Seahawks Fall Hard - Bitch Thread

I hate the zone. I hate the zone. I hate the zone. I hate the zone.

I thought the company line was that the o-line injuries are the root of all our problems.

Forgive me, I’m old and have a hard time keeping up.

Time to get some real announcers.

JJ was running hard today to the tune of a high ankle sprain sustained in garbage time. No more screens with him.

Just have Forsett, Rankin, and Jones be your RBs.

I posit this may be from observing Holmgren’s stinginess with gambling time-outs for calls that could likely be overturned. In an effort to not be like that, Mora is tossing the red, and tossing it often. I have watched every 2009 Seahawks game so far sans the Arizona game. I have not seen a successful challenge.

Is this what will be Mora’s “weakness?” Over-careful conservatism with Holmgren, and now over-eager use of the challenge flag, costing precious time-outs?

I don’t have anything productive to add, so I throw this idea in the bitch thread.

I didn’t see any pressure coming from the inside(Sims back, Spencer, and Unger). Depending on signing Spencer that is a core that could be around for the next 3-4 years and seems able to get better. They are all pretty young. Left Tackle is missing Locklear and Ray Willis got beat in pass pro, to be expected. We looked decent in the running game all day against a talented defense, on the road.

My biggest fear is that Ruskell is not spending enough resources on the defensive line. Cole has been crap so far, Kerney is not bringing consistent enough pressure. Replace those two and I think we’ve got something. We certainly have enough resources invested in other parts of the defense that we should be better, we are simply lacking in the most important parts.

Today we were simply watching the ending credits of the season.

That and today was kind of a good day. As far as the game- McIntosh was better than I thought he’d be, and could be a useful future backup. Hasselbeck played well. Julius Jones played well. The WR played well. Really the entire team was right in this game for most of the first two quarters. Its just a shame Dallas caught a shitload of breaks and then used them to put the game away like good teams at home tend to do.

The Seahawks weren’t going anywhere this season, and as much as it sucks to lose- it helps their draft stock, which they may end up needing every bit of as they are in the zone for a franchise QB. Denver also lost, which could help Seattle’s draft stock. A win would have been nice, but this is about as good a way to lose as I can think of, assuming Ken Lucas ends up ok.

Aside from the Rams and Jaguars, we have shown an inability to counter the other teams adjustments. Nor have we shown the ability to make adjustments offensively to catch our opponent off guard in the 3rd/4th quarters.

Couple that with some iffy leadership skills, and I’m nonplussed right now with Seattle’s head honchos. Prove me wrong boys!

And I hate the fact that our RBs can’t break tackles.

:)