Yesterday was a wonderful day for the Seahawks and all fans. It was a year that was not expected to be anything other than a start over rebuild losing season. Winning the last game of the regular season put the team in the win column overall, and the bonus of being in the playoffs. Incredible! The roll of the dice went our way with the Lions beating Green Bay. Denver and Russell having their awful strange season happen was another bonus of epic proportions. We were not supposed to get a draft pick that high from them. We were supposed to be picking somewhere in the top 10 or top 5 of an expected bad season but instead the roles were switched. We will be using are own draft pick at least past the first 18 overall picks and Denver gifted us the number 5 overall pick. Just nutty stuff!
I'm basking in the victory over the Rams and the unexpected win of the Lions. These next 5 days are just pure elation for me as a fan. As to what's coming up: the Niners. I have no attachment to thinking or hoping we win. I don't expect us to win anymore than I expected the Lions to beat Green Bay. That's how I'm looking at everything from this point on for this season. It was an unqualified success! Geno finally got his opportunity after all those years on the bench with all those different teams and behind Russell. He made the dang Pro Bowl! He earned every incentive on his contract. The full 7 million he could possibly make. We played a ton of rookies at key positions who flourished. A couple of those rooks are in line for possible rookie of the year awards. Those rookies will be getting playoff experience right off the bat in their first year in the league. Shelby Harris will experience his first playoff game ever. Geno gets to start his first playoff game ever. Really great stuff. I will be enjoying this week and reveling in the glow of a winning season with a team that was expected to do no such thing. Everything that happens from this point on will be a bonus to me. Just cherries on top. Extra gravy. If we lose to the Niners I won't be despondent. If we win it will be more gravy and another cherry. As a fan I feel good. I am old enough to have been a kid who remembers 1976, the inaugural season of the Seattle Seahawks. I remember the Jack Patera, Jim Zorn, Steve Largent early years. I remember Chuck Knox arriving and taking the team with Dave Krieg, Reggie McKenzie, and Largent to the first playoff wins over Denver and Miami, and then the successful years in the 1980's. I remember the ineptitude of the 1990's of Tom Flores, Ken Behring, and Rick Mirer, which had the owner try to fleece the city of our team to California. Then Paul Allen swooped in and with Mike Holmgren produced the first Superbowl team and several winning seasons. After a one-year shitty tenure of Jim Mora Jr, Pete Carroll came in to usher the golden age of Seahawks football: consistent winning nearly every year, expected playoffs, and a Superbowl win. Yesterdays win over the Rams and the luck of sliding into the playoffs makes me think of 1983 when Chuck Knox barely got us into the playoffs. Like back then, we are total underdogs. We are not supposed to have a shot at anything. Yet, here we are. So, for these next few days, I will enjoy reading about the team and listening to sports radio to the run up before Saturday's playoff game. We're spending house money right now. Just fun stuff. I hope we win. Always. But, it's all good no matter what. The upcoming draft will be super exciting. Cherries upon cherries on top. Personally, these are good times to be a Seahawks fan right now. Has been. Just look at all the dysfunctional teams that can only wish they had our positive culture and winning pedigree. For those old timers like me, you know it's been special. Pete's not going to be around in the far future. Enjoy every bit of it.
I wish I knew enough about modern NFL football to have an actual opinion about all of this. Seattle has had an above average team for the last 10-12 years and I have to trust JS&PC to keep the team on track for another few years.
Although I completely agree with the evaluation and critiques of our offense in the last half of the season (and there has been a lot of consistent woes), I was impressed by their ability this Rams game to make TWO possible game winning drives. This is an important skill to have and I think it shows that there is actually life to this group of guys.
KenJoe - it’s been clear since day 2 of the draft that K9 “tilts the room” and you were his greatest advocate. Great call!
However Goof, your perennial doormat, executed really well and Dazzling Dan Campbell counted on him in pressure situations - fun play calling, with 4th down conversions and that precise hook & ladder. So … you’re right that scheduling took pressure off the Lions but Goof didn’t play a game that pushes the Pride’s QB hunt into top 10.
Go Hawks, run those 3 TE crossers all over those pan-handling gold diggers!
Downside, we have to overcome the 49ers. But there's now solid game tape on Purdy, and our players are going to get a bump in confidence and motivation, as will PC. An upset is very much within reach.
There should be zero talk about going from #3 to #5 - we had no control on that anyway. And we should be buzzed about targeting that #31 pick! God i'd love us to pick #31.
