HasselMagic
by John Morgan on Oct 18, 2010 3:53 PM PDT
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Print- John Carlson breaks free across the middle and receives for 14. It was all Marshawn Lynch. Matt Hasselbeck fakes play action and the Bears entire front seven commits run. That helps, but there's more! Safety Danieal Manning bites on the play fake and abandons coverage on Carlson. Carlson scoops a low pass for 14. He's wide open.
- It's an inside zone right, I think. Chris Spencer and Stacy Andrews, yeah, that guy, combine to block linebacker Brian Iwuh and Manning, charging from the third level. Lynch rushes for nine, but there's obvious flaws to the run. Or at least, gray areas. Sean Locklear blocks Israel Idonije in the backfield, but Lynch rushes past Idonije rendering him irrelevant. Seattle doesn't achieve any kind of second level blocking, and Manning has a shot at Lynch, but this where the back takes over and makes something out of not a whole lot. The line blocks a little and Lynch beats the Bears to the outside.
- One contributing factor was Deon Butler's smart execution. He fakes slant and lures corner Tim Jennings left and that helps set the edge on the right. He also gets a piece of Manning, but that doesn't seem to factor.
- Lynch takes a handoff from Michael Robinson on a zone read that doesn't work. Pisa Tinoisamoa crashes off the back side, the left in this case, and probably would have wrapped Robinson if he kept it.
- False start: Andrews.
- Jennings attempts to jam Mike Williams and Williams jolts him backwards. Hard. Jennings then settles in a short zone, Williams curls behind and catches and runs for 16. No cure for a cover 2 corner forsaken by his pass rush.
- Play action, Hasselbeck pump fakes, Jennings curls under Williams route, leaps as if to attempt a pick and the pass flies high over Jennings and to Williams for 24.
- And here's that HasselMagic: Seahawks hurry to the line and set in a WR (left), tight end (left), 2 WR (right), RB (right) shotgun formation. Carlson runs a post, Hasselbeck pumps, that draws Manning, Hasselbeck resets and lofts a pass perfectly into the arms of Butler. Touchdown.
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That TD drive
Was so friggin sweet after the start the Bears had. Perfect.
I figured we had a game at this point and on the road I was happy to see it!
More please!
by ChucklehutCynic on Oct 18, 2010 3:58 PM PDT reply actions
More and consistently please
Good bye Big Walt.
by Generzal Zod on Oct 19, 2010 5:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Best drive in YEARS...
Man, that looked good! Hass is hitting these young WR’s with ease, and they are catching
everything..
Still doing back-flips from yesterday…
Ka-Kaaa!
Oh how I wish
Matt could play that good every week! And Lynch is the REAL DEAL! No stats but those one yard gains that should of been five yard losses were inspiring to more than me I’m quite sure.
With Lynch running hard like that along with Milloy, Curry, etc.
…we are beginning to quickly shed the “soft” image, and are bringing an energy and competitiveness that I really like in a football team. It is a violent game, and all too often the past few years, we have been the team getting pushed around and hit.
It is good to see Lynch basically showing the Bears that it will take more than one man to bring him down. The whole team seemed to feed off that energy. Love it.
Little by little, the mental makeup, toughness and character of this team is changing from their losing ways to a feisty and competitive team that can win any given Sunday, and won’t fall over and go fetal when the going gets tough. Pride and intensity are contagious.
I'm happy to see a solid performance on the road for the first time in years
It’s incredibly refreshing
and against a good tteam too!
We have needed to see it – if we could get one on the east coast against an NFC South team not named Carolina…
Good bye Big Walt.
by Generzal Zod on Oct 19, 2010 5:19 AM PDT up reply actions
What surprised me the most about this game
Is the touch that Matt had on several of his deeper throws ( TD to Deon, passes to BMW, etc). I have little to no confidence that he can keep it up, but it was refreshing to see for at least one week. Also, BEASTFORCE!!
Karma police, arrest this man.
Sounds like Jennings got absolutely schooled this drive.
God, it feels good to say that about another team.
by Mickapeckalin on Oct 18, 2010 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Jamarcus Russel as "Purple Haze"
Not a Hawk, but I like the fit.
by It's Good To Be King on Oct 18, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then Brett Favre and the Vikings must be Castles Made of Sand
Good bye Big Walt.
by Generzal Zod on Oct 19, 2010 5:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It looks like, if nothing else,
Carrol & Co. know how to utilize a players strengths while hiding obvious weaknesses. I do not know how they have game planned so well around our patchwork O Line, Chris Clemons, Lawyer Milloy, Kelly Jennings and Hass, but they have and that is simply impressive. Not that these players are not talented and useful, but all of them have some glaring deficiencies in their games that you would think other teams could exploit to no end. The Leo with Clemons should fail because of his lack of run stopping ability.. Lawyer Milloy starting at safety should fail because he can’t cover deep. Our O Line should get destroyed every snap because they are either too young, too old or too shitty. Matt should fail because his mediocre skills have become terrible. Jennings shouldn’t be able to smack the ball out of Malcolm Floyd’s hands.
The common theme in all these? Though they should fail, they are not, and that is incredible.
by Fightfightfight on Oct 18, 2010 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
The coaching
Has been excellent in terms of using what we got. I agree 100%. It’s refreshing to see our coaches adjusting to our strengths. As much as i appreciate what Holmgren did here in seattle, I really question his ability to adjust or maybe he is just real stubborn. Either way, Pete is doin’ a phenominal job and I cannot wait to see what else he has up his sleeve.
by Savage Seahawk fan on Oct 18, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Senecat sounds like some cheap knock off version of a Polaris snow machine
that breaks down regularly and steers off the trail at the first sight of trouble.
Needs a cool .gif first....Scruffy?
The SeaCat was pretty amazing.
Thank you, Walter Jones.
Thank you, Ken Griffey Jr.
With BeastForce
in the backfield, Matthews’ final year in Seattle has a fine chance of not sucking as badly as first feared.
John Hancock
and if not they at least have a kick ass nickname
Good bye Big Walt.
by Generzal Zod on Oct 20, 2010 5:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Does the pump fake have a shelf life from overuse?
It’s been both the catalyst and the definition of Hasselbeck’s season. Will DBs stop biting on it?
If they do (stop), can/will Hasselbeck & the coaches adjust to that? Throw when a pump fake is anticipated? I don’t know that it’s feasible. But I don’t have confidence he can pump fake through a whole year and get away with it.
Ben Roethlisberger has done it his whole career.
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
Stupid pump faking. Pump faking sucks.
And is stupid. Only rapists pump fake. If I ever see Hasselbeck do it again, I’ll start dry heaving. Man if I were Holmgren I’d go all Tonya Harding on James Harrison’s knee for the Massequoi stuff. And pay her extra to pump fake while doing it.
by jacobstevens on Oct 19, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Bipolar much?
Though that name makes me react similarly.
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
Hasselbeck did have a good game
Hope he keeps it at a good level, if he does, this season could turnout pretty well. And with how well the running game went, our offense isn’t as bad as most thought.
I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.
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