Field Gulls
For what is likely the last time this season, the Seattle Seahawks once again came to the East Coast and left with a victory, defensively suffocating the Carolina Panthers 27-10.With the win, the Seahawks move to 13-3, and have now tied for the franchise record for wins in a regular season, with one more game to go. They also have moved to 7-1 on the road this season, which is just remarkable. If not for the Sam Darnold collapse and Jason Myers missed field goal at the buzzer in Los Angeles, Seattle could be 8-0 on the road and have already locked up the top seed.
Nonetheless, the Seahawks are having a magical season, and now are just one more win away from a division title and the path to the Super Bowl going through Lumen Field. Let that sink in.
Let’s talk about the win, and what comes next.
The 2025 Seahawks have promoted quite a few nicknames this season, with the latest one being “Dark Side.” One of the characteristics of this team that I have loved this season is their killer instinct. They have faced multiple desperate teams this year that needed victories, and the Seahawks have laid waste to their hopes. On Thursday night last week, they went for the kill when the Rams let up.
The same scenario happened Sunday as Seattle denied the zombie version of the Seahawks in Carolina their first division title in a decade. The Panthers are run by Dan Morgan, former Seahawks executive. They are coached by Dave Canales, former Seahawks head coach. They have multiple Seahawks players on their roster.
Despite the positive feelings that both sides have (minus Michael Jackson), the Seahawks once again played spoiler to an opposing team’s hope. It makes me more of a believer, if the Seahawks were forced to have to go on the road as a wildcard team in the playoffs. It also gives me more hope that Seattle can be the team that doesn’t care about the storyline or narrative, they’re going to shut you down and beat you.
As my Field Gulls colleague Bryce Coutts on the Hawks Eye podcast has pointed out, the slow offensive starts by the Seattle Seahawks is not just a trend, this is just who they are at this point.
Despite the win, the offense struggling to meet the championship expectations that this team’s defense and special teams clearly meet, feels ominous. The standings and statistics show that the Seahawks are the best team in the NFC and and honestly the NFL, but you watch any source of NFL media, and you can just feel the hesitation with the media being all in, and I think that starts with Klint Kubiak and Sam Darnold.
Ever since the disaster in Los Angeles, this offense has just felt like a mix...
