Game Day Open Thread - Week 14: Arizona at Seattle
by Shrug on Dec 9, 2007 1:27 AM PST
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Qwest Field
FOX
Not much to wonder about here. If we win, the Seahawks capture their fourth straight NFC West title. No questions asked.
If we lose, then the open sore remains festering until the end of the season. We grip the armrests of our favorite chairs and wonder why we couldn't have wrapped this up sooner. We agonize about Kurt Warner and, for God's sake, THE EDGE (not the U2 guitarist) stealing our thunder from underneath us while Boldin and Fitzgerald were 50% at best. Then, as is usual, our traditional civic self-doubt creeps in. We go fumbling in the dark for our identity but we can't find it for another five weeks, when we just by chance happen to locate it underneath the loveseat after we finally get around to cleaning our apartments after the big New Year's Eve party we had. And instead of maintaining the momentum of a rather incredible 5-game winning streak, we plunge into the depths of despair, from which we cannot emerge until the Mariners enter another spring training with absolutely nothing to show from the winter meetings, and we just resolve to spend another year drinking microbrews into oblivion and continuing a string of one-night stands with women we'll never see again until they've married promising lawyers and want to rub it in our faces.
So as you can see this is a big game.
Commentary here and at our new Cardinals blog, Revenge of the Birds.
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good rant
Thank you.
My main contention with the Cards last year is that they re-did their mascot's beak and eyebrows so it looked more threatening. Ahem -- which team from the Pacific Northwest did that first? Oh, yes, that's right!
Say what you will. Our mascot will not be out-scowled.
Yes.
Awesome.
by Aaron Campeau on Dec 9, 2007 3:41 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn't describe a drunk Bukowski as silly.
Speaking of which, I have to stop having nights like:
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And yet, I wake up after a few hours and feel great. I guess I haven't entirely shed the "Top Fuel Dragster" label from my youth. Then again, I drank 
,,,,,,,,, when i tripped to Seattle and felt like George Foreman had been working on my kidneys all night the next day.
Am I still typing? Oh, there comes the hangover, ah yes...
Oof, I hear ya
Now I've got that weird thing, where you wake up after a night of drinking and you're all disoriented, but you can't really sleep. Does that happen to everyone else? It doesn't happen to me all the time, just once in a while. Odd odd odd.
Let's go Hawks!
Last night was the company Christmas party.
I always woke up incredily refreshed
Either that or I would get the Hangover for Hell. Kinda hit or miss.
by Matthew @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Since you put it that way
Is it snowing in Seattle
Just a few flurries at my house.
Dammit
Also, please go Philly.
Houston beating Tampa Bay 28-14
Lofa best MLB in NFL?
Larry Fitzgerald in, Anquan Boldin out
but Fitzgerald is limited
Piss
Not that it matters
Nice pick.
For the record
Alexander falls over, again
If there's ever a spot to give Shaun the ball
That said, I hate hate hate running the ball there.
Gray
It looked worse
Weaver and Shaun on those last two plays
Shaun doesn't get moving that fast 5 yards downfield
62
don't call...
WHAT IN TARNATION
Which is why that's a shitty play call, but umm.. yay?
i was a bit wrong on fourth down
First quarter over. Wish it was 14-0, but this will do so far.
hmm
Unstopable, Eli manning is....
I love that ad
DEION BRANCH
WOW
Christ
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 1:57 PM PST reply actions
I find this lack of pressure....
oh there we go
kerney
it was great that Wistrom had a motor
only comparison
Wow
Wow, Ellis Hobbs
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:03 PM PST reply actions
i like the looks of this game
arizona's on top of the run
Fullback screen?
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:06 PM PST reply actions
AHHHH
We are on fire.
BRANCH!
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:06 PM PST reply actions
FREAKIN' A'!
omfg
by peterpeter on Dec 9, 2007 2:07 PM PST reply actions
Brown gets cheaper every game
whoa, josh brown
Mebane joins the party
you, mebane, and dupree
I swear...
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:10 PM PST reply actions
haha steve reibel cracking up
drawing board
What happened there?
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:16 PM PST reply actions
What in God's name?
C'mon plackemeier
Bruce DeHaven
sigh...
Hey, nice punt.
That was a slightly strange handoff
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:18 PM PST reply actions
just checking in
by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 9, 2007 2:18 PM PST reply actions
in another league
no way did i made it in scruffy's league, my QBs were major dissapointments.
by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 9, 2007 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
no i didn't
my receivers just sucked too much and i lost by 12, even though the help was there.
the points difference between romo and ben was 11, so that wouldn't have made any difference.
here's my draft though, it's brutal, i'm just happy i had a chance.
