After the game, I started second guessing the decision to give Shaheed that contract. But it's possible we just haven't seen him deployed yet, and his use explained in percentage of snaps is something I hadn't considered. Another great article with unique insight. I think in many people's minds it's going to come down to the careers of Walker versus Shaheed as if the Seahawks made their choice between the two. Rooting for Shaheed.
We just need Shaheed to ball out on special teams again vs the Rams, then all will be forgiven and his salary will be justified. Too bad we have to wait till Dec/Jan for that.
I didn't take anything you wrote as a criticism. Hopefully it didn't come across that way.
I find myself, the past three games, yelling in my head at Fluery to "incorporate Rasheed! You're paying him like a prince!!" I have to remind myself of what I wrote above. What can I say ......... I'm an emotional fan. 😁
No I don’t think you did come off that way, I’m probably just being overly clear with the community as a whole that I’m OK with everything, I’m just observing it because it’s notable.
I don’t care if play calling lines up with salaries. I just don’t think that way.
IMO, the Seahawks offense is running better now than at this time last year.
If we get ourselves bent out of shape because there’s a player at salary X only playing Y number of snaps…..jeesh.
I want more effective players playing more often, and less effective players playing less often. I just don’t care about salaries. I’m not the one paying them.
And I don’t intend to say that salaries should be forced into the game plan or anything. But the fact remains that in a salary capped league, every million dollars count and overpaying players you don’t use is naturally going to play i to the areas of the game in which you struggle but didnt address.
It's too early in the season to come to any conclusions on just about everything. Teams can go 5 or 6-0 out of the gate only to end up at .500 at seasons end and not make the playoffs. By the time Thanksgiving and early December come around, September will be like ancient history.
As far as Rasheed and this offense goes, I would guess that there will be an evolution and unfolding of big picture development in strategy in the months ahead. The biggest thing that will impact that strategy will be injuries. Every team must deal that. But, apart from that, I think that each week there will be a constant development of personnel usage and strategy that must occur in order to be unpredictable. What's happening during these first several weeks will be different come November to the end of the season.
This is an excellent article detailing the offensive strategy and personnel usage and why Rasheed hasn't been productive as his new contract should make him be. Patience. The team is still figuring out what it can do offensively. It's a brand new OC to the team and first time ever OC. This is running it forward. We're gonna figure it out. As much faith that fans put in the Mariners to eventually figure things out and make a big run to the postseason, that never happened. The Seahawks are not the Mariners. They actually won it all. Now, with essentially the same team, we have a chance to be right at it again. It's only week three. Now, onto week four. I'm so confident in this team. I'm just enjoying the ride.
Yeah I think we have to observe the season as a whole before drawing any conclusions in terms of whether the contract was a win or a loss. Do I expect the Seahawks to DRAMATICALLY shift their 11 personnel tendencies? I don’t. Because it’s hard enough to install one offense over the entire offseason, let alone change it in the middle of the year.
There will also be injuries just as there were last season with Tory Horton, Eric Saubert, and Elijah Arroyo. And then Shaheed could fit in some more.
I’m not gonna be afraid to take a snap shot of the offense after 3 games and analyze it, knowing that the next 3 games could be quite different. It’s a matchup to matchup situations for sure.
The disconnect between the signals that seem apparent in Rasheed's contract and his actual use is, admittedly, baffling. However, regardless of what they pay a player, I'd rather them not try and justify a contract by forcing an issue than the other way around. It seems like this is what they're doing; sticking to an offensive philosophy that appears at odds with what they gave RS. As frustrating as it is (moreso in light of our recent defeat, even though I'd be hard pressed to argue that one does not have anything to do with the other), I'd rather them stick to a consistent offensive strategy than fit an offensive (or defensive) strategy within a perceived need informed by a contract.
One thing I've observed thus far this year (and last year as well) is the willingness and ability to adapt mid game........ and throughout a season. This reminds me that this season is young and anything that I may be able to determine from these types of matters is probably better left to retrospective analysis. At least that's what I'm comforting myself with.
And I agree 100%. I still think that we can address situations like this, rather than ignore it because “everything is fine”. I said myself twice that this is not a criticism.
With respect to the Moons game. I thought The offense looked better with Darnold. Turnovers definitely hurt us and put the Moons in short field positions, which they converted to points.
I was down on our defense for giving up 33 points but your insight into how well the performed was useful.
I know the coaches will always analyze what happened and look for ways to improve. Our players HATE losing and will be accountable to get things cleaned up.
I hope that Fleury looks for a few more opportunities where he threatens deep to keep opposing D honest.
For the most part Darnold balled out. And I should have addressed that the offense played with Lock for 2 games, so that has to impact their tendencies somewhat too. That’s an oversight on my part.
