Postmorten - Seattle v Big Easy

[auroraave]

I do love New Orleans. Been there many times - sat in a tour bus on a Mardi Gar parade route, got black out drunk in the French Quarter, went to a Saints Steelers game on Sunday Night - on Halloween - on another tour bus coming from Oxford Mississippi where the tailgating is legendary. Sat next to REM for dinner, lost my license right before boarding a flight out - and they literally let me use my Costco card to board the plane.

That said, fuck the Saints. Although those all-whites are pretty sick.

By the way - where were you for the Beastquake run? I was in a Seahawks bar in Culver CIty and the place was going BONKERS!

This was a changing of the guard game. In previous versions of the Seahawks, it was pins and needles against inferior opponents. Oh, God, not another back up QB coming to town to embarrass us. The team sleep walking into insurmountable deficits against dumpster fire Cardinal team. Oh, God, it's PTSD all over again. We all knew it was coming.

But it didn't. Seattle turned a corner - came out on fire and put the Aint's away in the first fucking quarter, much to Pete Carroll's chagrin. Love ya, Pete, but you can put a team away early, and Mike MacDonald's Seahawks game out of the gate and dominated an inferior opponent. The score is not necessarily indicative of the stat sheet - New Orleans held their own statistically - but the doors were blown off early and New Orleans never, ever threatened to make this a contest.

YEAH!

I am writing this from Lake Tahoe, flew into Reno, spoke to a handful of Raider fans in the airport and on the flight. They are worried - about both PC and Geno. Me? Not worried at all. LOL!

Sam Darnold is doing EXACTLY what we need from him - cold, efficient distribution and efficiency. He doesn't need to be more than he is - just execute, minimize turnovers, distribute to the open man, read and react quickly. That's it. He does not need to carry the team. I really like his floor - his ceiling has yet to be determined. The offense really needs to step up the running game - it's only three games into the season and I think they will figure it out - SO SO SO much of offensive line success is simply reps together. So, right now this team sits at 2-1, they are clearly trending upwards, and we have yet to see what is possible.

The defense is really gonna be a problem - they are nasty - and that front line - remember just a couple for years ago what a fucking liability they were? They could not stop a grandma with a walker from hitting 100. Now? Oh, these guys are FEISTY. This line is still gelling and they are already a f'cking problem. People love to scream about stats, and they're nice. but this group is dominating beyond the stats - they are growing into what could be the fiercest defense since the LOB days.

Take a step back and consider this: three games into the season. and this group has grown leaps and bounds in each game. It's kinda frightening what they are capable of. If they can handle business with Arizona on Thursday - they are suddenly 3-1 - and quietly are the highest scoring team in the division - and also the lowest scoring defense - after three weeks.

Also - Tory Fucking Horton. Special teams is special again. An other group that looks very feisty, hungry, motivated, and a group with a high ceiling. Also, dude can catch! This WR could be an asset - and that tight end group, a seriously athletic bunch, has yet to be fully realized.

This team is growing and coming together - a win vs AZ and they are in the groove.

Also, shout out to the Mariners who are up 7-1 in the 7th and are about to sweep the hated Astros which would put them three games up and so close to an AL West Crown. GOD SPEED!

Go hawks, go mariners.

[Bil522]

I do love New Orleans. Been there many times - sat in a tour bus on a Mardi Gar parade route, got black out drunk in the French Quarter, went to a Saints Steelers game on Sunday Night - on Halloween - on another tour bus coming from Oxford Mississippi where the tailgating is legendary. Sat next to REM for dinner, lost my license right before boarding a flight out - and they literally let me use my Costco card to board the plane. .

Was that all in the same trip?

[Nwadventure]

Was nice to see happiness and joy on the Seahawks sidelines, big play after big play- These guys had the time of their lives yesterday, can we play the Saints every week ?

[trharder]

I think the most encouraging thing was the second string defensive players playing like first string players.
That and the D-line getting consistent, honest to God pressure on the QB.

MM is calling the practice squad the "ready squad". I'm usually the guy that hates rebranding BS, but this works for me.

[D-train]

1. I was at the Beastquake game hugging strangers after it happened. Just unreal
2. I was on a business trip and walked out of a strip club at dawn in New Orleans, totally spaced on picking up my lap top from where I left it at a Market Research facility and flew home with out it. Thankfully someone grabbed it and shipped it home to me.
3.