- (10) Willie Parker RB (traded)
- (15) Rudi Johnson RB (sucked)
- (34) Lee Evans WR (sucked)
- (39) Javon Walker WR (got hurt)
- (58) Vince Young QB (sucked, traded)
- (63) Mark Clayton WR (not a factor)
- (82) Marion Barber RB (traded)
- (87) Ben Roethlisberger QB (my only good one)
- (106) Randy McMichael TE (sucked)
- (111) Kevin Curtis WR (ok)
- (130) Seattle DEF (ok)
- (135) Dwayne Bowe WR (pleasant suprise)
- (154) Mike Furrey WR (not a factor)
- (159) Carey Davis RB (not factor)
- (178) Matt Stover K (kicker)
Vince Young
Javon Walker
Willie Parker
Julius Jones
for
Tony Romo
Willis McGahee
by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 9, 2007 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
two-minute warning
Both Placks and Brown
WRT to the playcalling. On 2nd down Matt fell over, I don't think we have any idea what that play was supposed to be, and I would assume somebody fucked up somewhere on 3rd down. I thought the 1st down call was great.
Great pass by Warner
dammit
punt
God I hate having the Fox Z team covering
It's not really the guys in the booth as much as it's the people producing the game. Why look at a contested catch when we could watch Warner walk backwards in slow mo
radio crew
I've seen ball spiking called about a handful of times today, seems like way more than usual.
oops
Man
Yay yards and all, but that's a stupid rule.
To follow up
Do we really want to settle for a 40+ yard FG here?
First Half Cap
IPA
More to the substance, don't we want the third seed?
how can the giants get the third seed?
thus, the highest seed the giants could get would be fifth.
by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 9, 2007 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
bend, oregon
The Cinder Cone is a popular choice among geology majors across the Northwest.
Cinder Cone
Hard to argue with a 20 point lead
WHAT THE FUCK
lol
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 2:36 PM PST reply actions
halftime...
Tiebreaker question
by BaltimoreSeahawksFan on Dec 9, 2007 2:38 PM PST reply actions
n/s
- Head-to-head, if applicable.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
- Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
- Strength of victory.
- Strength of schedule.
- Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
- Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
- Best net points in conference games.
- Best net points in all games.
- Best net touchdowns in all games.
- Coin toss.
by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 9, 2007 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
a few years ago
Rest of GB games all in NFC
Hard, but it's possible.
hmm
Shaun=3 carries.
Didn't expect that.
as it stands...
Packers 11-2
Seahawks 8-4
Buccaneers 8-5
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Giants 9-4
...the Vikings and Cardinals are 6-6, but the Vikings look well on their way to winning.
Your requisite tiebreaking procedures are here. The Seahawks have a head-to-head tiebreaker over Tampa Bay, if it ever comes to that.
These announcers
just saw replay of the engram touchdown catch
...grr
They did in the first half
this game's missing one thing
good stop
"The blitz and the pressures"
no likey
Breaston returned that punt like chicken Breaston.
Draw to Morris on next series please
This is something Shaun was horrible at even when he was good. The constant drive to be Marcus Allen. I hate it so so much.
that dude who hit beck
Urban killing us
urban
Is this called
Also it would be nice to get some pass rush beyond Kerney just raping people
yellow
What's lame, as evidence by the next play
r u joking??
rural
The Cardinals ate nearly seven minutes off the clock getting that touchdown, at least.
The Seahawks need points on the next drive, no questions asked.
on replay
this is terrible
oh, for piss' f$*#ing sake
Three and f#%@ing out, please.
And yes, Bruce DeHaven needs to be fired.
When's the last time a Seahawk special teams coach lasted longer than two years with the team?
There's Karma
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 3:28 PM PST reply actions
Just like SF!
tru calling
31-13 Patriots
The Cardinals
skirmish
At least they called
on the dockett
Take that first down, thank you.
audio only...
Pollard.
Throwing from a running formation?
oh yes
But who cares? The Cardinals need to score at least three more times to win with 10:42 left.
Running Game
Dear FOX
hoo-wee
WOW
Peterson 12 carries 0 yards.
Good thing I started Peterson in FG league :(
First Round Fantasy Bye FTW
confusion.
Whisenhunt red flag...
Actually
He might've been down, though.
knee jerk booing from doorknob fans
These are the same people who make chicken noises at intentional walks.
dammit
Scared a little bit there
sky is falling
Then again, it's not like I wasn't a Mariner fan last summer and watched them choke against the Angels and Yankees in the middle of a pennant race...
Dear ESPN
ground chuck
This is all but over
We called a time out
Is there any team worse than us at running out the clock.
TRUFANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So I guess the conclusion is Marcus Trufant has priced himself out of Seattle, while Josh Brown has become much more affordable?
He can't be priced out of Seattle.
Boone Stutz should be the most hated Seahawk
Yeah, but in the big picture Kerney's signing > Long Snapper's signing.
was I the only one
I heard
Up by a few, sure complain
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
draft
Trufant is a bronzed god
Kerney stripping for the crowd
DIVISION CHAMPS!!
On that last interception play
by TIF @ Field Gulls on Dec 9, 2007 4:22 PM PST reply actions
four straight
Next step: hope Seattle runs the table and Green Bay slips up so the Seahawks can get a first-round bye. Likely? No. Mathematically possible? Yes.
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