The last throw to Butler was a nice glimpse of the past (Matt) and the future (Butler).

He had me at “We’re gonna score”.

I don’t think its a positive to draft lower. It may present lower risk and higher value, but the Seahawks need a franchise QB, and as the draft process shakes out, it may be that like most years, the draft only has a couple candidates deemed realistic and they both go in the top 10 picks. This draft is pretty stacked at DL, and the higher it picks, the better its chance to catch a falling star who drops from a stacked position.

I love Matt for his career but other than his last couple passes, I continued to see a troubling lack of zip. One such pass resulted in a critical incompletion on 3rd down when Burleson was wide the fuck open for 20-30 yards. The pass looked like a whiffle ball, and the defender closed 5+ yards on the downslope to earn a PD. I don’t mind Hasselbeck coming back for his final year if he’s mentoring a young QB, but I don’t think he will ever lead a team to the playoffs again and should not be a Seahawk in 2011.

Mebane doesn’t need Suh, but the better his partner, the more devastating the combination.

I slightly disagree on Babineaux. He’s decent, but I think the team can do better and should try to. Good safeties can be had without expending major resources. The team needs to add depth anyway unless they think a 37 year old Milloy in 2010 will still cut it.

I agreed with everything else. Especially Wilson. I can’t believe how under the radar he is for how well he’s played and how many big plays he’s generated.

That’s going to be a tough call at the end of next season.

I don’t hate him anymore, seems like he’s been good this year.

Has the team improved or is it just healthier?

I read your post twice now, and you seem to be making a case for Hasselbeck not declining like a running back and being capable, even good. You point to the Niners having spent higher draft picks on players, including a #1 on Smith. Smith is only 25 but is not yet better than Hasselbeck, and he may never be. Then you wish Hass well making his final millions on another team, NOT the Seahawks. I do cringe when I see Matt continually throw short to his outlet receiver, or throw the ball away even when he’s not under pressure. I don’t think he’s a great QB. He was very, very good, but never great, and certainly far from great now. At the same time, as you point out, he’s the best we’ve ever had and until I see a capable replacement on the roster (clearly not Seneca and we don’t know about Teel), I don’t concur with your desire to send him packing. I say be careful what you wish for. We could be in for years of poor QB play with a rash decision such as made by too many teams to list here.

Matt was good but shouldn’t have taken that hit. Forsett should have played a lot more.

I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for the ref to throw the offensive pass interference flag. But it never came. That’s when I celebrated.

At times I find myself blaming Hass for not making good throws or finding open WR’s when he has time to throw. I feel that every completion he makes is usually a breadown in the play that’s called or when Matt has to scramble and WR’s are freelancing….that makes for inconsistant Offense. But the weird mix is it’s not always Matts fault….Several times today his WR’s were not getting separation. I think our new GM may be inhereting some good pieces on Defense but our WR corps leaves more to be desired.

Ruskell put this WR group together and there is no rythm between Hass and this group. I felt that Hass had that rythm with D-Jack, Engram, Vicious, Hackett, and even K-Rob…He does not look in sync with this group or this group lacks the speed or agility to get good separation. It forces Matt to be perfect with every throw, more than the avg QB. So I find myself upset with Matt but also upset with our WR’s corps. I don’t know if both need an upgrade or just one or the other. I’m more on the WR’s upgrade fence now but that could change with the next pass I see from Matt.

Also, why was Forsett not used more in this game. I really think that forced the game to be closer then it needed to be.

Those two with Forsett as our feature back would usher this team into the next Seahawk dynasty. WE NEED KOLB! Free Agent sign of Boldin too. Release Branch, W.Jones (well maybe not Jones), JJ, Kerney, and Burly.

QB-Kolb
RB- Forsett
WR- Boldin, Housh, Tate, Butler
TE-Carlson

Now we have palymakers.

HASS HASS HASS

What the heck does that mean? The players proved who the best team was by who won. That’s how it works. I don’t care who is supposed to be better on paper.

The 49ers came into our stadium with all the incentive to win. We had no incentive but self-respect. They had physically beaten us in the first matchup this season, injured our QB, and ruined our season in only its second game. After that first game, the 49ers crowed about being the best team in our division. This game was a grudge match. The 49ers needed the win to stay in playoff contention; they had all the incentive to win.

And we beat them. We are the better team.