Brilliant analysis, SeaSideJoe! Talk about reality checks... it comes from a Man who measures a week by 7 days and a year by 52+. Somebody please- slap me awake. This one gets the Sports Writer's Pulitzer for both content and volume. And yeah, my old faithful Raiders fans now understand my Geno-cautions. Furthermore, John Schneider's long hidden contributions to the Carroll legacy are being pulled out of the footnotes. HooAh. Good stuff. Good outfit.
I think this was one of your better articles, I do believe we have a much easier schedule this year. Like to make the playoffs but not win the division. Those division winners have tough schedules.
I do not think we have done great on 4th and one, or at the goal line. Why are we not trying Milroe?
Game 5 coming up after 10 days rest, emphasis on 5. (It's kinda like 4th and one...) And how long did Mahomes ride the bench before making an appearance? What's the success record of rookies riding herd? Never mind the speed and ease it now takes to watch their performance in less than 24 hours and edit it into a cohesive analysis.
You have made the hype rollercoster of offseason football boring now because I ignore all of the noise to listen to your signal. Calm, rational analysis that looks at decisions through both the business and on the field lens makes for an interesting and intelligent discourse.
There is a lot of uncertainty and drama in the world and the media feeds on it, but it isn’t useful. I would rather have the media be unimpressed with our boring football like the Eagles than be anointed the favorites like the Ravens.
Thank you Kenneth for keeping us grounded in good analysis as these new Seahawks take flight. Go Hawks!
Wow, you’ve really pumped up the joy juice! Your post could be seen as homerism but as always, you back up the hype with data and excellent analysis, thus I’m on board with the good news report. But enough about you SSJ, here’s some thought about the team: I think what I like best about Darnold is his lack of flash, he’s so stead, great execution, and taking what is given. I’m sure Kubiak’s game plan has a lot to do with this, the two seem to be a great combination.
It’s fortunate that the first four games have been against mid level, good-not-great teams, gives them theme to get the gears meshing and hopefully preps them for play against the ‘next level’ teams. I think the Cards game was a valuable learning lesson. They will need to apply all the lessons they have learned in their next game.
This was my early season hope for last year. I did not realize finding a great OC was as thin as it was. Now we see us indeed finding our A Game. Good point!
I like Geno. There is some unpredictability in his game. He could pull a rabbit out of his helmet one minute and step in rabbit poop the next.
Lock is Art Squared. He can juggle rabbits; the poop will fly.
Sam is much more predictable. If Russ was a robot on the podium, Sam is a robot post snap. He does his job correctly, as programmed. Not that the software is perfect, or that the programming takes all variables into account.
He’s not an exciting scrambler, but he’s not static either. He won’t go far off script. The big advantage is that he’s unlikely to make boneheaded mistakes. That’s worth a lot in a game where one error can gift seven points to the opponent.
His most recent software upgrade includes the ability to make accurate passes on the move. Outstanding feature.
Great analysis. We can now really all appreciate McDonald’s composure when responding to one of the most ridiculous questions of all time by Mike Salk when he asked if there might be an opportunity for Milroe to start this season. I really like Milroe in the future but Darnold may never give him a chance here if he keeps finally living up to the potential of the #3 overall pick. I’ll admit to being lukewarm on Kubiak, but he’s showing that the right system can do wonders for an ultra talented quarterback who only just found a successful system in Minnesota. They now look silly, as do the Raiders, which is unfortunate because I’ll always be a big Pete Carroll fan, even when obviously past his prime. I sure hope we can keep this up because it hasn’t been this much fun to be a Seahawk fan since LOB days.
Great article. It's easy to forget how many pieces on defense have been here all along. A couple of drafts and a key acquisition at LB, and you go from bad to good. Coaching matters. You can have talent and bad performance, and you can have talent and excellent performance. That's coaching and mindset/culture.
The Vikings decision to let Sam go never made sense to me. But it's what happens when a player performs poorly (as did the rest of the team) in two big games, and you come to the conclusion that player can't win big games. It's a flawed conclusion, and it's what led to them going with a sophomore QB that doesn't appear ready. Darnold had already shown that past performance is not always a predictor of future performance. He can learn and adapt, and he'll be doing that for the Seahawks thankfully.
Pete forgot Rule #1 (his rule #1) quite some time ago, and he still hasn't clued in why he's lost his magic. Pete, rule #1 for crying out loud. How can you forget rule #1?
Great post. It’s important to recall the terrible analysis offered by the poor mainstream pundits. Thanks for refreshing the old narrative and letting those people stew in their bloated natterings.
So… yep. All the management stuff feels pretty right. Geno looks broken, and Darnold looks not broken. Not perfect, but he’s been clutch so far. This, despite the Raiders o-line looking to block better than Seattle’s, specifically for the run game. This will be the undoing of Seattle, and Darnold, eventually. It’s the one big Schneider blind spot… Master class in rebuilding? Not until or unless this weakness is proven otherwise. Philly’s trenches are its strength. Only Seattle’s D-line looks like that… Finally, watch the Rams struggle to run consistently against the Colts but STILL get 3-4 yards a pop… This is what Seattle hasn’t been able to do. Bradford consistently loses at the LOS. And so backs are caught, constantly, in their own backfield, fighting just to get 0 yards. Tampa’s D is real and their offense is way better than the Card’s. This test will be harder than the smoke-and-mirrors 49ers.
