Postgame: Seahawks Lose

No game ball, then?

At this point, they both suck. They’re both awful. They’re both replacement level or worse QBs. Neither one of them deserves to start in the NFL.

This team is bad. It’s awful. It’s so bad that I’m actually nonplussed about them having a chance to get into the playoffs.

This team needs talent everywhere. Perhaps most importantly, they need it at QB. If someone interesting is ever available to them, I hope the team signs them.

This team needs line help on both sides of the ball and a revamped secondary.

This team is awful and it’s absolutely surreal that they’re going to be playing for a playoff spot next week.

He can sure hand the ball off like nobody’s business.

Nah, I can’t bring myself to do it. I need to see this team for a couple more years.

3-7 record
Victories: ARI, @ARI, CAR (horrible teams, these are the only two teams with a worse DVOA than Seattle through Week 15)
Average margin of losses: 22.1 points
Lowest margin of loss: 15 points

I mean, of course we can make the playoffs by beating a pretty terrible Rams team at home.

but I think the worst thing you can do for a young QB is to throw him in to a position in which he cannot succeed and right now we are that situation (made even worse by a stud LT who’s ankles are evidently 110 years old)….

This team has many other positions to fill right now other than QB. We need a foundation before we get a QB. This team needs a MLB badly. This team needs another corner badly. This team need more d-linemen badly. This team needs better blockers up front.

Right now I’d address any of these needs before a QB unless Andrew Luck declares that he’s going to go become a Shaolin Monk unless he plays for the Seahawks and I am not giving that very good odds.

Carroll and Schneider won’t be so stubborn and shortsighted that they stick with Whitehurst next year. The guy is terrible. Chalk it it to a mistake and move on ASAP!

shitty season, still great for the first year of a rebuild

This is not a good team but it’s a bad team that has some really nice parts coupled with some awful ones. I’d much, much, much rather have that kind of bad than the kind (see: last year) which was all mediocre parts with nothing good to stand out.

The Seattle Times trying to hype a playoff appearance by the Hawks

So what’s going to be worse, here? Being the first 7-9 team to make the playoffs and then having the honor of getting blown out at home, or being the team that lost to the only 7-9 team to make the playoffs in the final week?

You know who isn’t a real fan? Someone who refuses to look at this club with a critical eye, and who just goes out and finds something else to watch when the team sucks.

Of course, if we win we pick 21st. If we lose, however…

We should pick 10th if we lose to the Rams. Not much room to drop back. The only movement would be up, and that’s if Cleveland beats Pittsburgh, Houston beats Jacksonville, or if Dallas beats Philly. None very likely, but any of those would move up us a notch by them moving into the 6-10 group.

Likely pick ahead of us: (9 teams)
CAR
CIN
BUF
DEN
CLE
DAL
DET-MIN Loser
AZ-SF Loser
HOU

We’ll be tied with the following teams, and have the “Strength of Schedule” tiebreaker for the group, except if the Cards beat SF. So we need to root for the Niners, and a nice bonus if the Browns, Cowboys, or Texans pull upsets.

Tied with: (all 6-10)
AZ-SF Winner
DET-MIN Winner
TEN
WA

If the Titans beat Indy or the Skins beat the Gents they would move up to the 7-9 group, but we already own the tiebreaker with them so it’s irrelevant. WE will win the group tiebreaker against everyone listed here except Arizona. So let’s hope they lose and we jump ahead of SF,

For the good of the team in the long run, To have any chance of drafting Cam Newton (Josh Freeman 2.0), they need to lose! The team will lose to anybody they play against in the playoffs anyway.

Never let it be said we don’t back our guys 100% . Regardless . Go Seahawks!!!!

I know they’ll never try to throw the game. I can’t root for a loss. But I don’t see any advantage in winning next week for this team given their talent.

I want to get to the offseason. There were a couple of nice games this year. But for the most part, the best part of this season was the draft. I want to get to another offseason and see if more roster moves and another solid draft can get us some hope for the future. Maybe a change at defensive coordinator as well would help. I don’t have any belief in Bradley. I’ve tried to research is resume and I can’t find anything extraordinary about his college background or his NFL background. All he had going for him was Monte Kiffin’s endorsement and I would say that has probably kept him around longer than he should have been around.