Seemed like once the first quarter problems were sorted out, things just started clicking on both sides of the ball

I mean, is this game legitimate cause to be hopeful about our DBs?

Today was pretty good… prettay prettay good

But our victory is cause to be happy, too. The 49ers did some damage vs. Arizona and may be a force on defense. Shutout Fitz in the first half.

Gave me memories of 2005.

Griffith looks like a solid blocking FB.

Because Goodell is on with Costas.

Came off the edge like a missile and hit Jackson so hard his feet left the ground. Astonishing speed and power. Go Seahawks.

The NFC west needs some bad blood.

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sheesh.

My Dad and brother and I went to our first Hawks game, sitting about as far from the field as possible. Josh Brown tried to kick his 45 yard FG in our endzone and missed the snap count due to crowd noise. We also saw 2 timeouts due to crowd noise and 4 false start penalties. It was awesome and I’m horse now.

That went down real good with the baby back ribs,best defense we have had in a long long time

“Nate Burleson defenders might win the long battle, because in Greg Knapp’s looser system, he is emerging as not just a weapon, but a star. The screen pass thrown to him in the first was beautiful and efficient, and the kind of new-breed play calling Seattle has needed for the last three years.”

I absolutely loved it, but the offensive play that singularly gave me the most hope for the entire season was the flea-flicker from Seneca to Matt to Seneca. Finally, Seneca can be played to his strengths, not just to hold a spot of bench.

Please find the interest to do a breakdown on that one, John.

I was glad to see Nick Reed get some playing time. Unfortunately, on the two plays he was noticeable, it was for a bad reason. He got absolutely sit-down-boy pancaked two plays in a row (the first being Lo-Jack’s sack play). I missed the entire second half, so I’ll keep watching in hopes he got more playing time and looked a little better toward the end of the game.

that Kerney showed up with some actual pressure and wasn’t a non-factor like in (too many) instances last season.

This day was beyond amazing. This team looked legitimately good after the first quarter. This is going go be a special year, no matter how it ends. My god. Amazing. I never want to be anywhere but with the 12th man.

And although it was awesome, I have to admit I missed you guys :)

Season tickets are awesom!

showed up!! The team used him pretty frequently and from what I noticed he looked pretty good. I look forward to seeing the breakdown.

Play calling was stellar all game. Execution was near flawless, save for Matt’s mistakes in the first. Great to see him bounce back. His weapons are really special, hopefully Deion just adds to it when he returns next week.

Fantastic game, awesome to be there, so many good moments. I’m stoked for next week and for when Cutler and his virgin ears come to Qwest for the first time in week 3!

Curry had 3 offsides, (Tapp jumped in front of the bullet for one of them). Probably just first game nerves, but overall, I think Curry has a ways to go before he’s our most valuable LB. No disrespect, but he needs to do more than make hard tackles to justify his draft status and contract. I expect he will, but today was a so-so day for him.

D-line: Colin Cole was invisible most of the game. He’s not freeing Mebane. Kerney also looks like he’s playing his last year of NFL football. He wasn’t bad, but all preseason long and now in the regular season he’s been generating below average pressure. The pass rush looked much, much better when Redding slid to DT and Tapp took Redding’s DE spot. Terrill got a lot of pass rushing reps early on, it doesn’t seem his role has diminished at all with the new depth at DL . Redding/Cole/Mebane/Kerney four man rush felt like a 3 man rush most of the game.

Pass rush was almost non-existent in the first half. Got much better in the 2nd half. Tapp and Reed had nice games in limiting playing time.

Herring blitzed well, didn’t miss tackles, and was good as usual in coverage. Herring and Heater played so well that you really couldn’t sense a dropoff from Tatupu/Hill, and that means they had pretty good games today.

My game ball goes to the secondary. Pass Rush was below average most of the day today, and on multiple occasions Bulger had all day to throw, but completed only 1 deep pass on 2 deep attempts. This was the worst secondary by yardage in the NFL last year, but they covered very well today and forced Bulger to throw a very high number of passes away.

Vallos got destroyed on a few running plays early on. One of them, he was blown back 3 yards almost instantly and plowed into Julius Jones. Vallos did improve later on. He made a nice seal block that helped open the hole for Jones 62 yard TD run. I still think Unger should be the starting center. Unger by the way, seemed to have a quiet but pretty effective game.

Ray Willis had a few Walter Jones-esque monster blocks in the 2nd half. On a stretch right he got a 1 on 1 block on I think a DB and just destroyed him springing Jones for the first down.

Running game looks almost exactly like last year’s. It will only be successful when the pass sets up the run.

John Carlson is going to break more franchise records this year.

What really stuck out about this game that was different than at any point in 2008 was the diversity of this passing attack. 8 different players caught a pass for Seattle today. Each of Seattle’s 5 WR brings a unique identity and skills. Housh is the tank: he makes going over the middle look like a walk in the park. Butler is a deep threat to keep defenses from keying too much on the short game. Burleson looks like a budding star on passes caught near the line of scrimmage. Branch has good hands and better agility. Obomanu, while unproven in regular season play, has the tools to be a deep threat and a red zone threat. Carlson is the best young TE in the game. In the red zone, defenses will sweat bullets as Housh, Carlson, Burleson, and probably Obomanu are all above average red zone threats. And if that isn’t enough, Jones, Forsett, and James are all above average safety valve receivers. If this offensive line gives Hasselbeck 5 seconds, he’ll complete a pass almost every time.

I had Carlson and that made it even more fun

The Jim Mora/Greg Knapp era is underway.

I screamed my brains out during that game.

As much fun as it is going to games, I really do like watching games on TV. Is that weird?

And somehow managed not to touch anybody and all get back before the snap.

Thanks for the memories conservative football, but don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

and was wearing his superman cleats.