Rattler might surprise us, might be better than his numbers because (and boy don't we know this riff)...his OL is terrible. And his receiving corps is thin.
I do hope -- and I mean this -- Olave doesn't go out with a concussion, again, against us. I'm a little surprised he's still playing. But Tua's on the TV still playing...
Fun article but it's way too early to establish any meaninglful trends. I hope I'm wrong ( it would be the 1st time ) but this feels like a trap game ...at home against a bad 0 and 2 Saints... very reminiscent of last years Giant debacle,!
I'm sorry, but two games is way too soon to take notice of trends, but I salute you for staying on top of trends I might miss. I think this last game went into the fourth quarter tied 14-14. Then we exploded for 17 points, and the game was over by the middle of the fourth quarter and then circumstances change so stats start getting skewed because every play becomes a pass play and it ended on a 4th down INT that we would have been ten yards better in field position to have dropped it. I don't blame Bryant and I don't think the coaches care, either. The INT or a turn over on downs ended the game. Does anyone know why they ran the ball at that point? Seens like it was unnecessary and hard on Charbonnet and his stats. Why not kneel it down?
One other observation I wanted to make. The Seahawks sent Shaq Griffin (CB) back to the practice squad and promoted Cody White (WR). Reading the tea leaves I think the Hawks feel Spoon will be back this week. Also, perhaps White was promoted because of the Horton groin injury. Horton did practice today but was limited. I was almost hoping they would err on the side of caution and keep Spoon out for a little extra rest for Thursday’s crucial game against the Cardinals.
Vets can't make rookie mistakes, like Griff does when buying Roger's fake handoff to chase the decoy as Aaron runs right passed him. Griff ends up standing in the backfield watching Rogers pass it from out in the flat. A bit of study would have you know how good Aaron is with faking handoffs. MM: WTF?? No surprise he's demoted. Expect he'll be gone soon enough.
I think someone in his family past away. Or something like that, it wasn’t an illness. Kendrick is just such a great surprise pick up, or at least it appears he is. If they keep Shaq, it will likely be on the practice squad unless someone ahead of him gets hurt. I was concerned about CB depth just a few weeks ago, now I think we’re fine there.
What about Bobo? Are they going to promote White over Bobo? Maybe. He was noticeably faster and seemed to be running crisper routes than ever in the preseason. I wouldn't mind them giving him Horton's targets against N.O. Let Horton heal up for Arizona.
Bobo is already on the 53. White was on the practice squad. I think Bobo will stay on the roster. Shaq was sent down to promote White. Whit, was one of the punt returners I saw in the fan fest, and I think he was one of the major punt returners in the last preseason game when Horton was sidelined. I think he will be the punt returner if Horton does not play.
I think this has to do with gaming the system. Shaq, because of his vet status, resets the clock at zero call-ups to the 53 when they do it this way. And if I didn't explain that very well it's because I don't understand it very well.
No, I get you there, but they will have one less CBs for this game. I don’t think they exchange a CB for a WR if Spoon and Emmanwori are going to be out for this game. I think it’s likely Spoon plays on Sunday because of this move. I’m less convinced calling up White means Horton will be out, but White is capable of returning punts if Horton can’t play, or he can play, but don’t want him returning punts with his groin injury.
Man I hope my comments during the Steelers chat about the last 2 mins and the first 2 mins (I now realize it should have been 4 and 4) didn't come across as ridicule. Because I think it makes total sense. In fact I've become accustomed to watching for it -- just have been doing it wrong, focusing only on the last 2 and the first 2. But count me as a supporter/defender of the principle!
Really hoping the defense doesn't regress against a lesser opponent. The Seahawks of the last 5 years seemed to play down to their competition, which is how we lost to the Giants last year.
If the Hawks just come out and crush the Saints, I will feel a lot better about this team going forward. But I have low grade PTSD from the final Pete years and as confident as I want to be, deep down I worry this game might expose some things I can't unsee.
But I am outwardly optimistic this will be the beatdown we think it will be. If we lose, I will be under my bed quietly sobbing if you need me.
