Looking Ahead to the Playoffs

[kalibane]

The only think you're right about is Dallas matches up the best (at least on the offensive side) but you are totally off base on the details.

1. Mebane is not an all pro stop with trying to give praise in order to damn. Kevin Williams has played insanely well stepping in for him.

2. You acting like two second team all pros who play in the box will not affect the ability of the defense to stop Murray is beyond laughable.

3. Murray is not running any where near as effectively as he was when they played Seattle the first time. 400 carries tends to wear people down.

4. They just lost Henry Melton and another linebacker. Good luck stopping Lynch.

This game would be under much different circumstances than the first game. You're also wrong about how they matchup with the Packers. They don't match up well at all defense to offense. Rodgers should shred them.

[monkey]

The Seahawks are COMPLETELY different from when the Cowboys visited, both offensively and defensively.
Defensively, Kam Chancellor was banged up and hurting, playing at much less than full speed, and it was the Cowboys game where Bobby Wagner got hurt, and then missed a bunch of games.
Offensively, this was the game where, in the fourth quarter, during a drive that could have won the game, the whiny Percy Harvin decided not to come out onto the field. He was traded the following week. Until that time, however, the offense had gotten away from the identity it had the season before, and was primarily using Harvin to set up the offense, trying to force the ball his way via bubble screens aplenty, and when not forcing the ball his way, sending him to create misdirection, and as a decoy both in the run game and pass game.

Virtually everything has changed since then offensively, we've gone back to what works best, and defensively we've gotten HEALTHY, (by FAR the biggest problem we had back then) and have found that with Jordan Hill and Kevin Williams, we've created a VERY solid d-line rotation, in spite of losing Brandon Mebane for the season, and would undoubtedly match up MUCH better with the Cowboys studly o-line if we were to play them again.

In spite of what the troll is claiming (he's wrong, again, as usual), In any potential Cowboys match-up, 1. the Seahawks defense, would hold the Cowboys offense down to less than 100 yards rushing, and hold Romo in check, and 2. the Seahawks offense would TEAR UP that weak Cowboys defense, now that we've gone back to what we do.

[HumanCockroach]

RD, Dallas can't be travelling next Sat to Seattle, they would be headed to Lambeau next week should they beat Detroit.

[HumanCockroach]

River;

Completely agree that Hawks are a diff team. Most teams are at this stage compared to early in the season. But if you are telling me they match up better on D + a LB but - an allpro DTackle like Mebane, I am going to strongly disagree. The matchup problem is still exactly what it was before - an undersized but extremely athletic D V a massive and athletic Oline. With respect to this specific matchup, I don't see much changing. A 50-60 LB difference is the same no matter where or when the game is played. It's not the fact that they are bigger. It's that they are bigger AND athletic.

On the other side of the ball yes, Seattle O and run game is rolling and could be equally dominant. So of course they can win and prob should be favored. In my mind it's an even matchup with two 12 win teams and it would be very entertaining if it happens.

I love Mebane, but last I checked, he isn't nor has ever been an all pro DT, Wagner on the other hand has been not sure why you feel the need to diminish IMHO one of the best three MLB in the game ( and no that isn't some sort of homer glasses, hence a first team selection, and pro bowl bid, despite missing multiple games, and he should have had those honors last year as well, along with strong consideration for DPOTY and DROTY the first year).