Turnover Friday
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Or Tell the Truth Tuesday, or whatever day it is for Pete Carroll. Cliches can work very well, you know. :- ) As far as the Green Bay game specifically: if the Seahawks went 15-1 this is the likeliest -1, correct. What a ripoff.
When it comes to Sheldon Richardson and "climbing the pocket" you almost wonder whether the Seahawks were thinking about, um, this game. Never saw any quarterback so good at single-step rush evasion. Whatever the term is for what Aaron Rodgers does.
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Sure enjoyed the comments after my last little stub on Sheldon Richardson! My questions to the 'xperts this time are: just HOW MUCH is it going to benefit Richardson from (1) playing 60% of the downs rather than 80% plus? I know that in basketball, if I can go real hard for half the game, I am a DIFFERENT PLAYER than if pacing myself for the whole game. (2) How much will it benefit our edge rushers, that offensive tackles don't have the high ground in being able to push them past the pocket? etc?
There is a fanpost at Field Gulls saying the Seahawks' defensive line has gone from "great" to "extraordinary." (3) Is that hyperbole? .. And no matter how good the line gets, it will not be the strength of the defense in view of the fact that the Legion of Boom is best-of-generation not best-of-year.
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I wish that we could see Russell Wilson, just for a few GAMES, play behind Dallas' offensive line. LOL.
Pete Carroll can't have everything and so he punts* the offensive line -- using Wilson as a one-man compensation crew. Does that feel to you like it's a little bit "exploitative" of Wilson, to make him play his whole career running for his life? I don't mean it in a bad way. But if I were Wilson that's a little bit how I'd feel.
Imagine if RW3 could sit there like Dak Prescott and look the field over in an unhurried way! Now tell me he's not underrated.
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Sherminator's little gem resonated. The salary cap looms, But. Take away even a single big salary and your budget transforms. It says here (from 30,000 feet as a wide but not deep NFL fan) that the Seahawks can come up with a Frank Clark when it comes time to replace Cliff Avril.
To me, Pete Carroll has a legit advantage in coming up with Chris Carsons and Thomas Rawlses, in large part because he is ego-free and not married to his previous decisions. Carroll and Belichick are unusual people, and the usual salary cap patterns may not apply to them as much.
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It says here the Packers have won 7 straight vs the Seahawks in Green Bay? Forecast is for 70 degrees and sunny, though; some of those 7 games must have been cold and some might have been affected by defensive injuries. Also, we see here, the Seahawks are 19-6-1 against the spread when playing as underdogs. The Packers are similar when playing as favorites, though.
And Dr. D is guessing we all enjoyed the look of our own 2017 preseason. This game could already decide* the NFC Championship is played. Right out of the chute, an epic defense taking on an epic quarterback, in an epic NFL battle. Wow.
Dutton alerts us to the 12-page pullout on the Seahawks. Long time since I bought a print newspaper. Going to go get that one and sit comfortably in a restaurant. Ah, life's good :- )