HA! My hope is losing Game 1 will eliminate any attraction "taking it easy" has had in years passed. (GRRRR) I expect the Saints will be unlocking their primal instincts before going 0-3. They are no joke, playing for pride and know how to do it. Plus Rattler is displaying a powerful "IT" factor. He'll be out to do the rattling. His Guys love him for it.
I also found that Steeler’s O-line 22 analysis and posted it in the SSJ chat for fellow Joe’s to post links of interest to Seahawks fans. I hope some of you might take a minute to post quality links you feel we might all benefit from.
I think besides the Hawks defense taking a step to being truly elite in this game, the Hawks offense will make another step in the right direction. My prior prediction for the game is 41 - 6 Seahawks, and the game is basically over in the 3rd quarter. The benefit of playing like this will mean we can finish this game with 2nd and 3rd string players. Having the starters on the bench for the last 20 minutes going into a very short week for a Thursday night on the road against Arizona in a division game we may need to win to take the division title.
Oh, you like me have got very excited reading all these numbers, but I am afraid you have been overly optimistic. I think the best we can hope for is 40-6.
Seriously though, this is probably a dumb thing to say 2 weeks in, but I see no way we lose 5 out of 6 games like we did last year. I mean ever again or at least not till after a couple of rings.
Well, I was closer to getting the Steeler game right than most people. True, they didn’t win by 18, but if we made that chip shot field goal and only threw one INT instead of two, we would have won by more than 18. I don’t guarantee a 35 point victory, but I believe it will be a big Seahawk win. The defense will be as good or better, and the offense will take another step forward. Plus, I bet MM is not going to let them take the Saints lightly. He wants a Lumen Field victory in a BIG way.
This is a fun website. It combines all the computer rankings for each game. For the NO game the prediction average is a little higher than the line. Give it a look. It also has links to all the ratings. Sometimes it is higher, sometimes it is lower, sometimes it is the same.
Rattler might surprise us, might be better than his numbers because (and boy don't we know this riff)...his OL is terrible. And his receiving corps is thin.
I do hope -- and I mean this -- Olave doesn't go out with a concussion, again, against us. I'm a little surprised he's still playing. But Tua's on the TV still playing...
Fun article but it's way too early to establish any meaninglful trends. I hope I'm wrong ( it would be the 1st time ) but this feels like a trap game ...at home against a bad 0 and 2 Saints... very reminiscent of last years Giant debacle,!
I'm sorry, but two games is way too soon to take notice of trends, but I salute you for staying on top of trends I might miss. I think this last game went into the fourth quarter tied 14-14. Then we exploded for 17 points, and the game was over by the middle of the fourth quarter and then circumstances change so stats start getting skewed because every play becomes a pass play and it ended on a 4th down INT that we would have been ten yards better in field position to have dropped it. I don't blame Bryant and I don't think the coaches care, either. The INT or a turn over on downs ended the game. Does anyone know why they ran the ball at that point? Seens like it was unnecessary and hard on Charbonnet and his stats. Why not kneel it down?
SSJ continues whipping me into a frenzy. Now, back to the vids...
One other observation I wanted to make. The Seahawks sent Shaq Griffin (CB) back to the practice squad and promoted Cody White (WR). Reading the tea leaves I think the Hawks feel Spoon will be back this week. Also, perhaps White was promoted because of the Horton groin injury. Horton did practice today but was limited. I was almost hoping they would err on the side of caution and keep Spoon out for a little extra rest for Thursday’s crucial game against the Cardinals.
Vets can't make rookie mistakes, like Griff does when buying Roger's fake handoff to chase the decoy as Aaron runs right passed him. Griff ends up standing in the backfield watching Rogers pass it from out in the flat. A bit of study would have you know how good Aaron is with faking handoffs. MM: WTF?? No surprise he's demoted. Expect he'll be gone soon enough.
Yeah, I also think he could be gone soon, especially with the play of Kendrick.
Excellent point. Wasn't he off some mystery illness after MM hired him?
I think someone in his family past away. Or something like that, it wasn’t an illness. Kendrick is just such a great surprise pick up, or at least it appears he is. If they keep Shaq, it will likely be on the practice squad unless someone ahead of him gets hurt. I was concerned about CB depth just a few weeks ago, now I think we’re fine there.
