On reflection, the thing that stood out to me as much as anything was the level of discipline. Few OL penalties. None from the secondary. It was a clean game. That, plus the turnovers, meant the D could do it's thing and the O could prevail. This is the recipe I'd like to see continue, please.
WE'RE THE NUMBER 1 SEED!!! Man it's been so long, proud of these guys. Anything can happen in the playoffs but these guys have really done an excellent job, and I think that's worth celebrating.
Just for perspective in the beginning of season (April 30, 2025 per my dollar bets):
-Even money that the Seahawks would win 8.5 games
-+850 that Seahawks would win 12.5
-+550 that they'd win the division
-+170 to make the playoffs
-+2800 to win the conference
I wish I put $1 on winning the super bowl so I would know the odds but just goes to show how low the general consensus was on the Seahawks and how we've overachieved.
Hope this gives everyone some perspective! Celebrate the wins!
I watched the live broadcast on KOMO4 and later the ESPN Peyton-Elie broadcast, which I had DVR'd. It was totally fun to watch the latter. Marshawn Lynch was the guest for the second half, which was funnier than heck. Right off the bat, they asked him not to swear like he did the last time he was there. They apparently got fined big time for that. He said ok let's get it out of the way, fuck-shit! He kept swearing anyway throughout. It's what you get with Marshawn! Just classic. Also, it was nice for a change to talk about the SB48 because Peyton was on the wrong side of that experience. He was like that was something he wanted to not have to think about ever again. Nice to not have to rehash SB49 that everyone puts on loop.
One thing the former QB brothers said about the wide open Charbs at the goal line that Darnold missed, was that as obvious it was to everyone watching on TV, the pass rusher coming from the right side likely impaired Sam's line of sight from ground level. It was a split second moment during his progressions that made him miss Charbs. This observation answered the question as to how Sam could possibly have missed the open running back. I was going WTF?!! at the time. Makes sense.
Seeing comments on other platforms and blogs regarding Jason Meyer's outing, people are so concerned moving forward. Psssst. I'm gonna cue Ernest Jones response to what folks said about Sam's 4 interception performance for the first Rams game, "frankly, fuck you." Cut it out with the teeth gnashing and grinding. As far as I'm concerned, Meyers gets a mulligan for this outing. As a ST player of the month and recently as ST player of the week, he gets all the benefit of the doubt. Chalk it up to being one of those days that everyone has now and then. I don't know why folks expect absolute perfection from kickers. I remember Meyers missed a 32 yard FG during the preseason and many people were tripping out and wondering if he's going to fuck it up all the time. Same with fans dumping on Jay Harbaugh. ST and specifically Meyers have won games this year, big time. One of the special things about this team is the connected-ness they have with all three units of offense, defense, and special teams. If one sputters, the others back it up. So many times this season the ST has answered the call and directly won games for us. ST didn't have a good day, but the defense did and the offense did enough. The good news is that the ST struggles did not impact the team negatively. In life, for myself, the best mistakes are the ones made that don't end up hurting. It's good timing. If there was a game in which to fuck it up for ST, this was it. The defense was just so dominant that they made up for any deficits.
It is just so cool to be in pole position at the end of the season. I'm gonna kick back with my own cigar (well, herb cigar) and enjoy the rest of the games and wild card week coming up. How sweet it is.
At this time the Seahawks are #1 in the entire NFC, #1 Seed with a bye in the AFC, and one cannot believe that Mike MacDonal and the entire coaching staff and team players are readying us for a Super Bowl playoff win
This year the Hawks have been a scrappy team. They don’t win 30-3 but a scrappy 13-3 win is just fine, it’s still a win. They are making it to the top as a team that continues to believe and trust in each other. GO HAWKS !!
Given the number of comments (all of which I haven't read yet), there is little I can likely say that hasn't already been said. I'll just say that 14-3 and the #1 NFC seed is something worthy of pride and celebration. Let's not get caught up in why the offence didn't score 30 instead of 'only' 13 points. They controlled the game, controlled the ball, kept our defence off the field for long stretches. Complementary football.
We are winning with flaws in every game. That should make us optimistic, not frustrated. We haven't played our best game yet, so I'm really looking forward to that. Good teams still find ways to win even when not playing their best football, and we've done that a lot this year. Hopefully when we get to the playoffs, we'll see something close to our best football.....and if we play that way, we will win against anybody.
