The Myth of Momentum

Momentum is intricately tied into confidence. Confidence dictates what throws a QB makes, what hole a RB hits, etc. And how is this game one of the worst in franchise history? It wasn’t THAT bad, was it?

…they keep whispering names like Tom Flores and Stan Gelbaugh. I’m dizzy and ill, and no, it’s not because of that pitcher of Long Islands. If anything, those helped ease the nausea.

Fellow Hawkers, I’m starting to feel like it’s 1992 all over again. We’re awful, playing boring football, and there’s a few heavily hyped QBs in next year’s draft that we’re hoping for. I’m just wondering if we get the ‘Drew Bledsoe’ this time, or end up with another…gags…Rick Mirer?

i think t-jax has improved really good, and (this is my opinion) i think he should start next year. yep, i said it. jackson should stay one more year.

Sloppy penalties aside, the Seahawks D was just as good this week as they were against a far-weaker Cleveland offense last week. Once our o-line figures out how to block, maybe we can score more than 1 touchdown over 8 quarters.

I guess if we’re going to discuss momentum, I’d rather discuss — well, first, the falsifiability, but then — the merits of either side, complete with some exploration about what we think momentum is — something sure to vary from fan to fan.

I don’t feel comfortable with the idea that some kind of undefined bubble has been popped because of the convenient results immediately at hand, that the team followed up a surprising win with two underwhelming performances. I don’t know who subscribes to the notion of momentum as Benne takes the liberty of defining (at least tacitly) to begin with. And I sure don’t want to do it minutes after a frustrating loss when emotion through the community is certain to be rather prickly.

But I am still in awe at how terrible the referee crew was.

There are emerging stars all over the team. I can’t wait to see what Pete Carroll can do with a 1st round QB.

This team is far too stupid to reach the 5 win mark. It’s correctable. Hopefully. But for now this is another lousy display of football. From coaching staff to players this team is the dumbest and most undisciplined team in the 21st century era of the Seattle Seahawks.

Stupid, asinine offsides every week. And it’s not exclusively rookies. Clemons and Bryant do this every week. Our QBs apparently hard count their way into getting our line to jump and not theirs. Browner is a penalty monger. Carpenter appears to be a slow learner….and just slow in movement in general.

Bevell seems to be serial-stalker obsessed with establishing the run when it clearly isn’t working. What is it going to take to get a RB-by-committee system? Lynch isn’t a 90% of the carries guy and Forsett/Leon are not your 1-2 combo because they have similar skillsets. There is no change-of-pace on this team. I no longer care about using the run to set up the pass. Honestly the only thing I see that is different from him and Greg Knapp is the usage of fullbacks and the lack of trick plays from DB. If we just had a OC like Pete Carmichael Jr. and a few other players this offense could be electric. It will come. There’s no way Bevell lasts very long here and he’s only on a two-year deal.

That 4th and 2 disaster is yet another case of horrendous clock management by the coaching staff. If you’re going to go for it you have to throw. Complete and utter disaster. The 61 yard field goal and 4th and 2 now are boo-boos in Carroll’s game management skills.

I really have no complaints about the defense’s performance. I would’ve liked to see more blitzes but they probably dropped more in coverage to prevent Sherman and Browner to be out on their own.

Special teams…..Leon appears to be a much better punt returner than kick returner this year. Can we skip over Forsett and try and get Tate as the secondary kick return man? And the coverage on both sides of the ball on punts and kicks was abysmal yet again. Almost vintage DeHaven from a squad that was fantastic last year.

I needed that rant. Seattle is 2-5 and for the first time in a long time they’ve actually had to play a murderous schedule from start to finish. Rams and Cards aside, there isn’t a single game now I consider the Seahawks to “likely win”.

Oh well, it can only go up from here, right?

It was WWE material, I’m telling you. I need that GIF.

I think the Eagles’ fans would disagree. Talent without scheme or chemistry isn’t worth much in football.

This isn’t an ESPN comments section.

Criticism should be taken, not censored