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Nelly's avatar

Similar in the negligence of player management. Quinn should have taken him out. He probably was going to after that drive, hoping for a td to salvage Jaydens night.

For RGiii, he was already playing on a bum knee, management kept him in because they knew it was there only way to win the game. Caring more about a championship push more than there QBs health. Just horrible.

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Smells Like Bean Spirit's avatar

If I was the owner of an NFL franchise that was both in the middle of an injury-filled, non-competitive season and had a young, blossoming talent at QB (a dual-threat player who was coming off an injury!) the least forgivable thing my HC could do (in game) would be to leave said QB in there down 4+ possessions in the 4th quarter.

You have to protect the franchise there. So, so dumb.

Tory Horton looked good, he's so smooth and has such long strides it's difficult to tell that he's fast af, with a good catch radius. I think next year will be when his volume and counting stats start popping but it's cool he's proven himself as a solid red zone threat as a rookie.

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Rusty's avatar

It was a thing of beauty.

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Chris H's avatar

The Seahawks are a young team still improving. I was really confident we'd win against the Moons for some reason. It just felt like an ideal match-up. Glad we stomped them. Look at all of the rookies contributing in a substantial way! That bodes well for the rest of the season and future seasons.

JSN is simply sublime. He doesn't even look like he's working hard out there, but is making a 100 yard game look routine. He's really something else. Glad he's on our team.

I want people to keep waiting for Sam Darnold to turn back into a pumpkin. Keep waiting. And waiting. Waiting....

I was most worried about an injury to EJ more than anyone else on the defense, so that was a substantial bummer. Hopefully he's only out for a game or two. JS may need to make a move there.

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Barry R Carlson's avatar

Sam Danielle was the bomb!

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IdahoFred's avatar

One other item. I don't know how good the Moons are but we scored more points than our season average and we held them to few points than our season average. I would be great if we could continue that trend. And I think Pittsburgh exposed Indy for the frauds they are.

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Mcdude's avatar

Joe Theismann’s injury is was one of the worst I have seen. I cringed back then and can’t watch it again.

Hoping Jayden Daniels is back soon.

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Paul Johnson's avatar

That Theisman image came flooding back into my mind as I watched Daniel’s suffer his injury. Both the kind of images you just can’t ‘unsee’.

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Charley Filipek's avatar

Actually was rooting for the Moons to score "some".

dang, injuries suck! Here's hoping that Mr. Jayden Daniels heals up well 'n returns strong.

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Charley Filipek's avatar

"Could the Seahawks be the first team in NFL history that doesn’t want the number one seed?"

Oh,... i didn't get it at first or at All until the very last sentence. Well played.

"With how the Seahawks are playing on the road, do they even want that?"

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Rich's avatar

I felt lIke Sunday night was going to be a dominant win for the Hawks. My concern is why this team doesn't have a true killer instinct which at times allows opponents back into the games. Strong starts need to have a strong finishing attitude. It's going to bite them in thier behind if the Seahawks allow the opposing team to think that may have a chance to win down the stretch. I want to see the opposing team's body language of "OMG this game is over" in the middle of the third quarter.

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Chris H's avatar

They looked like that in the second quarter if you asked me.

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Charlie Gage's avatar

Horton was great in for cooper's spot. I liked what I saw from Thomas and Okada. In all, the starters were awesome on both sides of the ball.

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JIMMY JOHNSON's avatar

And Cody White going from the Practise Squad to a TD tonight!

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zezinhom400's avatar

Really sad I missed the chat this week, was at a dinner so sneaking peeks at the game as I was able.

One thing that really impressed me is you had pointed out how weak Moons secondary is and therefore we should pass a lot even though our desired identity is to run the ball. Sure enough that’s what we did. Great call SSJ!

And Darnold with >14 yds/attempt for most of the game was insane, as well as JSN once again being >16 yds/reception.

No Koop, no Bobo, no Dareke, so easier to key on JSN yet he still goes for 129 in three quarters of play. I’m watching it happen but still can’t believe how great a receiver JSN is. Not sure even Chase or Jefferson are his equal, maybe Puka but we’re talking top 5 WR at worst.

And I don’t know how good Moons front seven has been, but zero sacks and not a ton of pressures. Our OL is light years better.

And Ty Okada stepped up AGAIN. And Spoon is back! And Emmanwori is all over the field making plays. Wow.

Worried about Jobe and concussion protocols. Worried about Ernest Jones, no question Moons ran better in the 2nd half after he left the game.

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Paul G's avatar

Re Okada, don’t miss Brady Russell’s (#38) reaction to Ty’s interception.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ae978ofDP0Q?si=VMAmH8WpsptvT3kd

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Nelly's avatar

I wondered why he was in during trash time, but then I remembered this was the same organization that left RGIII in against us until his knee literally gave up on him.

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zezinhom400's avatar

The similarities are eerie. Too eerie.

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Jeremy's avatar

I was at the game in person, the cheers from Washington fans were pretty much silenced by the middle of the second quarter, and the SEA HAWKS chants were getting very loud by the 4th quarter. Utter domination in every single phase of the game (except the run game still wasnt spectacular)

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Brian Welcker's avatar

I thought the run game was pretty efficient before the game got laughable. At some point, Washington knew we were just going to run out the clock and could sell out against the run.

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IdahoFred's avatar

All the fireworks were in the first half. Two totally different halfs. But what a first half. If you're up by 24 points it's ok to coast in the second half.

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Charlie Gage's avatar

That got the backups some much needed snaps which will benefit them in future games.

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Danno's avatar

We were lucky Tyrone Okada got all that practice before tonight.

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Largentium's avatar

That was the most complete, dominant performance by a Seahawks team in a long time. The only thing I can really quibble about was the run game still being less effective than they want. It was just effective enough that the passing game was just about unstoppable tonight. Hopefully this team keeps getting even better!

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JIMMY JOHNSON's avatar

Kubiak doesn't adjust well to real-time changes opponents make to his schemes. It will be a big factor when we face McVay and Shanahan, especially in the second half. Maybe Darnold can pick up some of the slack? So much talent is being left unused.

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Chip Mac's avatar

I agree 100% regarding Kubiak lack of adjustment, but he to is learning how to call the offense on a real team. Let’s hope he growers into the role.

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