Quick Cap: Hawks 35, Skins 14

by John Morgan on Jan 5, 2008 5:12 PM PST in Game Recap

Don't let others knock your pride, the Hawks may not have dominated, but they squarely beat the Redskins. Collins was hit 12 times. 15 of Portis' 20 rushes went for 2 or fewer yards. That's huge. That's a shutdown. The inevitable pick 6 barage to end the game was the product of excellent coverage, opportunistic coverage, a shutdown rush D, and consistent pressure. That's how a D wins a football game.

Beck was wobbly. Hopefully whatever was bothering him so bad (wrist) is healed by next Saturday. Alexander has benefited from being spelled, but for crissakes, spell him, Stump. Weaver, Mo, they're good. I give Beck credit for manning up, he didn't play well, but he did compose himself at the half, and his subtle improvement in the second was enough to allow the D to end it.

The Hawks are for real. The D will not play as well in GB, we can accept that. They were incredibly dominant tonight. They could play worse and allow more points - if! If they can bring some of the pass rush to Green Bay. The Pack play a downfield passing attack, a little pressure and we see what a couple forced bombs can turn into. From both teams, in fact. No pressure, and we get Jennings running untouched into the endzone. That's a big if, but don't underestimate this team. The offense is average-above average, but the D and the special teams are capable of an elite showing any given game.

Game Ball: Leroy Hill had an excellent showing. A big sack. A pass stop for 2. A pass stop for -2. Hill has become a well rounded linebacker with a few elite skills. Young, developing. This D is going to be good for quite some time, folks.

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I'm still not convinced that the wrist

was why Hass looked so bad. I'm not going to say it didn't affect his throws but there was times were it looked like he thought he was going to get sacked when he had plenty of time.

On offense my game ball goes to Burly who came up big when we needed him the most.

V. 1.0, mutherf***er, know what I'm sayin'?

by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 5, 2008 5:22 PM PST 0 recs

n/s

i, seattlesucks, pledge that if the seahawks somehow don't get rocked by the packers in the divisional round and play dallas/new york/tampa bay in the championship round, i, seattlesucks, promise to fully support them and this site http://www.fieldgulls.com, as they play one of the above mentioned teams.

something to look forward to if the 'hawks win next week.

Redskins: 24, 'Hawks: 23 Hasselbeck cries at end of game.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 5, 2008 5:28 PM PST 0 recs

Screenshot taken.

You're bound.

DAMNIT!

by TIF on Jan 5, 2008 5:29 PM PST up 0 recs

Wow,

Respect!

Can we talk about the screen-name then?

"Go Hawks...Fuck the M's!"

by wwbaker3 on Jan 5, 2008 10:48 PM PST up 0 recs

heh...

Nah, I like his screen name fine. Speak softly and carry a big front seven.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 6, 2008 12:36 AM PST up 0 recs

Can't give it to Hill

While he was looking good most of the time, there were at least three times where he was blown off a tackle too easily by the receiver. Like I said, he was looking good and terrible on the same drive.

I have to give the gameball to Trufant. That interception and return was huge, but he was also quietly shutting down his receiver all day long. He and Jennings played very well and aside from a Grant faux pas and a Russell brain fart, the secondary played excellent.

DAMNIT!

by TIF on Jan 5, 2008 5:28 PM PST 0 recs

Yikes

I said this before, but with 12 minutes left as that Washington player took the onsides kick into the end zone I was wondering how the hell I would deal with the nonstop talk about Sean Taylor, Bronzed Colossus and Ascended Saint, leading the Injuns to victory. Not going to lie, for just a few moments I gave up.

But by all means, probably one of the most stunning turnarounds that I've ever seen. Who would have thought that between the Hawks leading by 13 going into the 4th and winning at the end of the game that there would be so much drama?

The Tony Romo game was probably a bit more outrageous, but just due to how epic those last 2 minutes were.

To every Redskins fan: That's 8 in a row against the vaunted NFC East. The Seahawks are good. Deal with it. Oh, I forgot, the Redskins lost because they were tired after playing such a difficult schedule. Boo hoo.

