Week Two Seahawks-Broncos Win Probability Chart

…the Okie state boy would have changed every faux pa today, right? Ugh. Did freakin’ Hill get injured today, too? Good grief.

Pete Carroll said last night that the first read was a shorter pass for the first down, but that it was covered up by the Denver D. Hass was left with no option but to pass to Branch with the long ball.

- I have a philosophical issue when you’re looking for a statement play, need 2 yards on 4th and you choose a play with one read and then a go for it all. I think that was a bonehead, yet crucial play call. But I’ll forgive this one.

We threw the game away with first half turnovers. I am glad to see us lose the game on a few costly mistakes rather than lose by looking clearly less talented…. and even, dare I say, winning against a DEN team that didn’t look good. Given that we are a QB and pass-rusher away from legit deep playoff run aspirations, I would much rather be good than lucky.

All that said, there was definitely some good to go with the bad in this one. You can add up what the turnovers cost us. The last turnover was garbage time so we ignore that. The two interceptions thrown both came from within field goal range so you have to assume those drivers net 0-7 points a piece, lets say 4. The Thurmond fumble was a disaster because it cost us an opportunity to score, put DEN in fieldgoal range from the get-go, and wore out our D. Let’s say this is about a 4 point swing too (being conservative). Give the Hawks 12 points and this game is completely different. We are in pace with Denver in the second half and able to use our run game, which had been effective.

Clear bright sports included Tate, Thomas, our Run D, our running game, Butler, and overall O-line play given the circumstances.

Hasselbeck killed us in this game, but I am not ready to bench him. If ARI or SF get right we are going to have a lot of meaningless games come the end of the season, plenty of time to use snaps to evaluate guys.

yet that’s exactly what happened at the end of the first drive that ended with Hass’s pick.

Ball to two yard line, 1st and goal, Andrews false start, back to seven. Forsett scores, Locklear flagged for holding, six off the board, first and goal at the 17. Hass throws the pick, no points, Broncos with the ball heading the other direction.

Next move: Andrews to right tackle, Wrotto to right guard (where he was our starter last season and did a good job), Locklear to Mickey D’s, and before we get Okung back so we’re stable and ready to roll when it happens.

You can’t go into Denver, Mile High, 100 degrees, puke the ball up four times and expect to come out with a W. I saw some stuff I liked, a bunch of stuff I didn’t like, and yet another round of evidence that we’re never going to have an OL worth a shit as long as Locklear’s playing OT, despite his flashes of brilliance in the past.

On D, we need to either find someone who can consistently get in the QB’s face or we need to come up with a blitz package that does the same thing. Otherwise these second-tier QB’s are going to look like Johnny U and the top-tier guys are going to kill us every time.

Run D is looking solid and I love 1,000 Pounds of Fury as much as ever.