We were 7-3 after 10 games. Then we ran the table to 14-3. Unbelievable. What a team.
The two Seattle 3rd & 15+yard conversions were spectacular, don’t see that happening much in the NFL. Broadcast even showing their GM Lynch throwing a tantrum on the last one was so spectacular to see!
Credit to Robert Salah!! I for one am glad he came back to the niners :D
When the 9ers managed to find their rhythm in this lone drive it was the only mokent I got a little bit nervous... 5 seconds before the INT I said "We need a defensive play now come on".
This Defense is so special... it's definitely one of the best I've ever seen. Did anybody even think we could lose this game?
Great win. Loved that our run game finally looks to be humming and our D was, well…..incredible!
Not to be a downer, but……
- that was not a full
Strength 9ers team. They were a shell of themselves. The final score was not a good representation of the dominance we had.
- we cant afford to NOT score when we get within the red zone in playoff football.
- SD needs to take the blinkers off when it comes to Kupp who was open multiple times (not just today) and was ignored, or not seen, or something (Not to mention Bobo in the end zone).
Yes those weren’t the real Niners for sure. Imagine us without Williams (Bosa) Jones (Warner) JSN (Aiyuk) Kupp (Pearsall) Cross (Trent Williams) Zabel (Barch) Murphy (Mykel Williams) and Bradford (Burford).
Hats off to them and Shanny a legit coach of the year candidate
And hats off to SSJ who saw past their record and all those points and predicted a blow-out — which yesterday was, in every way but the score.
Seattle dominated and nearly destroyed them, including two addl injuries during the game. I literally don’t know how they come back from this next week. Which is what should have happened, we were ruthless, never let them up off the mat, 5 rounds of ground and pound.
The last thing we need is for Meyers to be off kilter. He needs to get his head straight.
Or Smash Squad. Easier off the tongue, and says the same thing as your suggestion.
On reflection, the thing that stood out to me as much as anything was the level of discipline. Few OL penalties. None from the secondary. It was a clean game. That, plus the turnovers, meant the D could do it's thing and the O could prevail. This is the recipe I'd like to see continue, please.
Good catch.
We didn't get to multiple hundreds but 160 is not too bad Joe?
WE'RE THE NUMBER 1 SEED!!! Man it's been so long, proud of these guys. Anything can happen in the playoffs but these guys have really done an excellent job, and I think that's worth celebrating.
Just for perspective in the beginning of season (April 30, 2025 per my dollar bets):
-Even money that the Seahawks would win 8.5 games
-+850 that Seahawks would win 12.5
-+550 that they'd win the division
-+170 to make the playoffs
-+2800 to win the conference
I wish I put $1 on winning the super bowl so I would know the odds but just goes to show how low the general consensus was on the Seahawks and how we've overachieved.
Hope this gives everyone some perspective! Celebrate the wins!
I need Meyers to go ahead and not do that again
Begaw!!
So sweet!
I watched the live broadcast on KOMO4 and later the ESPN Peyton-Elie broadcast, which I had DVR'd. It was totally fun to watch the latter. Marshawn Lynch was the guest for the second half, which was funnier than heck. Right off the bat, they asked him not to swear like he did the last time he was there. They apparently got fined big time for that. He said ok let's get it out of the way, fuck-shit! He kept swearing anyway throughout. It's what you get with Marshawn! Just classic. Also, it was nice for a change to talk about the SB48 because Peyton was on the wrong side of that experience. He was like that was something he wanted to not have to think about ever again. Nice to not have to rehash SB49 that everyone puts on loop.
One thing the former QB brothers said about the wide open Charbs at the goal line that Darnold missed, was that as obvious it was to everyone watching on TV, the pass rusher coming from the right side likely impaired Sam's line of sight from ground level. It was a split second moment during his progressions that made him miss Charbs. This observation answered the question as to how Sam could possibly have missed the open running back. I was going WTF?!! at the time. Makes sense.
