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Long week for me, football pals, building a house and working 50 hours at my "real" job, so here's an abbreviated StatHawk column instead of something in-depth. Tune in next week for valuable content.
In the meantime, captive audience, how about a round of "would you rather"? Here's the dilemma: Rams or Packers? The Hawks have spent the Russell Wilson Era cultivating some very nice rivalries with those two fine franchises.
In a vacuum, you'd rather Rams, right? I'd rather Rams. They don't have a Hall of Fame quarterback, they don't have a single playoff win in the last decade, let alone a Lombardi. They don't do winning seasons anymore.
And yet. And yet. Here are the statistical "highlights" from the last three seasons' worth of rivalry matchups.
| Category | When Playing Rams | When Playing Packers | Notes |
| Record | 4-3 | 3-0 | Yes, fine, all three GB games were at the CLink, whatever. |
| Opposing QB Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT | 139-218-1790-6-8 | 68-106-590-2-3 | St. Louis QB's featured: Sam Bradford x2, Kellen Clemens x2, Austin Davis, Shaun Hill(!), Nick Foles |
| Opposing QB rating | 83.3 | 73.2 | You remember that Rodgers is the highest-rated quarterback of all time. |
| Russell Wilson Comp-Att-Yds-TD-INT | 129-187-1525-7-5 | 43-78-538-5-4 | Both these jerk teams pick Wilson off frequently. |
| Russ QB rating | 94.9 | 76.8 | Weird, right? Passer rating isn't everything. |
| Hawks points scored | 151 | 78 | |
| Hawks points allowed | 118 | 50 | |
| Average game score | 22-17 | 26-17 | |
| Pts/defensive possession | 1.64 | 1.61 | Consistency. Also, Packers scored 2.63 points per drive in 2014. |
| Pts/offensive possession | 2.19 | 2.29 | Consistency. Hawks were at 2.19, 2.12 and 2.13 last three seasons. |
| This row intentionally | left | blank; | Your statement continues below. |
| Sacks enjoyed | 13 | 12 | #BruceIrvinMemories |
| Sacks suffered | 31 | 7 | Fuckin' Rams. |
| Opponent rushing yards/game and YPC | 82.4 and 3.3 | 99.7 and 4.2 | Weird, right? Rushing yards aren't everything. |
| Marshawn Lynch Att-Yds-YPC-TD | 119-524-4.4-3 | 70-365-5.2-3 | Except of course when Marshawn is involved. |
| Earl Thomas chops + shoulder injuries | 1 | 1 | Push |
| Golden Tate troll jobs | 1 ( heart u golden ) | 1 ( heart u golden ) | ( still heart u golden ) |
| ST scores allowed | 3 | 0 | Jeff Fisher can go suck on a poisonous jellyfish. |
(No, I'm not making a chart of successful/unsuccessful trick plays.)
Football is so dang weird sometimes, right?