Field Gulls
The Seattle Seahawks have crafted a new winning template. It might drive you a little bonkers in a different way that the old Seahawks did, but who’s say which way is better? I am. I will say. The new way is better. So you have to take a nap in the second half? Boo hoo. Pay attention until halftime, snooze, and wake up for the final defensive stand and victory formation. Like clockwork.
The Arizona Cardinals became the blueprint’s most recent victim in Week 10, falling 44-22 in a game that was always a three- or four-possession affair down the stretch after Seattle boatraced out to a 35-0 edge. It’s true that in what has become a bit of a worrying pattern, the Hawks’ usually crisp offense went into charity mode halfway through with turnovers on three successive drives. Still didn’t matter. Critical errors aren’t critical unless your opponent capitalizes; Arizona failed to take full advantage, and the fourth quarter became an exercise in coasting. As per the template. Yes, it’s true a series of midgame wet farts won’t play every week, not against better foes. Almost certainly not next week in SoFi. For now though the missteps give Sam, Jaxon and the crew something to work on. Wouldn’t want them too full of themselves.
Bottom line: wins are really hard to let slip through your fingers when you put the game away in the first twenty minutes. The Seahawks led by 14 almost right away, by 28 early in the second, and went into the locker room up 31.
They say beak size doesn’t matter. They are wrong. How else to explain a nine-game winning streak for Seattle in this (one-sided) rivalry with Arizona. Explanations are hard, though. Narration is easy. Let’s do some narration.
The Seahawks tortoised their way to two first downs on the opening drive, and after another A.J. Barner push of the tush, reached Cardinals territory without reaching into their bag of explosives. Despite everyone in the stadium thinking “time for a deep shot to JSN off play action,” Jonathan Gannon’s troops did not see Deep Shot To JSN Off Play Action coming. 7-0.
Like giving candy to a baby. Giving. Who are the heartless people out there taking it away?
Because every Seahawks game requires some suspension of disbelief, we were treated to cloned plays. Not anything vaguely matching like JSN 20-yard sideline grabs, or twin Barnerburners on third and short. (The latter of which actually happened.) No, the Seahawks, artistes that they are, took a defensive touchdown and re-enacted it a quarter later WITH THE SAME PLAYERS.
Trust me, you don’t need the text to be in English to appreciate the post, or the clip. Check this one out, however:
Are you kidding me? Even as they post one blowout after another, and let off the gas in the second half, like we’ve seen teams do countless times, the Seattle Seahawks remain incapable of playing a normal game. Either they score too many...
