What the hell was that??
Just when you think you’ve seen everything, the Seattle Seahawks turn back the clock to secure a vintage Pete Carroll-esque 18-16 victory with six (!!!!!!) Jason Myers field goals accounting for all of the points. I guess it was fitting as 44 year old Philip Rivers came out of retirement just as his hall of fame window was opening to man the helm for the Colts. Angry Miss Piggy didn’t have to do much besides hand the ball off and complete short passes…which was probably intentional because I don’t think he could’ve done much more than that.
Seattle’s supposedly franchise-best defensive line was getting consistently gashed in the first half. The Seahawks offensive line wasn’t doing much better as nearly every running play was stopped for a loss. When they weren’t losing yards, they were dropping passes and committing penalties. It was another ugly first half of offensive football a week after an ugly first half of offensive football against the Atlanta Falcons. I don’t know who to blame at this point, but it’s clear that they need to turn it around if they want to have a chance against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football.
Seahawks Droppings
- Jason Myers you beautiful, wonderful man. His six field goals should get Myers another special teams player of the week award. The game-winning 56-yarder was not easy by any means and absolved him of the miss at the end of the Los Angeles Rams game. Myers stepped up and booted that bad boy through to save the Seahawks a humiliating loss.
- I was pretty disappointed with how the whole team played in the first half. They were getting out-physicaled on both sides of the line, playing the game on their heels. Rivers was only throwing short passes and yet the corners were playing 10 yards off and giving up an easy cushion. The only two sacks for the defense came when Rivers slipped and fell down on one play, and saved a snap from nearly going over his head on another. As I mentioned on offense, there were silly penalties and drops – one each on first down by Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Brady Russell – that would’ve resulted in either a first down play or short yardage on second down. I’m not sure what AJ Barner was arguing about on his offsides call because he was clearly lined up in the neutral zone.
- While that penalty was a good call, the pass interference on Josh Jobe was absolute bullshit. Particularly when you consider the no-call on JSN where he was held trying to come out of his break. I was fine with the no-calls on Rashid Shaheed. If he wants those calls, he needs to actually make a play on the ball instead of running with his arms up looking for a flag.
- No shade on Shaheed, he was absolutely pivotal in this game, particularly on the last drive. He...
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