Seeing comments on other platforms and blogs regarding Jason Meyer's outing, people are so concerned moving forward. Psssst. I'm gonna cue Ernest Jones response to what folks said about Sam's 4 interception performance for the first Rams game, "frankly, fuck you." Cut it out with the teeth gnashing and grinding. As far as I'm concerned, Meyers gets a mulligan for this outing. As a ST player of the month and recently as ST player of the week, he gets all the benefit of the doubt. Chalk it up to being one of those days that everyone has now and then. I don't know why folks expect absolute perfection from kickers. I remember Meyers missed a 32 yard FG during the preseason and many people were tripping out and wondering if he's going to fuck it up all the time. Same with fans dumping on Jay Harbaugh. ST and specifically Meyers have won games this year, big time. One of the special things about this team is the connected-ness they have with all three units of offense, defense, and special teams. If one sputters, the others back it up. So many times this season the ST has answered the call and directly won games for us. ST didn't have a good day, but the defense did and the offense did enough. The good news is that the ST struggles did not impact the team negatively. In life, for myself, the best mistakes are the ones made that don't end up hurting. It's good timing. If there was a game in which to fuck it up for ST, this was it. The defense was just so dominant that they made up for any deficits.
It is just so cool to be in pole position at the end of the season. I'm gonna kick back with my own cigar (well, herb cigar) and enjoy the rest of the games and wild card week coming up. How sweet it is.
At this time the Seahawks are #1 in the entire NFC, #1 Seed with a bye in the AFC, and one cannot believe that Mike MacDonal and the entire coaching staff and team players are readying us for a Super Bowl playoff win
This year the Hawks have been a scrappy team. They don’t win 30-3 but a scrappy 13-3 win is just fine, it’s still a win. They are making it to the top as a team that continues to believe and trust in each other. GO HAWKS !!
I started watching the Seahawks a little over 2 years ago, so this will be my first time as a fan watching them in the playoffs. Buzzing! 🙂
Given the number of comments (all of which I haven't read yet), there is little I can likely say that hasn't already been said. I'll just say that 14-3 and the #1 NFC seed is something worthy of pride and celebration. Let's not get caught up in why the offence didn't score 30 instead of 'only' 13 points. They controlled the game, controlled the ball, kept our defence off the field for long stretches. Complementary football.
We are winning with flaws in every game. That should make us optimistic, not frustrated. We haven't played our best game yet, so I'm really looking forward to that. Good teams still find ways to win even when not playing their best football, and we've done that a lot this year. Hopefully when we get to the playoffs, we'll see something close to our best football.....and if we play that way, we will win against anybody.
We were 7-3 after 10 games. Then we ran the table to 14-3. Unbelievable. What a team.
Good teams still find ways to win even when not playing their best football, and we've done that a lot this year
Yup. Can't wait to see us play a complete game...it's gonna be a bloodbath.
The two Seattle 3rd & 15+yard conversions were spectacular, don’t see that happening much in the NFL. Broadcast even showing their GM Lynch throwing a tantrum on the last one was so spectacular to see!
Credit to Robert Salah!! I for one am glad he came back to the niners :D
When the 9ers managed to find their rhythm in this lone drive it was the only mokent I got a little bit nervous... 5 seconds before the INT I said "We need a defensive play now come on".
This Defense is so special... it's definitely one of the best I've ever seen. Did anybody even think we could lose this game?
Most of the pundits.
Great win. Loved that our run game finally looks to be humming and our D was, well…..incredible!
Not to be a downer, but……
- that was not a full
Strength 9ers team. They were a shell of themselves. The final score was not a good representation of the dominance we had.
- we cant afford to NOT score when we get within the red zone in playoff football.
- SD needs to take the blinkers off when it comes to Kupp who was open multiple times (not just today) and was ignored, or not seen, or something (Not to mention Bobo in the end zone).
No one is perfect, but we’re mighty close.
Yes those weren’t the real Niners for sure. Imagine us without Williams (Bosa) Jones (Warner) JSN (Aiyuk) Kupp (Pearsall) Cross (Trent Williams) Zabel (Barch) Murphy (Mykel Williams) and Bradford (Burford).
Hats off to them and Shanny a legit coach of the year candidate
And hats off to SSJ who saw past their record and all those points and predicted a blow-out — which yesterday was, in every way but the score.
Seattle dominated and nearly destroyed them, including two addl injuries during the game. I literally don’t know how they come back from this next week. Which is what should have happened, we were ruthless, never let them up off the mat, 5 rounds of ground and pound.
All hail the baddest MF’s on the planet
God I love defense! May the 12s be with you and Go Seahawks!