KW3 keeps up his play, defence continues to make turnovers, and if we can get Geno just a little better protection and DK slightly stickier gloves the NFC is there to be taken - because outside the Eagles it's not that good. I want only positivity and excitement until we're out, and even then only positivity and excitement we have options for the Draft and room to make some magic happen.
Random thoughts on what was overall a disappointing Sunday -- and I can’t believe I’m disappointed when WE JUST FUCKING MADE THE PLAYOFFS!!!!
1. Picks 5 and 20 -- I know there’s so much evidence that 3 and 17 are no guarantee of anything better, but I’m disappointed
2. Geno is great but 2 turnovers/game will kill Seattle no matter who they draft -- and 4 is what he really should have had, although dropped int’s are common in every game
3. Starting to worry about DK. Here’s the thing: the league watches film and you can’t rely on the same stuff every week or the good CB’s and DC’s will choke you out. Being physical is his strength, but our weaknesses are generally over-using our strengths, which is what he’s feeling like now. And his hands.....
4. Can’t get out of my head that Seattle just squeezed by a team w/o Donald Kupp and Stafford plus several OL’s and DB’s, at home 5. Speaking of injured players: Seattle only gets back Jamal Rashaad and Robinson (who I think is a sleeper) next year. Has fared better than most on the key injuries front.
6. The refs may have gotten Seattle into the playoffs.
7. Guess you are who your record says you are, but yesterday it felt to me that Seattle really is the 6-11 team I thought it was at the beginning of the year.
8. Am I the only one cringing about next Saturday’s game?
Now for one comment from Pete that got my attention and may be the best thing from this year: all these rookies will have their Year 2 coming up, and per Pete they will all have incredible jumps to the next level. That in and of itself may be even bigger than this year’s draft. And may mean 2024 is the year we should all be looking forward to, when these guys are in Year 3 and the upcoming draft guys are in their Year 2.
Jan 9, 2023·edited Jan 9, 2023Liked by Seaside Joe
No, we're not good but we won and we're in the playoffs. Pete Carroll should be coach of the year. Seventeen games ago that notion would have elicited a belly laugh.
The Rams defense is a year away from being dominant, is ranked 20th, and added Bobby Wagner. Joe, don't try to pass the Rams' defense off as the Texans.
I can't emphasize this enough. Regardless the hoopla about our 2022 class, we have ONE starting-quality offensive lineman. We have one receiver that consistently gets open but unlike Cooper Kupp, Lockett usually gets zero yards after catch. DK thinks he can win by bullying everybody and he clearly hasn't grown up since the beginning of the season; he may have regressed. Show me an offense with five starting-quality offensive linemen, two quality WRs, a slot guy that can run after catch, and K9; if Geno doesn't look like a top ten QB with that cast I'll eat my smart phone.
Irvin might have been our best defender tonight which is a bad sign for Seattle. Abrams has helped; and Cody looked decent in Brooks' spot. I still think improving the defensive line is our biggest issue but linebacker might be right behind. A good OLB can significantly improve the run defense while providing a pass rush.
More than ever I hope we can trade down for another 2nd round pick. In no particular order, the top five picks should be DL, LB/edge, G, C, slot reciever.
I feel like I left a bit out. Well done Detroit they played great ! The short hook and ladder was a brilliant call, and going on 4th down. Even though our game was scrappy we beat a coach that has owned us, and we did it twice. We lost to Ram teams that weren't as talented as this in our hay day.
Pete eluded to the fact that Geno may not be back, and Seattle had a lot of work to do with his contract. He then mentioned he knew who Drew Lock is as he had seen him all year. To me that sounded very much like he was not going to give Geno a big bag. He is fine going into next year with Drew Lock. To take that one step further I could see the Hawks giving Drew a deal a little better than Geno's this year, and trading the number 5 pick for a 2024 1st round plus more pick.
Enought of that, we are playing the 49rs and need to bring our tackling boots. Brock Purdy has not given up many chances. If we can put the game on his shoulders there is a chance the Seahawks win. Our offense is good enough to be the 7th seed and the defense is the same. I think Pete deserves a ton of credit for Seattle having a winning record. As Pete said he thought they would do much better than they did. I for one didnt think we would make the playoffs. Pete was up and happy and positive as always but he knows what needs to be done Saturday and in the off season. I was happy with 9 and 8 now it's the bonus round !!!!!!
