Had a little bit of everything I wanted: BRuss proving his awfulness, Curry bringin the pain on a receiver, the run-game improving markedly, Hasselbeck fine-tuning his killer precision and intuition, Housh’s sure hands, more defensive pressure, solid run D (considering its L. Johnson) and Nick Reed making a play. I think you capture the situation perfectly John. EYE empathize at any rate.

Trufant, Wilson, Jennings, Lucas, then what? Do we keep a 5th, and if so, who?

how good this team can be when things start clicking.

I think, if the team can reliably start clicking and get rolling, it could be a dominant team. The offense has a balance to it not seen in (what seems like) ages. The defense has the potential for great run D. If Trufant gets back and plays to his level, and if BRuss is properly minimized, we could have a great pass D. I see the potential for every part of the team to click, and nothing is a super long shot to succeed.

Now, that’s a ton of “ifs”. And I’m not saying we’re the team to beat. We’re not. It might take several games for the team to get clicking. It might take all season. Regardless, I love where the team is at at the moment.

…but Kansas City is one of the worst teams in the league, and while Seattle was clearly the better team, they didn’t dominate like I would expect a far superior team to dominate, on either side of the ball.

Sure, we can say things will continue to get better: Trufant’s return, Walter Jones back in the line up, etc. etc. but even so, KC had some success running the ball (especially Charles), and with a few exceptions, were able to keep Seattle’s offense mostly in check.

The most difficult judgement to make at this time of the year is how strong the opponent. We don’t know yet who will dominate this year, and there are always surprises, but I don’t think KC will be one of them. Detroit looks better, even Tampa perhaps better than forecast, and while I would love to see Seattle have a dominating 12-4 season, it looks more like nine or ten wins, if that.

The Niners look a lot better this year, and the Cards not so much, while it will likely be a long year for the Rams.

Somebody tell me I’m wrong.

If I may; MacTarnahan makes fine beers across the board but I’ll be enjoying the Scape Goat from Big Sky. Give it a run some time.

I have no idea what “If you need the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl to be happy, grab your Yankees cap and ‘fast’ Willie Parker jersey” means. What the hell do I want with a Stealers jersey?

Brady’s back and the national press swoons

Green Bay seems to be getting a lot of press about how awesome their first team has looked, but their depth looks terrible. If I’m not mistaken, they gave up 360 SECOND-HALF passing yards to Leinart yesterday, and allowed the Cards approximately 8 billion total yards of offense for the game. (Based on seeing box-score #s.)

Seems like we were starting (mostly) inside the twenty and our opponents had much better field position. Is it just because of preseason or do we have problems here?