Seahawks 36 - Cardinals 18

I demand satisfaction!

He’s lines up everywhere in the front 7. He’s gotten to be pretty fun to watch.

Red zone issues aside, his playcalling has been nothing short of refreshing.

Curry was awesome, Clemons was awesome. A great day all around.

Polumbus back, and Mebane back. Huge impact. Moves Lock over to the can’t ruin the game side on offense, and Mebane demanding two blockers….and the pass rush is back.

If Okung is back next game, we’re a legit team again.

Seriously, we had an O line. They didn’t run block great, but they sure did pass block. I loved it.
I am convinced that our success this year rests on the O line continuing to get healthier and better.

When was the last time you’ve seen him throw that deep and that lovely?

Like the strike to Baker and Butler? ….I can’t even remember last time he put a deep strike on target that well

I love his style.

The throw to Butler took forever, and wobbled, and was into triple coverage. Not repeatable. His long pass over the middle was only completed due to Adrian Wilson losing contain and getting caught looking into the backfield. Again the ball hung.

New Orleans will punish both throws.

I’m sure I’m an asshole for noting this, and perhaps I am terribly wrong. If I’m wrong, this team is headed for glory. If I’m right, next week will be over by half.

He had some flying hits that were so out of character. The little guy has learned to hit. I really like his game today.

That’s all I kept thinking…This is the team that beat the Bears, Chargers, and Niners. Talk about showing some soul and dominating out the gate.

BMFMW is turning into my favorite Hawk, and Lynch isn’t getting his fair share yet. Give #24 a DECENT line and he hits close to 100 yards a game.

Butler is an excellent threat, and Clemons is absolutely disruptive. Head of the NFC West, and once again looking like the team we know we are.

The Saints better bring it, because a healthy Seahawks (w/ Okung) will give them a game. We beat them, and this opens up a world of opportunity.

3-1 in the division BABY!!!

Tru has been getting beat deep left and right. Jennings was lined up on Fitz most of the time it seemed.

A Seahawk not named Mare made the featured performance highlight reels!

Vision. The Clemons story is a good one. I think just how successful he’s been is a credit to the FO and scheme (obviously). 4-3 edge-rushers are extremely rare – at least the elite few that can regularly get to the QB. This hybrid scheme allows a more common type of player to be that edge-rusher. Clemons has been a great fit. Someone like Lamar Woodley might also fit (FA in 2011). The point isn’t that we should go after Woodley as much as to say that there are very few ‘Julius Peppers’ type players to even have a chance to acquire and plug into a strict 43 defense. Our options are much wider with this scheme, which will help our options for future personnel and save us from a mega-million dollar investment in a top-3 DE like Peppers – if one were to come available. This could mean cap flexibility, as well. I really like the confusion and pass-rush we’ve shown with what we have to work with thus far. I think it can only get better, too.

Looks like a great deal now

chestbump Andersen after the first Curry sack? He’s like “GTHO me!” Hilarious.

I haven’t seen him produce like that his whole pro carrer.

So random: I’m sitting around at the window running food out to tables. It was pretty slow though, so someone asked me to go out to the bar and run a beer for them. I get to the bar and, on the TV above the other end of the rail, I see Hasselbeck under center. I’m mostly looking for the score, but then I watch the play unfold: He’s got some semblance of a pocket, he dodges pressure, lobs it and OBOMANU MAKES THE CATCH! So lucky to catch that one in real time.

Not pretty, but a blowout is a blowout, and it was a huge statement game, even more so because it was a division game. This division is ours!

Was Billick wearily saying “oh boy” when Hasselbeck threw it deep.

McCoy in on goal line sets and stuff? I’d love for a guy with hands to develop into our #2 TE.

I’m an idiot. You probably already knew this. But it bears repeating: I’m an idiot.

If Okung and Mebane can stay healthy the rest of the way, we can win this division, and potentially win the playoff game we’d end up hosting.

As in 41 yards rushing for the Cards! ME! BANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can’t wait to see BeastForce running behind Okung and Pitts.

“Olindo Mare outscored the Cardinals in the two meetings of these teams 38-28.” From revenge of the birds

I mean you can’t just give em out willy-nilly, but not for nothing, but that play where he cut back to the inside was a thing of beauty. Great pass by Matt to lead him away from the defense, but then the young man made it happen! I loved it.

That was the number one difference between this Matt Hasselbeck and the one that showed up against the Raiders. Different level of competition, sure, but isolating just how he was throwing the ball, he was leading his receivers away from the defender all day long.

I think that realistically this is probably the best type of performance we can expect from Matt, but it makes a WORLD of difference if you can complete those passes at 12 yards out instead of 8. The Cardinals actually started the game with the same old 8-10 people in the box like we’ve seen all season long, but as the game progressed, they had to spread WAY out to try and contain the passing game.

That is what I feel has been missing from Matt’s performance in that game where he hasn’t looked good. Yes, he got a lot of help from BMW (although Obo dropped a SURE TD, eesh), and yes these are the Cardinals. But I think even the most ardent Hass critic could look at his performance today and say he did a lot of things right.

I was wrong. I am sorry.

You CAN throw the long ball when given time. I was wrong, I am sorry.

You CAN lead this team when given time to throw. I am sorry.

Thank you Matthew, thank you.

I think he got knocked in the head by Oakland pretty good. Did you see what happened yesterday?

He had his first interception since his rookie year over four years ago!

(compared to his usual) this season.

I swear it happened just like this:

Derek Anderson replaced himself at quarterback and led the Cardinals on 3 or 4 touchdown drives.

Hasselbeck & Forsett were both injured, and Whitehurst was ineffective (or possibly injured himself, I can’t remember); so the only offense we could muster was Lynch, Lynch, Lynch, breaking through tackle after tackle to pound out a few yards at a time.

For some reason, the game was being played in Seattle. And even though it had become a certain loss, the fans were excited to cheer on the dramatic effort of Lynch.

Eventually, there was only a minute left to play and Seattle was down by at least two scores. Lynch figured we couldn’t win, but decided to put on one more show for the appreciative fans. He took a pitch and ran wide to the right.

Then he just stopped.

One by one, the Cardinal defenders came flying in. Lynch dodged from side to side, or simply lowered his shoulder and knocked them to the ground. As the bodies piled up around him, Lynch waved his arms in the air, inciting the fans into a screaming frenzy.

Eventually, three Cardinal defenders had attached themselves to Lynch, but still he would not go down. The defenders’ muscles tensed and bulged, tearing gaps in their own uniforms as they expanded, and their skin turned a Hulk-like green. Their hands dug into Lynch’s pads, his jersey, his helmet, and legs, veins throbbing with each vise-like grip.

Still Lynch would not go down. He leaned forward, his face turning red, and gave a mighty scream. With a final, superhuman effort, he shot forward eight yards and sprawled on the ground, buck naked, leaving the three Cardinal defenders holding the tattered remnants of his uniform.

It was a loss, but a memorable one.