Since before the Pre-season I have called the Seahawks' record 9/8 - with us being just barely in or barely out of the playoffs. What a treat that ours Hawks delivered! The cherry on top is Detroit did too! Who Hoo for next Saturday's
From my perspective, we finally got a game of bad Geno but got away with it because the D came to play. But the offensive line has been getting pushed around a lot the last month or so. That feels like why the offense hasn't been good. The run game has trouble staying on schedule, though Walker breaks some explosive runs to keep the numbers good. Geno gets pressured a lot and is making some bad choices when rushed and taking bad sacks. It's all down to a tired and undertalented offensive line.
I've been really frustrated with how inconsistent this team has been the last two months and how much each side seems to struggle at times, and that's not just roster issues or specific players underperforming, there's been some failures of coaching too. The defense can't just be the focus in the off-season.
I'm happy for the players who will get extra money and I think they have a decent shot against the Niners but I also think the Lions deserved to be in the playoffs, as much or maybe more than the Seahawks.
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This game was one where, had the Seahawks O executed well, the result would have been an easy double-digit win.
Through the arc of the season I have gone from mildly disappointed that Lock was not given an adequate shot to win the QB competition and reluctantly accepting Geno, to being impressed by Geno's game and story, to watching the same mistakes happen over and over and thinking that Geno is definitely not 'the guy' to bring back next year. Today's game reinforced that feeling for me.
The D needs more talent. As happy as I am that Carroll managed to milk the most out this team to make the playoffs, I fear the Seahawks will be shredded in SF next week, and the biggest problem will actually not be the D, it will be the Geno-led offense that can't move the ball vs the SF D.
Pluses from today: Dareke got his first two passes and showed that he may be a player; Lockett showed he is still the #1 guy, our TEs (Parkinson) showed out. And both Walker and Dallas made good plays in the running game. But Geno--the two INTs were inexcusable. DK disappeared, again--had one pass hit both hands and he didn't pull it in.
The Seahawks have an unprecedented opportunity with a wealth of draft capital to improve the team, and they need another outstanding draft to make it happen. Should one of the playmakers be a QB? I am sliding quickly into the YES column.
Yesterday was a wonderful day for the Seahawks and all fans. It was a year that was not expected to be anything other than a start over rebuild losing season. Winning the last game of the regular season put the team in the win column overall, and the bonus of being in the playoffs. Incredible! The roll of the dice went our way with the Lions beating Green Bay. Denver and Russell having their awful strange season happen was another bonus of epic proportions. We were not supposed to get a draft pick that high from them. We were supposed to be picking somewhere in the top 10 or top 5 of an expected bad season but instead the roles were switched. We will be using are own draft pick at least past the first 18 overall picks and Denver gifted us the number 5 overall pick. Just nutty stuff!
I'm basking in the victory over the Rams and the unexpected win of the Lions. These next 5 days are just pure elation for me as a fan. As to what's coming up: the Niners. I have no attachment to thinking or hoping we win. I don't expect us to win anymore than I expected the Lions to beat Green Bay. That's how I'm looking at everything from this point on for this season. It was an unqualified success! Geno finally got his opportunity after all those years on the bench with all those different teams and behind Russell. He made the dang Pro Bowl! He earned every incentive on his contract. The full 7 million he could possibly make. We played a ton of rookies at key positions who flourished. A couple of those rooks are in line for possible rookie of the year awards. Those rookies will be getting playoff experience right off the bat in their first year in the league. Shelby Harris will experience his first playoff game ever. Geno gets to start his first playoff game ever. Really great stuff. I will be enjoying this week and reveling in the glow of a winning season with a team that was expected to do no such thing. Everything that happens from this point on will be a bonus to me. Just cherries on top. Extra gravy. If we lose to the Niners I won't be despondent. If we win it will be more gravy and another cherry. As a fan I feel good. I am old enough to have been a kid who remembers 1976, the inaugural season of the Seattle Seahawks. I remember the Jack Patera, Jim Zorn, Steve Largent early years. I remember Chuck Knox arriving and taking the team with Dave Krieg, Reggie McKenzie, and Largent to the first playoff wins over Denver and Miami, and then the successful years in the 1980's. I remember the ineptitude of the 1990's of Tom Flores, Ken Behring, and Rick Mirer, which had the owner try to fleece the city of our team to California. Then Paul Allen swooped in and with Mike Holmgren produced the first Superbowl team and several winning seasons. After a one-year shitty tenure of Jim Mora Jr, Pete Carroll came in to usher the golden age of Seahawks football: consistent winning nearly every year, expected playoffs, and a Superbowl win. Yesterdays win over the Rams and the luck of sliding into the playoffs makes me think of 1983 when Chuck Knox barely got us into the playoffs. Like back then, we are total underdogs. We are not supposed to have a shot at anything. Yet, here we are. So, for these next few days, I will enjoy reading about the team and listening to sports radio to the run up before Saturday's playoff game. We're spending house money right now. Just fun stuff. I hope we win. Always. But, it's all good no matter what. The upcoming draft will be super exciting. Cherries upon cherries on top. Personally, these are good times to be a Seahawks fan right now. Has been. Just look at all the dysfunctional teams that can only wish they had our positive culture and winning pedigree. For those old timers like me, you know it's been special. Pete's not going to be around in the far future. Enjoy every bit of it.