This week will be a challenge for the Seahawks, even with Arizona facing issues of its own, overcoming the disappointment of a 16-15 last-play loss at the 49ers on Sunday to fall to 2-1 and losing starting running back James Conner for the season to an ankle injury.

[auroraave]

1. I was at the Beastquake game hugging strangers after it happened. Just unreal
2. I was on a business trip and walked out of a strip club at dawn in New Orleans, totally spaced on picking up my lap top from where I left it at a Market Research facility and flew home with out it. Thankfully someone grabbed it and shipped it home to me.
3.

This week will be a challenge for the Seahawks, even with Arizona facing issues of its own, overcoming the disappointment of a 16-15 last-play loss at the 49ers on Sunday to fall to 2-1 and losing starting running back James Conner for the season to an ankle injury.

For Beastquake I was at The Backstage Grill in Culver City - a dedicated Seahawks bar - and it was deafening.
What kind of "market research" were you doing in a strip club? Quality Control?
Arizona completely choked away the game vs SF - it was stupifying how they managed to lose that game - they LITERALLY snatched defeat from the jaws of victory - it was hard to watch. Dude dropped an easy TD, dude dropped a third odwn pass that would've sealed it, Murray gave up a brutal safety. AZ had an amazing 4th down defensive stuff. They gave the game away.

This is another "where is this team now" game - can we get it up for woeful AZ? Or do we slumber along like the PC teams of the past? Imagine the Macdonald's fury if they lose this game - it ain't gonna be kumbaya anymore. This team also looks a little angry - motivated.

[douche]

Arizona completely choked away the game vs SF - it was stupifying how they managed to lose that game - they LITERALLY snatched defeat from the jaws of victory - it was hard to watch. Dude dropped an easy TD, dude dropped a third odwn pass that would've sealed it, Murray gave up a brutal safety. AZ had an amazing 4th down defensive stuff. They gave the game away.

This is another "where is this team now" game - can we get it up for woeful AZ? Or do we slumber along like the PC teams of the past? Imagine the Macdonald's fury if they lose this game - it ain't gonna be kumbaya anymore. This team also looks a little angry - motivated.

Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory... Thursday is going to be interesting. Which team shows up? The amped up Seahawks, or the slumbering Seahawks?

[Nwadventure]

Saw the Hawks @ New Orleans a couple years ago- Cool Saints guy at the bar and such but trust me they are still big mad they had a road playoff game against a team with a losing record. That game @ NO was the game Taysom Hill ran over though our defense like butter back in 2022, D much better these days.

[auroraave]

NO is a hard team to hate =- they were basically the Mariners for 40 years - then they finally got their shit together for a decade and (conveniently) won a SB right after Katrina. What a coincidence. Still, they are the recipient of the worst non call in the history of the game in the playoff loss to the Lambs. Just inexcusable to blow that. If you start adding up that, the Seattle Steeler SB, the list goes on - it's hard not to conclude the league is just theater and we're all being played. Add in the taylor swift of it all - it's become a soap opera as they are always trying to promote 'story lines; and such nonsense. It should be about gladiators battling, but it's not anymore.

[D-train]

1. I was at the Beastquake game hugging strangers after it happened. Just unreal
2. I was on a business trip and walked out of a strip club at dawn in New Orleans, totally spaced on picking up my lap top from where I left it at a Market Research facility and flew home with out it. Thankfully someone grabbed it and shipped it home to me.
3.

This week will be a challenge for the Seahawks, even with Arizona facing issues of its own, overcoming the disappointment of a 16-15 last-play loss at the 49ers on Sunday to fall to 2-1 and losing starting running back James Conner for the season to an ankle injury.

For Beastquake I was at The Backstage Grill in Culver City - a dedicated Seahawks bar - and it was deafening.
What kind of "market research" were you doing in a strip club? Quality Control?
Arizona completely choked away the game vs SF - it was stupifying how they managed to lose that game - they LITERALLY snatched defeat from the jaws of victory - it was hard to watch. Dude dropped an easy TD, dude dropped a third odwn pass that would've sealed it, Murray gave up a brutal safety. AZ had an amazing 4th down defensive stuff. They gave the game away.

This is another "where is this team now" game - can we get it up for woeful AZ? Or do we slumber along like the PC teams of the past? Imagine the Macdonald's fury if they lose this game - it ain't gonna be kumbaya anymore. This team also looks a little angry - motivated.

LOL I was doing IDIs (in depth interviews) with the clients to see if they preferred T or A. LOL