Post Mortem: Seattle v Minshew's Minions
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2026 3:46 am
That was both ugly and beautiful - just like my girlfriend. Hey now!
A gutsy win for Seattle. Down too many starters to count, another injured QB, refs exerting their will, a mid Arizona team, but a win it was.
On the other hand, that was a bad game and a black mark on the NFL in general. Nothing about that experience was enjoyable. I was desperately wishing I could just fast forward and get it over with. It was a painful experience. In a world of gourmet pizza, this was a Little Caesar's anchovy special and it was stale.
Just. Fucking. Yuck.
The good:
The RB room is back and they made a statement. Charbs and Price were very good. Charbs iced the game and may be the MVP of it. Hard, angry, intentional running - a huge relief. Price snagging passes out of the backfield - is what we all needed to see. We can breathe a sigh of relief - there is hope.
Lock played a gutsy game - he looked injured, it looked like his throws were affected, but he made enough plays, got the plays off on time, executed Fleury's plan, and had zero turnovers. A gutsy performance.
Fleury called a strong game. As soon as AZ's DL went down, he attacked that weakness. Considering having two injured QB's, another oline shuffle, and having to support a weakened defense with Big Cat Williams out, I thought he deserved a game ball for a well-called game.
The defense played well overall, but there were fits and spurts where they were just out of sync. That said, they overwhelmed and harassed Minshew most of the game and he looked very uncomfortable all game. They really played well despite some brief lapses.
The BAD:
Witherspoon continues to channel his inner idiot, Woolen, with regrettable and painfully stupid penalties. What the literal fuck. Just do your job and shut the fuck up. Dude ties his shoes by himself and celebrates and taunts like he just single handedly ended the war. Honest to God what is the deal? It's just so fucking CRINGE. Stupid people doing stupid shit. I hope Macdonald goes Clockwork Orange on him and makes him watch Woolen's incomprehensibly stupid penalty from the NFCCG for a few hours this week. I swear to God if he worked in accounting, he's celebrate adding 2 plus 2 correctly by spiking his stapler and tossing a printer out the window. Jesus Christ with the stupidity.
Arizona is not very good. They are also MASH unit. At full strength, we may not have beaten them - not with a paltry 17 points. That's an embarrassingly low output offensively, but I get it. The plan was to run out the clock due to Lock's limitations, and it worked.
The Ugly: Another week, another game, another experience, completely ruined by officiating. It is the single biggest complaint I have seen on the forums. I have been banging the drum for a few seasons now - the NFL has gotten way way way way to cozy with the gambling community, and it is not unreasonable to wonder if it is affecting officiating. I have never seen a game where TWO plays had THREE flags thrown on it. There was so much suspicious officiating, the 'it wasn't a fumble" or the "it wasn't an interception" that there need to be a fan revolt.
The NFL banks on you having a short-term memory, but my memory is fine and it is week after week after week after week after week of what the fuckery with the officiating. Were they intentionally trying to keep the game close? Would it be for gambling? Or to keep eyeballs watching the game? There is no way they can walk away from that and think "yeah, that was a totally fair and unbiased job we just did.' No way in hell.
The reality is this is nothing more than an entertainment league sponsored by gambling. Legally they do not have to manage the games fairly or accurately. Morally is another matter, but we know there isn't a one shred of morality going on here.
Awful game, unsatisfying, but Seattle picks up a win and finally gets to see what our running game can be again. Charbs is just a blessing in disguise and one of the quintessential Seahawks. SO glad he is back. Dude was channelling his inner Marshawn.
Next up is the grudge match in Sin City. That is going to be very interesting. We may be getting into Milroe territory.
Go Hawks
A gutsy win for Seattle. Down too many starters to count, another injured QB, refs exerting their will, a mid Arizona team, but a win it was.
On the other hand, that was a bad game and a black mark on the NFL in general. Nothing about that experience was enjoyable. I was desperately wishing I could just fast forward and get it over with. It was a painful experience. In a world of gourmet pizza, this was a Little Caesar's anchovy special and it was stale.
Just. Fucking. Yuck.
The good:
The RB room is back and they made a statement. Charbs and Price were very good. Charbs iced the game and may be the MVP of it. Hard, angry, intentional running - a huge relief. Price snagging passes out of the backfield - is what we all needed to see. We can breathe a sigh of relief - there is hope.
Lock played a gutsy game - he looked injured, it looked like his throws were affected, but he made enough plays, got the plays off on time, executed Fleury's plan, and had zero turnovers. A gutsy performance.
Fleury called a strong game. As soon as AZ's DL went down, he attacked that weakness. Considering having two injured QB's, another oline shuffle, and having to support a weakened defense with Big Cat Williams out, I thought he deserved a game ball for a well-called game.
The defense played well overall, but there were fits and spurts where they were just out of sync. That said, they overwhelmed and harassed Minshew most of the game and he looked very uncomfortable all game. They really played well despite some brief lapses.
The BAD:
Witherspoon continues to channel his inner idiot, Woolen, with regrettable and painfully stupid penalties. What the literal fuck. Just do your job and shut the fuck up. Dude ties his shoes by himself and celebrates and taunts like he just single handedly ended the war. Honest to God what is the deal? It's just so fucking CRINGE. Stupid people doing stupid shit. I hope Macdonald goes Clockwork Orange on him and makes him watch Woolen's incomprehensibly stupid penalty from the NFCCG for a few hours this week. I swear to God if he worked in accounting, he's celebrate adding 2 plus 2 correctly by spiking his stapler and tossing a printer out the window. Jesus Christ with the stupidity.
Arizona is not very good. They are also MASH unit. At full strength, we may not have beaten them - not with a paltry 17 points. That's an embarrassingly low output offensively, but I get it. The plan was to run out the clock due to Lock's limitations, and it worked.
The Ugly: Another week, another game, another experience, completely ruined by officiating. It is the single biggest complaint I have seen on the forums. I have been banging the drum for a few seasons now - the NFL has gotten way way way way to cozy with the gambling community, and it is not unreasonable to wonder if it is affecting officiating. I have never seen a game where TWO plays had THREE flags thrown on it. There was so much suspicious officiating, the 'it wasn't a fumble" or the "it wasn't an interception" that there need to be a fan revolt.
The NFL banks on you having a short-term memory, but my memory is fine and it is week after week after week after week after week of what the fuckery with the officiating. Were they intentionally trying to keep the game close? Would it be for gambling? Or to keep eyeballs watching the game? There is no way they can walk away from that and think "yeah, that was a totally fair and unbiased job we just did.' No way in hell.
The reality is this is nothing more than an entertainment league sponsored by gambling. Legally they do not have to manage the games fairly or accurately. Morally is another matter, but we know there isn't a one shred of morality going on here.
Awful game, unsatisfying, but Seattle picks up a win and finally gets to see what our running game can be again. Charbs is just a blessing in disguise and one of the quintessential Seahawks. SO glad he is back. Dude was channelling his inner Marshawn.
Next up is the grudge match in Sin City. That is going to be very interesting. We may be getting into Milroe territory.
Go Hawks
Pure Gold!