I wish I knew enough about modern NFL football to have an actual opinion about all of this. Seattle has had an above average team for the last 10-12 years and I have to trust JS&PC to keep the team on track for another few years.
Although I completely agree with the evaluation and critiques of our offense in the last half of the season (and there has been a lot of consistent woes), I was impressed by their ability this Rams game to make TWO possible game winning drives. This is an important skill to have and I think it shows that there is actually life to this group of guys.
KenJoe - it’s been clear since day 2 of the draft that K9 “tilts the room” and you were his greatest advocate. Great call!
However Goof, your perennial doormat, executed really well and Dazzling Dan Campbell counted on him in pressure situations - fun play calling, with 4th down conversions and that precise hook & ladder. So … you’re right that scheduling took pressure off the Lions but Goof didn’t play a game that pushes the Pride’s QB hunt into top 10.
Go Hawks, run those 3 TE crossers all over those pan-handling gold diggers!
Playoffs!!! Lets f*cking go!!!
Downside, we have to overcome the 49ers. But there's now solid game tape on Purdy, and our players are going to get a bump in confidence and motivation, as will PC. An upset is very much within reach.
There should be zero talk about going from #3 to #5 - we had no control on that anyway. And we should be buzzed about targeting that #31 pick! God i'd love us to pick #31.
KW3 keeps up his play, defence continues to make turnovers, and if we can get Geno just a little better protection and DK slightly stickier gloves the NFC is there to be taken - because outside the Eagles it's not that good. I want only positivity and excitement until we're out, and even then only positivity and excitement we have options for the Draft and room to make some magic happen.
Random thoughts on what was overall a disappointing Sunday -- and I can’t believe I’m disappointed when WE JUST FUCKING MADE THE PLAYOFFS!!!!
1. Picks 5 and 20 -- I know there’s so much evidence that 3 and 17 are no guarantee of anything better, but I’m disappointed
2. Geno is great but 2 turnovers/game will kill Seattle no matter who they draft -- and 4 is what he really should have had, although dropped int’s are common in every game
3. Starting to worry about DK. Here’s the thing: the league watches film and you can’t rely on the same stuff every week or the good CB’s and DC’s will choke you out. Being physical is his strength, but our weaknesses are generally over-using our strengths, which is what he’s feeling like now. And his hands.....
4. Can’t get out of my head that Seattle just squeezed by a team w/o Donald Kupp and Stafford plus several OL’s and DB’s, at home 5. Speaking of injured players: Seattle only gets back Jamal Rashaad and Robinson (who I think is a sleeper) next year. Has fared better than most on the key injuries front.
6. The refs may have gotten Seattle into the playoffs.
7. Guess you are who your record says you are, but yesterday it felt to me that Seattle really is the 6-11 team I thought it was at the beginning of the year.
8. Am I the only one cringing about next Saturday’s game?
Now for one comment from Pete that got my attention and may be the best thing from this year: all these rookies will have their Year 2 coming up, and per Pete they will all have incredible jumps to the next level. That in and of itself may be even bigger than this year’s draft. And may mean 2024 is the year we should all be looking forward to, when these guys are in Year 3 and the upcoming draft guys are in their Year 2.
Waldron has to improve next year. He doesn't scheme WR open effectively and runs KWIII behind terrible center and guards too often.
No, we're not good but we won and we're in the playoffs. Pete Carroll should be coach of the year. Seventeen games ago that notion would have elicited a belly laugh.
The Rams defense is a year away from being dominant, is ranked 20th, and added Bobby Wagner. Joe, don't try to pass the Rams' defense off as the Texans.
