FO Previews the NFC West

by abender20 on May 14, 2009 8:30 AM PDT in Seahawks News & Rumors

Today's post is sort of a hit and run. The always wonderful Football Outsiders has a series of division previews, and here is their look at the NFC West. The Seahawks portion won't be anything surprising, but the look at the rest of the division is wonderful.

To discuss: Which NFC West team will give the Hawks the most problems this year?

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Definitely the Cardinals

I think the 49ers and to a lesser extent the Rams are moving in the right direction but they’re both still reclamation projects. I truly believe we’re going to take back the West this year but the Cards will make it tough

by ciarannh on May 14, 2009 8:47 AM PDT reply actions

I think the Niners are our biggest threat.

They finished so strong last year when Singletary took over that I can’t imagine them finishing any worse than 7-9 with a decent shot at being way better than that.

by Tyopiod on May 14, 2009 9:36 AM PDT reply actions

I'm betting Singletary wears them out quickly

and that they’re starting to come apart at the seams by the end of the year. I also tend to think the Cardinals will regress a little, but I still expect them to play pretty well.

by The Ancient Mariner on May 14, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Bleah

The writer of that piece sucks! Ugh, I wish somebody had punched him in the head a lot when he was younger.

by jimmimoose on May 14, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions

The hawks have improved

This is a two pony race….. The Cards and the Hawks

Cardinals will be champs again!

by CardsDefense on May 14, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions

I think you can expect the Cards to have their stars suffer injuries and miss the play-offs.

You know, like pretty much every super bowl losing team.

by Tyopiod on May 14, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions

And go 7-9

like every other team that’s beaten the Eagles in the playoffs.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on May 14, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm not to worried about that

by CardsDefense on May 15, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Niners

but….it really is a lack of options. Cards will still be hungover from the superbowl and the rams…. i mean c’mon…. the rams!?!

by Seahawka 12th on May 14, 2009 11:29 AM PDT reply actions

Cards vs. Hawks

Rams improve slightly to 5-11, 49ers go 7-9 again. Cardinals and Seahawks both finish 10-6 but Seattle makes the playoffs on the tiebreakers.

by thebyron on May 14, 2009 11:34 AM PDT reply actions

The Cardinals are our biggest worry.

We did a good job by getting Lucas, a big corner, and Curry, a good coverage LB, so hopefully we won’t get torched in our games against them.

The Niners seem to be geared towards running the ball a lot, so we’ll have to see how Colin Cole and Redding do, though SF’s o-line doesn’t scare anyone.

Not much to say about the Rams except better luck next year.

McCoy McCoy 2010, also acceptable, Russell Okung, Ndamukong Suh, Dez Bryant, Ciron Black, Eric Berry, and Bryan Bulaga.

by LantermanC on May 14, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions

Cardinals are the only ones that remotely pose a threat.

The 49ers are absolute trash and you can’t convince me otherwise. They have about 3 players who would be surefire starters on other teams, and they hired one of the worst offensive coordinators in recent times. They had a good draft but had the luxury of picking BPA because (surprise!) they have holes at just about every. single. position. Last season they madly overachieved to a 7-9 record because of a laughably easy second half schedule, and barely suffered any noteworthy injuries. To me, they reek of the 2007 Lions, and will do a lot worse next season.

The Rams had an immensely great offseason, but I truly do expect them to struggle for a season or two, until they have a definite upswing in 2011. Bulger needs to restore confidence and he needs some more weapons.

The Cardinals, on paper, didn’t do anything to actually get worse. They probably are going to win the division next season. The Seahawks can win it if Kerney is healthy enough to make Levi Brown his bitch again and something happens to Kurt Warner. Actually, in general if our secondary shows decent improvement by Lucas returning to form and someone takes a bat to Brian Russell’s knees, I suspect their run game will be as shoddy as usual. I have great expectations for our new nickel package.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on May 14, 2009 12:09 PM PDT reply actions

Ha, I feel the same way about the 49ers.

I just don’t see how they won 7 games. That team just looks bad to me. A few players on defense, one guy on offense, and the rest is just average or a lot below average.

McCoy McCoy 2010, also acceptable, Russell Okung, Ndamukong Suh, Dez Bryant, Ciron Black, Eric Berry, and Bryan Bulaga.
2010 Seahawks Mock: 1A: Eric Berry S, 1B: Ndamukong Suh DT, 2: Charles Brown OT, 4:Zac Robinson QB, 5: Stafon Johnson RB 6: Will Tukuafu DE, 7: Kerry Meier WR

by LantermanC on May 14, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

The second half of their schedule

was the league’s easiest. That’s how.

by Fear on May 14, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

The cards will be our only competition. I agree that it will be very close, but hopefully we win the division. 49ers would be much better if they didn’t have trash for QB’s

by TheSteelersRuinedMyBirthday on May 14, 2009 8:30 PM PDT reply actions