And to John Morgan: yeah, your totally biased breakdowns this week were shot to smithereens. Try and be objective next time.

But other then that, good job.

by Will Kier on Jan 5, 2008 5:31 PM PST 0 recs

I'm with you, man

After that bizarre kickoff ended up with the Redskins, I just kind of sat at my TV and shook my head. Generally, any misfortune befalling the Hawks is accompanied with a blast of profanity that would embarrass Redd Foxx... God rest his smutty soul. But I couldn't even be mad at that play. It was so obvious at that point that the fates were fucking with us.

But aside from that six minute stretch, from the Randle-El TD to the second INT by Landry... that was a fun football game to watch. The Hawks front four got in that ass like crack, and Trufant made himself some more money with that interception return.

Bring on the Pack.

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by Franchise26 on Jan 5, 2008 5:58 PM PST up 0 recs

Haha

Steelers just got called for a Low block on a play that looked a lot like Hass's low block in the Superbowl

V. 1.0, mutherf***er, know what I'm sayin'?

by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 5, 2008 6:09 PM PST 0 recs

atleast

beck made the tackle while getting called for a crap call

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

by wadswerth on Jan 5, 2008 9:28 PM PST up 0 recs

big ben sucks right now.

Redskins: 24, 'Hawks: 23 Hasselbeck cries at end of game.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jan 5, 2008 6:14 PM PST 0 recs

Game Ball

How about DJ Hackett? When he is healthy, he is wicked good.

Bring on the Redskins!

by SSreporters on Jan 5, 2008 6:34 PM PST 0 recs

Shaun

No, not game ball. John's absolutely right: give the guy a breather. In the second half, we fell into the Shaun-Shaun-Shaun thing that got the Hawks in trouble early in the season. I know we had to run because Beck was struggling, but we have Morris and Weaver.

Shaun, and more importantly the coaches' insistence on going exclusively to him when they feel they need to rely a bit on the running game, is this team's greatest weakness. You can see the offense just sag when it happens. Mo and Weaver are better than change-of-pace backs. They need to be incorporated more into the regular rushing attack, such as it is.

by jeager on Jan 5, 2008 6:45 PM PST 0 recs

I thought he looked different today

though not necessarily much better. He certainly looked to be running a lot harder today, not wasting time behind the line and driving tacklers back a bit - or at least dishing out a bit of punishment, even if he didn't get any extra yards. I was at first impressed and a bit mystified, but then I realized this extra burst was coming at the expense of his biggest asset - his vision and decision making. (Well, I suppose it's hard to say his vision and decisionmaking are all that good anymore, but that's what made him great a few years back). He ran harder and attacked more quickly, but was often just running into closed holes, straight at tacklers or his own blockers. I thought he made a good effort to give it all out there today, but it wasn't necessarily a net positive.

by david h on Jan 5, 2008 6:59 PM PST up 0 recs

n/s

Considering the new nature of the rushing platoon and our shift to a pass-first strategy, Shaun actually had a pretty good game today.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 6, 2008 12:40 AM PST up 0 recs

i had no problems

with how shaun was running today, only once did i yell why did you do that you idiot. most of the game he looked to run hard and hit the holes hard and was going for that extra yard or 2 after he had been hit instead of just turning his back and running backwards for a 6 yard loss.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

by wadswerth on Jan 5, 2008 9:30 PM PST up 0 recs

Kudos to the blockers

I thought the offensive line did a fine job in run blocking today. Alexander's burst is gone but in general I thought the holes were there for the 4 yard runs, and when Washington started creeping up I though Matt generally got good time. He was just not sharp in ANY area today.

For his part in pass pro I paid particular attention to Alexander's blocking and I thought he was very good in his blitz pickup--an area where he takes more criticism than is warranted at times.

I was definitely surprised and disappointed that MoMo and Weaver didn't see more touches. Obviously they made high impact plays. I agree with you on that one--what the heck was Stump thinking?