What about Bobo? Are they going to promote White over Bobo? Maybe. He was noticeably faster and seemed to be running crisper routes than ever in the preseason. I wouldn't mind them giving him Horton's targets against N.O. Let Horton heal up for Arizona.
Bobo will remain a hold card for future surprises.
Bobo is already on the 53. White was on the practice squad. I think Bobo will stay on the roster. Shaq was sent down to promote White. Whit, was one of the punt returners I saw in the fan fest, and I think he was one of the major punt returners in the last preseason game when Horton was sidelined. I think he will be the punt returner if Horton does not play.
I think this has to do with gaming the system. Shaq, because of his vet status, resets the clock at zero call-ups to the 53 when they do it this way. And if I didn't explain that very well it's because I don't understand it very well.
No, I get you there, but they will have one less CBs for this game. I don’t think they exchange a CB for a WR if Spoon and Emmanwori are going to be out for this game. I think it’s likely Spoon plays on Sunday because of this move. I’m less convinced calling up White means Horton will be out, but White is capable of returning punts if Horton can’t play, or he can play, but don’t want him returning punts with his groin injury.
Man I hope my comments during the Steelers chat about the last 2 mins and the first 2 mins (I now realize it should have been 4 and 4) didn't come across as ridicule. Because I think it makes total sense. In fact I've become accustomed to watching for it -- just have been doing it wrong, focusing only on the last 2 and the first 2. But count me as a supporter/defender of the principle!
I'm going for eight and eight, but that's just me.
Really hoping the defense doesn't regress against a lesser opponent. The Seahawks of the last 5 years seemed to play down to their competition, which is how we lost to the Giants last year.
If the Hawks just come out and crush the Saints, I will feel a lot better about this team going forward. But I have low grade PTSD from the final Pete years and as confident as I want to be, deep down I worry this game might expose some things I can't unsee.
But I am outwardly optimistic this will be the beatdown we think it will be. If we lose, I will be under my bed quietly sobbing if you need me.
HA! My hope is losing Game 1 will eliminate any attraction "taking it easy" has had in years passed. (GRRRR) I expect the Saints will be unlocking their primal instincts before going 0-3. They are no joke, playing for pride and know how to do it. Plus Rattler is displaying a powerful "IT" factor. He'll be out to do the rattling. His Guys love him for it.
I also found that Steeler’s O-line 22 analysis and posted it in the SSJ chat for fellow Joe’s to post links of interest to Seahawks fans. I hope some of you might take a minute to post quality links you feel we might all benefit from.
I think besides the Hawks defense taking a step to being truly elite in this game, the Hawks offense will make another step in the right direction. My prior prediction for the game is 41 - 6 Seahawks, and the game is basically over in the 3rd quarter. The benefit of playing like this will mean we can finish this game with 2nd and 3rd string players. Having the starters on the bench for the last 20 minutes going into a very short week for a Thursday night on the road against Arizona in a division game we may need to win to take the division title.
Oh, you like me have got very excited reading all these numbers, but I am afraid you have been overly optimistic. I think the best we can hope for is 40-6.
Seriously though, this is probably a dumb thing to say 2 weeks in, but I see no way we lose 5 out of 6 games like we did last year. I mean ever again or at least not till after a couple of rings.
Well, I was closer to getting the Steeler game right than most people. True, they didn’t win by 18, but if we made that chip shot field goal and only threw one INT instead of two, we would have won by more than 18. I don’t guarantee a 35 point victory, but I believe it will be a big Seahawk win. The defense will be as good or better, and the offense will take another step forward. Plus, I bet MM is not going to let them take the Saints lightly. He wants a Lumen Field victory in a BIG way.
It kills me that the Hawks punted that first game against the 49ers.
For entertainment purposes only!
This is a fun website. It combines all the computer rankings for each game. For the NO game the prediction average is a little higher than the line. Give it a look. It also has links to all the ratings. Sometimes it is higher, sometimes it is lower, sometimes it is the same.
https://www.thepredictiontracker.com/prednfl.html
It’s nice, but it’s all wrong. None of it has the Hawks winning by 35.
Look under the min max column. Someone has the Hawks by 33.
Close, but no cigar. ;) Seriously, thank you for the link. I really enjoyed the game book link you posted on Sunday.