 1 game', which will of course be true. But winning week 1 would be huge for our playoff chances, and would cement my optimism for the remainder of the season. Hope is a wonderful thing.
Running all over the 49ers would be amazing. They will likely have a fresh and currently unhurt CMC playing for them though.
>>They'll hang with the team regardless if they see effort and relentlessness.<<- Spot on!
There's probably no better time to play the 9ers this year than week 1, lots of inury rehabs and probably no Aiyuk plus some key losses on D. I feel good about beating the Saints and Colts, then hopefully we can win one of the 50/50 games (Bucs, Texans, Cards, Vikes) to at least finish the season at .500 at home.
It's a shame that the fans that have tickets to the games and are not being trure Seahawk fans by selling their tickets to non-fans. For me it was embarrassing to attend the Packer game last season. Win or loose we should be proud to support the team, the stadium, and the fans.
All I know is that they can’t go 3-6 at home again because there is no way that they are 7-1 on the road.
You're right, I think 9-0 on the road is more realistic.
Oh yeah!
Been to at least one home game every year since 2009. From 2012-2019ish every fan yelled as loud as they could for each defensive play. Big crescendo up to the snap. Every. Play. Thousands of burned out voices headed out to their cars after the game. Just hasn’t been that way since. I mean, me and whoever I’m with certainly keep this up, but not many around us in the seats. I kind of feel like it’s my job if I’m there, one I’m more than happy to do!
When it was like that, the fans wearing opponent jerseys weren’t even a thought to the 12s. I think we kind of scared the shit out of them.
My experience theorizes the first tier seats bought up by corporations as a sales expense. I was surprised at how comparatively quiet it was to the fans in cheaper seats. Out-of-towners and salesmen needing to protect their vocal cords?
Booooo
All I know is I’m getting that itch to watch live football again! Our defense will need to set the tone early while Sam and the new offense get acclimated to the new ground and pound offense. I feel like our backs could reach @ 1500 to 1700 yards combined and if they also can find ways to score in the red zone, we will be a playoff team at least. Cross and Abe will need to be the rocks on the ends and I feel that Gray will elevate his teammates with his consistency. If this offense is top 12 and the defense is top 5. It would be great to watch them rise up again like 2012.
The business of selling tickets online is lucrative and for sure we have “business minded” ticket holders rather than fans per se. But there should be a way for Seattle to limit out of towners. Maybe restrict non PNW zip codes or something? People will still find work-arounds but at least make it more difficult.
I bought a ticket from one of these hosting sites to one of these FIFA Club Champions games, and since then I’ve literally been deluged with ticket offers to every event they have.
But I agree, if we can get our snarl back maybe our folks will prefer to be there again. I sure hope so, that Packers game was indeed an embarrassment
I hear what you are saying. But tickets are so expensive that there are no reasonable restrictions for resale. The best way to fill Lumen with Seahawks’ fans is to field a winning team.
Good info. Thanks! Brian Nemhauser (as stated elsewhere here) has some ideas, but then the Front Office is hired to deal with such problems.
I predicted the Seahawks season at 12 wins, 5 losses right after the schedule was released. I had actually predicted that record right after the draft. You can see my game by game breakdown here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/danno2/p/seattle-seahawks-season-prediction?r=17eya&utm_medium=ios
I have them going 7-1 at home this year and 4-4 on the road. I will revisit this prediction towards the end of preseason. I think the fan base will return to form, especially if we start out well and the defense plays up to the very high level I expect them to play at.
Nine games on the road this year.
5-4, my bad. Senility starting to hit. I’ll know it’s bad when I assume a 14 game season, and real bad when I revert to a 12 game season.
I think defense will be the key. Haven’t had a dominant defense in years and it took th team half of the schedule figure out MM’s scheme. With a whole off season, training camp etc to put it together things should be better. Plus returning all/most of the D players helps and adding EM to the mix… go Hawks!
I go to a Seahawks game every twenty years and I went to the green bay game in Seattle last year. It was crazy...it felt like a neutral site game. There were so many packer fans everywhere...even before the game at the bar across the street it was packed with packers. Not sure how to solve it but it needs solutions ASAP imo. Here's to hoping we can regain that edge, it was a good one.
Non-transferable tickets are the answer. Allow fans to return the tickets for refund up to 1 week before the game. You get your money back and the Seahawks can resell the tickets.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. StubHub can walk off a short dock.
Let’s hope this year the 12s are there in force! I will be there at fan fest on Aug 2nd.
The solution is to kick ass on defense.
When our defense is fear and respected, OUR stadium becomes the same. I was so happy when JS got a defense minded coach. That's our identity.
Yeah! Not complicated at all. Just play like the Allstars you are and give us something to emulate on Monday morning.
I figure by late in the season, Lumen will be rocking while the Hawks D is kicking butt and taking names.
By playoff time, it will once again be a place opponents fear.
Yes, I’ve been drinking my Seahawks Koolade today.
War paint. Battle dancing. Ha'Ka. Be all your primal self can be.
I hope that we don't have any more home games where half the crowd is wearing opponent's jerseys going further. I don't know how much Brain Nemhauser's "HB Tix" program can change things, but it's a fantastic idea for season ticket holders to sell theirs to other Seahawks fans.
People had had it with our Play, finally. Who pays hundreds to get pissed off? The Guys played better elsewhere, which I took to mean the 12s down close to the field were venting this anger on Geno. At best, fans hoped to finally see DK find his Game, or it would have been worse. They will be back now, big time, to watch our Defense polish their Game. My hope is they stay patient with Darnold steering the Offense. I feel for the mental battles he'll be fighting. My bet is the Guys know this and will rally around him. Kicking Niner ass will go a long way to setting the Season.
Year 2 with our coaches! I figured we would take a few games to warm up, but the more I look at the schedule, I am ramping up my guess to the only loss at home will be game 1. I know myself enough to know that the more I read about the Hawks the more hyped up I get, so I better walk away right now! lol