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Jan 5, 2008 7:39 PM PST 0 recs

Mike Wilbon's post game column for WaPo

Says that the Redskins blew the game, the Seahawks didn't beat them. The Hawks dominated for 55 minutes. Somehow those 5 minutes where they didn't means Washington played a gritty, solid game.

by Will Kier on Jan 5, 2008 7:51 PM PST 0 recs

I just

I just reminded Boswell of the Washington Post that "almost the worst defense in the NFL" (with four Pro Bowl starters) returned two of his quarterback's interceptions for touchdowns.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 5, 2008 11:14 PM PST up 0 recs

for future research

NFL scouts on Bigby, the Packers safety: he may be a key mismatch

by paul2 on Jan 5, 2008 8:16 PM PST 0 recs

Finally

A couple of media types with wildly enthusiastic praise for the Seahawks:

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 5, 2008 9:50 PM PST 0 recs

that was nice to hear

and they were SO RIGHT about the offense front's lack of killer instinct and lack of physical dominance.

by peterpeter on Jan 6, 2008 9:41 AM PST up 0 recs

Collingsworth

As much as the dude annoys me - said good things about the 'Hawks defense during the Jaguars/Steelers halftime show.

by fender on Jan 5, 2008 9:53 PM PST 0 recs

I was talking to Brett about this...

I'm a guy that NEVER breaks down....haven't cried since I was in elementary school. But seeing Moyer show up to raise the 12th Man Flag and support the team - well, that ALMOST did it for me. I fought hard not to shed a tear.

When Griffey returned last year, it was similar.

Anybody else felt the same way? Or was I just being overly sentimental?

"Go Hawks...Fuck the M's!"

by wwbaker3 on Jan 5, 2008 10:54 PM PST 0 recs

Nah, it was great.

Did anyone imagine Jamie could ever be so freakishly pumped up? The dude went nuts. So much for the quiet type, eh? It was really great to see him there.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 5, 2008 11:12 PM PST up 0 recs

When they had him on TV

I wanted to be sure to see his face, because I didn't believe it was him jumping around like that.

by tworsandtwols on Jan 6, 2008 1:51 AM PST up 0 recs

Who knew Moyer was such a cult hero?

I'm a baseball fan first and foremost (Mets, unfortunately). So I really don't follow the AL much (except for having the Yanks and Sawx shoved down my throat). I had no idea Moyer as THAT big, 12th man flag-raising big, in Seattle.

When they announced he was raising the flag, I was like, "Huh? Did somebody cancel at the last minute?" I was also a little surprised to see him as hyped as he was. That was cool.

Curious. Have they ever had Mr. Sonic, Nate McMillan raise the flag?

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Jan 6, 2008 1:57 PM PST up 0 recs

Sando should get a nod.

That's a to do for the off season. Get some groundswell started. Can you think of someone not directly affiliated w/ the Hawks who has done more for the team?

by John Morgan on Jan 6, 2008 2:28 PM PST up 0 recs

Jamie Moyer

Pitched for our team for several years and became a fan favorite for throwing garbage and making people look stupid. His featured Mariners promotional commercial is still one of the more humorous and memorable ones ever made (Ooo la la!). He and his wife have done countless things for the Seattle community through their charity organizations, and he's still considered to be one of the areas best representatives.

So, yeah, Jamie getting to hoist the flag of a playoff game is pretty cool. I think, during the Superbowl playoff run, Dave Neihaus got to hoist it once, Paul Allen got the nod for the NFC Championship game, and some other local heroes have been given the honor (even some obscure ones).

DAMNIT!

by TIF on Jan 6, 2008 4:48 PM PST up 0 recs

Matt Cameron raised it earlier this year!

by JI on Jan 6, 2008 7:32 PM PST up 0 recs

We're a small city

with a relative short sports history as compared to established sports cities like NY, Chicago, Boston, etc., I believe there comes a day in which they start "recycling" local heroes that hoist the flag, or we're gonna get even more obsecured ones. Imagine the day when they get somebody like "Vern Fonk" to raise the 12th man flag, as the company makes some weird car insurance commercials for late night. That'll be the day the ceremony has officially "jumped the shark."

Until then, however, I wouldn't mind seeing Shawn Kemp raise the flag at Qwest during the NFC title game if we and the Giants can take care of business.

