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Jon's avatar

My initial reaction is I can't watch this defense anymore. The margin for error on the offense and the in-game coaching decisions is so damn small because this defense can't get enough stops. I feel like people are going to focus on the offense and Pete when, yes, they could have been better, but they needed to be basically perfect to win with this defense.

I also think people are going to make too much of Woolen's tackling. Yeah, he got stiff armed into oblivion. That happens. The plays that look super low effort I struggle to see what he could do from the angle he was at. He had a huge PBU and laid wood a couple times on important plays. But there's a preconception that he sucks at tackling now, so the narrative won't change. Diggs' weak effort is more concerning for me.

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Oh man, what a frustrating game that kind of sums up the whole season. I really thought with Witherspoon back in that would give theD a lft but I could not believe missed tackle after missed tackle. That was beyond atrocious. There were many culprits but I gotta say that Bobby ain't "BOBBY" any more.

The first half offense was decent but why can the Seahawks not play a complete game on that side of the ball? Lucas getting injured, and then Brown, seemed to collapse the ability to run the ball (although Forsyth seemed to do ok at RT in pass pro). Geno got tentative, and the strip sack pretty much sealed the deal.

But... I agree with you, Ken, about JSN in particular. He could have/should have been a real weapon in this game and had just the one opportunity to make a difference, and he did. Fant looked good. K9 in the first half was fantastic but maybe should not have been playing given how sore his shoulder turned out to be.

The game today is a game the Seahawks win if they are a "legit" playoff team. The fact they lost really means to me that the making the playoffs at this point would be a meaningless accomplishment. A team that can't tackle and can't play a 60 minute game on offense doesn't deserve to be in the playoffs.

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