After the game, I started second guessing the decision to give Shaheed that contract. But it's possible we just haven't seen him deployed yet, and his use explained in percentage of snaps is something I hadn't considered. Another great article with unique insight. I think in many people's minds it's going to come down to the careers of Walker versus Shaheed as if the Seahawks made their choice between the two. Rooting for Shaheed.
We just need Shaheed to ball out on special teams again vs the Rams, then all will be forgiven and his salary will be justified. Too bad we have to wait till Dec/Jan for that.
It’s fair to wonder, and I haven’t yet, if the Seahawks have just played against good special teams units.
I didn't take anything you wrote as a criticism. Hopefully it didn't come across that way.
I find myself, the past three games, yelling in my head at Fluery to "incorporate Rasheed! You're paying him like a prince!!" I have to remind myself of what I wrote above. What can I say ......... I'm an emotional fan. 😁
No I don’t think you did come off that way, I’m probably just being overly clear with the community as a whole that I’m OK with everything, I’m just observing it because it’s notable.
I don’t care if play calling lines up with salaries. I just don’t think that way.
IMO, the Seahawks offense is running better now than at this time last year.
If we get ourselves bent out of shape because there’s a player at salary X only playing Y number of snaps…..jeesh.
I want more effective players playing more often, and less effective players playing less often. I just don’t care about salaries. I’m not the one paying them.
And I don’t intend to say that salaries should be forced into the game plan or anything. But the fact remains that in a salary capped league, every million dollars count and overpaying players you don’t use is naturally going to play i to the areas of the game in which you struggle but didnt address.
It's too early in the season to come to any conclusions on just about everything. Teams can go 5 or 6-0 out of the gate only to end up at .500 at seasons end and not make the playoffs. By the time Thanksgiving and early December come around, September will be like ancient history.
As far as Rasheed and this offense goes, I would guess that there will be an evolution and unfolding of big picture development in strategy in the months ahead. The biggest thing that will impact that strategy will be injuries. Every team must deal that. But, apart from that, I think that each week there will be a constant development of personnel usage and strategy that must occur in order to be unpredictable. What's happening during these first several weeks will be different come November to the end of the season.
This is an excellent article detailing the offensive strategy and personnel usage and why Rasheed hasn't been productive as his new contract should make him be. Patience. The team is still figuring out what it can do offensively. It's a brand new OC to the team and first time ever OC. This is running it forward. We're gonna figure it out. As much faith that fans put in the Mariners to eventually figure things out and make a big run to the postseason, that never happened. The Seahawks are not the Mariners. They actually won it all. Now, with essentially the same team, we have a chance to be right at it again. It's only week three. Now, onto week four. I'm so confident in this team. I'm just enjoying the ride.
Yeah I think we have to observe the season as a whole before drawing any conclusions in terms of whether the contract was a win or a loss. Do I expect the Seahawks to DRAMATICALLY shift their 11 personnel tendencies? I don’t. Because it’s hard enough to install one offense over the entire offseason, let alone change it in the middle of the year.
There will also be injuries just as there were last season with Tory Horton, Eric Saubert, and Elijah Arroyo. And then Shaheed could fit in some more.
I’m not gonna be afraid to take a snap shot of the offense after 3 games and analyze it, knowing that the next 3 games could be quite different. It’s a matchup to matchup situations for sure.
The disconnect between the signals that seem apparent in Rasheed's contract and his actual use is, admittedly, baffling. However, regardless of what they pay a player, I'd rather them not try and justify a contract by forcing an issue than the other way around. It seems like this is what they're doing; sticking to an offensive philosophy that appears at odds with what they gave RS. As frustrating as it is (moreso in light of our recent defeat, even though I'd be hard pressed to argue that one does not have anything to do with the other), I'd rather them stick to a consistent offensive strategy than fit an offensive (or defensive) strategy within a perceived need informed by a contract.
One thing I've observed thus far this year (and last year as well) is the willingness and ability to adapt mid game........ and throughout a season. This reminds me that this season is young and anything that I may be able to determine from these types of matters is probably better left to retrospective analysis. At least that's what I'm comforting myself with.
And I agree 100%. I still think that we can address situations like this, rather than ignore it because “everything is fine”. I said myself twice that this is not a criticism.
With respect to the Moons game. I thought The offense looked better with Darnold. Turnovers definitely hurt us and put the Moons in short field positions, which they converted to points.
I was down on our defense for giving up 33 points but your insight into how well the performed was useful.
I know the coaches will always analyze what happened and look for ways to improve. Our players HATE losing and will be accountable to get things cleaned up.
I hope that Fleury looks for a few more opportunities where he threatens deep to keep opposing D honest.
I really hope our secondary gets healthy soon.
For the most part Darnold balled out. And I should have addressed that the offense played with Lock for 2 games, so that has to impact their tendencies somewhat too. That’s an oversight on my part.