I kid, I kid. Kemp would probably throw some kid off the platform...

Anyone you guys would like to see instead?

"Go Hawks...Fuck the M's!"

by wwbaker3 on Jan 7, 2008 12:01 AM PST up 0 recs

Edgar.

Griffey.
Ken Behring (KIDDING)
Curt Warner.
Steve Largent.
'Tez.
Sweet Lou.

(some of these people may have already hoisted the flag...but these are the ones I'd like to see)

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phildopip on Jan 7, 2008 7:31 AM PST up 0 recs

John Keister should get a nod

Bill Nye too.

by Matthew on Jan 7, 2008 7:36 AM PST up 0 recs

Oh, man.

You're so right.

Bill Nye FTW.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phildopip on Jan 7, 2008 11:41 AM PST up 0 recs

He'll raise the flag WITH SCIENCE!!

by Matthew on Jan 7, 2008 12:24 PM PST up 0 recs

Junior would top my list too

Lou would be a great guy to have too.

Gary Payton?

I have to give this list a little more thought.

"Go Hawks...Fuck the M's!"

by wwbaker3 on Jan 7, 2008 11:41 AM PST up 0 recs

has Largent done it?

Moon?

by Matthew on Jan 7, 2008 12:25 PM PST up 0 recs

Plus

Jamie still owns and runs a business here, and as the stadium screen noted, still has season Seahawks tickets. Plus he's the Mariners' all-time leader in wins.
Ichiro raised it earlier this season, and was also extremely pumped up in a very surprising way. But not like Jamie was.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 9, 2008 1:23 AM PST up 0 recs

I hate autoformat.

</or my forgetting to turn it over>

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 9, 2008 1:24 AM PST up 0 recs

That was beyond awesome!!!

I thought Mack would raise the 12th man flag for sure, but Jamie held it down...just awesome.

I wish Moyer was still a Mariner :(

Josh Brown is better than you. The Rest of the team is worse.

by MFAN on Jan 5, 2008 11:29 PM PST up 0 recs

Awesome indeed

And I never understood why Bavasi traded him away.

by vj on Jan 6, 2008 4:26 AM PST up 0 recs

so he could play on a contender

V. 1.0, mutherf***er, know what I'm sayin'?

by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 6, 2008 9:35 AM PST up 0 recs

quick question posted here

as I don't want to spam the diaries:

If the Seahawks beat the GB, and faced the Cowboys in the championship game, what determines homefield advantage?

by redwolf75 on Jan 6, 2008 12:40 AM PST 0 recs

Dallas had a better regular season record

and is a higher seed in the playoffs (they're the number one seed in the NFC, while Seattle is number three).

If the Cowboys wins next week, the NFC Championship game will take place in Dallas. If they lose, then the game will either take place in Green Bay or Seattle.

by katal on Jan 6, 2008 12:51 AM PST up 0 recs

Ok, so we

should hope that IF we beat GB, whoever wins the Bucs/Giants game beats the Cowboys.

by redwolf75 on Jan 6, 2008 1:14 AM PST up 0 recs

I'm hoping against hope

For a run by the Giants over the Bucs and Cowboys, just so we could get them back at Qwest.

Turhawken

by zetternutz on Jan 6, 2008 7:18 AM PST up 0 recs

Yes.

And the Giants stand much better a chance of beating Dallas than may initially be apparent - they're 8-1 on the road this season & postseason.

--Shrug

by Shrug on Jan 9, 2008 1:25 AM PST up 0 recs

Cowboys

Better record.

by jeager on Jan 6, 2008 12:55 AM PST up 0 recs

Seeding

We would play at Dallas.

by Mariner John on Jan 6, 2008 12:57 AM PST up 0 recs

MATTS COMMENTS

He walked into a postgame interview room after beating Washington and the first thing he said was, "I just want to say right now that we want the ball and we're going to score." After the laughter died down, he said, "Is that okay? I said it, I mean it. Thank you."
this article has that quote and also has praise for seahawks defense.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d805c2fd9&template=with-video&confirm=true
LOL!

by paul2 on Jan 6, 2008 9:56 AM PST 0 recs