I can't emphasize this enough. Regardless the hoopla about our 2022 class, we have ONE starting-quality offensive lineman. We have one receiver that consistently gets open but unlike Cooper Kupp, Lockett usually gets zero yards after catch. DK thinks he can win by bullying everybody and he clearly hasn't grown up since the beginning of the season; he may have regressed. Show me an offense with five starting-quality offensive linemen, two quality WRs, a slot guy that can run after catch, and K9; if Geno doesn't look like a top ten QB with that cast I'll eat my smart phone.
Irvin might have been our best defender tonight which is a bad sign for Seattle. Abrams has helped; and Cody looked decent in Brooks' spot. I still think improving the defensive line is our biggest issue but linebacker might be right behind. A good OLB can significantly improve the run defense while providing a pass rush.
More than ever I hope we can trade down for another 2nd round pick. In no particular order, the top five picks should be DL, LB/edge, G, C, slot reciever.
I feel like I left a bit out. Well done Detroit they played great ! The short hook and ladder was a brilliant call, and going on 4th down. Even though our game was scrappy we beat a coach that has owned us, and we did it twice. We lost to Ram teams that weren't as talented as this in our hay day.
Also regarding Kenneth Walker IIII…
ZERO FUMBLES.
Pete eluded to the fact that Geno may not be back, and Seattle had a lot of work to do with his contract. He then mentioned he knew who Drew Lock is as he had seen him all year. To me that sounded very much like he was not going to give Geno a big bag. He is fine going into next year with Drew Lock. To take that one step further I could see the Hawks giving Drew a deal a little better than Geno's this year, and trading the number 5 pick for a 2024 1st round plus more pick.
Enought of that, we are playing the 49rs and need to bring our tackling boots. Brock Purdy has not given up many chances. If we can put the game on his shoulders there is a chance the Seahawks win. Our offense is good enough to be the 7th seed and the defense is the same. I think Pete deserves a ton of credit for Seattle having a winning record. As Pete said he thought they would do much better than they did. I for one didnt think we would make the playoffs. Pete was up and happy and positive as always but he knows what needs to be done Saturday and in the off season. I was happy with 9 and 8 now it's the bonus round !!!!!!
Since before the Pre-season I have called the Seahawks' record 9/8 - with us being just barely in or barely out of the playoffs. What a treat that ours Hawks delivered! The cherry on top is Detroit did too! Who Hoo for next Saturday's
From my perspective, we finally got a game of bad Geno but got away with it because the D came to play. But the offensive line has been getting pushed around a lot the last month or so. That feels like why the offense hasn't been good. The run game has trouble staying on schedule, though Walker breaks some explosive runs to keep the numbers good. Geno gets pressured a lot and is making some bad choices when rushed and taking bad sacks. It's all down to a tired and undertalented offensive line.
I've been really frustrated with how inconsistent this team has been the last two months and how much each side seems to struggle at times, and that's not just roster issues or specific players underperforming, there's been some failures of coaching too. The defense can't just be the focus in the off-season.
I'm happy for the players who will get extra money and I think they have a decent shot against the Niners but I also think the Lions deserved to be in the playoffs, as much or maybe more than the Seahawks.
GENO SMITH IS A SERVICABLE BACK UP NOT A QUALITY STARTER. ACCEPT THIS FACT FANS, PETE AND JOHN.
Without Tyler and K9, our O would be God awful
Blythe is terrible. Sign a good FA C
Yes, we are very fortunate to make the playoffs
DK SHOULD be a top 3 WR but for several reasons he is barely a top 10
I had to walk away from the game 3 times today because Geno is useless
This game was one where, had the Seahawks O executed well, the result would have been an easy double-digit win.
Through the arc of the season I have gone from mildly disappointed that Lock was not given an adequate shot to win the QB competition and reluctantly accepting Geno, to being impressed by Geno's game and story, to watching the same mistakes happen over and over and thinking that Geno is definitely not 'the guy' to bring back next year. Today's game reinforced that feeling for me.
The D needs more talent. As happy as I am that Carroll managed to milk the most out this team to make the playoffs, I fear the Seahawks will be shredded in SF next week, and the biggest problem will actually not be the D, it will be the Geno-led offense that can't move the ball vs the SF D.
Pluses from today: Dareke got his first two passes and showed that he may be a player; Lockett showed he is still the #1 guy, our TEs (Parkinson) showed out. And both Walker and Dallas made good plays in the running game. But Geno--the two INTs were inexcusable. DK disappeared, again--had one pass hit both hands and he didn't pull it in.
The Seahawks have an unprecedented opportunity with a wealth of draft capital to improve the team, and they need another outstanding draft to make it happen. Should one of the playmakers be a QB? I am sliding quickly into the YES column.