Brilliant analysis, SeaSideJoe! Talk about reality checks... it comes from a Man who measures a week by 7 days and a year by 52+. Somebody please- slap me awake. This one gets the Sports Writer's Pulitzer for both content and volume. And yeah, my old faithful Raiders fans now understand my Geno-cautions. Furthermore, John Schneider's long hidden contributions to the Carroll legacy are being pulled out of the footnotes. HooAh. Good stuff. Good outfit.
I think this was one of your better articles, I do believe we have a much easier schedule this year. Like to make the playoffs but not win the division. Those division winners have tough schedules.
I do not think we have done great on 4th and one, or at the goal line. Why are we not trying Milroe?
Game 5 coming up after 10 days rest, emphasis on 5. (It's kinda like 4th and one...) And how long did Mahomes ride the bench before making an appearance? What's the success record of rookies riding herd? Never mind the speed and ease it now takes to watch their performance in less than 24 hours and edit it into a cohesive analysis.
You have made the hype rollercoster of offseason football boring now because I ignore all of the noise to listen to your signal. Calm, rational analysis that looks at decisions through both the business and on the field lens makes for an interesting and intelligent discourse.
There is a lot of uncertainty and drama in the world and the media feeds on it, but it isn’t useful. I would rather have the media be unimpressed with our boring football like the Eagles than be anointed the favorites like the Ravens.
Thank you Kenneth for keeping us grounded in good analysis as these new Seahawks take flight. Go Hawks!
HooAh!
Wow, you’ve really pumped up the joy juice! Your post could be seen as homerism but as always, you back up the hype with data and excellent analysis, thus I’m on board with the good news report. But enough about you SSJ, here’s some thought about the team: I think what I like best about Darnold is his lack of flash, he’s so stead, great execution, and taking what is given. I’m sure Kubiak’s game plan has a lot to do with this, the two seem to be a great combination.
It’s fortunate that the first four games have been against mid level, good-not-great teams, gives them theme to get the gears meshing and hopefully preps them for play against the ‘next level’ teams. I think the Cards game was a valuable learning lesson. They will need to apply all the lessons they have learned in their next game.
This was my early season hope for last year. I did not realize finding a great OC was as thin as it was. Now we see us indeed finding our A Game. Good point!
Geno was Art. Sam is Science.
I like Geno. There is some unpredictability in his game. He could pull a rabbit out of his helmet one minute and step in rabbit poop the next.
Lock is Art Squared. He can juggle rabbits; the poop will fly.
Sam is much more predictable. If Russ was a robot on the podium, Sam is a robot post snap. He does his job correctly, as programmed. Not that the software is perfect, or that the programming takes all variables into account.
He’s not an exciting scrambler, but he’s not static either. He won’t go far off script. The big advantage is that he’s unlikely to make boneheaded mistakes. That’s worth a lot in a game where one error can gift seven points to the opponent.
His most recent software upgrade includes the ability to make accurate passes on the move. Outstanding feature.
Science.
Great analysis. We can now really all appreciate McDonald’s composure when responding to one of the most ridiculous questions of all time by Mike Salk when he asked if there might be an opportunity for Milroe to start this season. I really like Milroe in the future but Darnold may never give him a chance here if he keeps finally living up to the potential of the #3 overall pick. I’ll admit to being lukewarm on Kubiak, but he’s showing that the right system can do wonders for an ultra talented quarterback who only just found a successful system in Minnesota. They now look silly, as do the Raiders, which is unfortunate because I’ll always be a big Pete Carroll fan, even when obviously past his prime. I sure hope we can keep this up because it hasn’t been this much fun to be a Seahawk fan since LOB days.
“Since last January”?
Great article. It's easy to forget how many pieces on defense have been here all along. A couple of drafts and a key acquisition at LB, and you go from bad to good. Coaching matters. You can have talent and bad performance, and you can have talent and excellent performance. That's coaching and mindset/culture.
The Vikings decision to let Sam go never made sense to me. But it's what happens when a player performs poorly (as did the rest of the team) in two big games, and you come to the conclusion that player can't win big games. It's a flawed conclusion, and it's what led to them going with a sophomore QB that doesn't appear ready. Darnold had already shown that past performance is not always a predictor of future performance. He can learn and adapt, and he'll be doing that for the Seahawks thankfully.
Pete forgot Rule #1 (his rule #1) quite some time ago, and he still hasn't clued in why he's lost his magic. Pete, rule #1 for crying out loud. How can you forget rule #1?
I suspect Sam is forcing agents to modify their QB's rookie contacts. Sounds like McC was over-promised when he'd start.
Great post. It’s important to recall the terrible analysis offered by the poor mainstream pundits. Thanks for refreshing the old narrative and letting those people stew in their bloated natterings.
So… yep. All the management stuff feels pretty right. Geno looks broken, and Darnold looks not broken. Not perfect, but he’s been clutch so far. This, despite the Raiders o-line looking to block better than Seattle’s, specifically for the run game. This will be the undoing of Seattle, and Darnold, eventually. It’s the one big Schneider blind spot… Master class in rebuilding? Not until or unless this weakness is proven otherwise. Philly’s trenches are its strength. Only Seattle’s D-line looks like that… Finally, watch the Rams struggle to run consistently against the Colts but STILL get 3-4 yards a pop… This is what Seattle hasn’t been able to do. Bradford consistently loses at the LOS. And so backs are caught, constantly, in their own backfield, fighting just to get 0 yards. Tampa’s D is real and their offense is way better than the Card’s. This test will be harder than the smoke-and-mirrors 49ers.