Can The Hawks Go 2 - 0 over the Next 5 Days?

[Futureite]

Good win guys. You definitely have the better team. And our O still sucks lol. I am kinda over all the trash talk and disrespect that goes on with this whole thing, so I'll just leave it at that. Seattle Philly should be a great matchup next week. Hope you guys had a great holiday and enjoy the weekend.

[Hawk Sista]

Nice wins in back to back weeks. A pair of 19-3 wins over our division rivals was just what the Dr. ordered. I wonder what the score would have been had the zebras played fair??

Go Hawks - let's get the Eagles.

[Hawkstar]

Nice wins in back to back weeks. A pair of 19-3 wins over our division rivals was just what the Dr. ordered. I wonder what the score would have been had the zebras played fair??

Go Hawks - let's get the Eagles.

Tough to complain about the officiating given we came away with two W's, but come on... The BS penalties are taking TD's off the board. No way was Kearse holding on the Wilson TD run vs the Cards ~ his arms were extending, driving the DB backwards. Shitty, BS call. The pick or screen or whatever they called to wipe out the Richardson TD last night was just as bad. It feels like the "fix is in" while watching that crap take place. I was surrounded by 9'ers for last nights game, even the biggest 9er homer had to agree it was a BS call.

Sorry... I'm done ranting. I do feel better tho

[Hawk Sista]

Yeah. How many TDs taken off the board for us this season and how many "should have" been? In addition to the TD getting wiped off, the moeaki play was a TD. That's an 8 point swing last night should have been 27-3.

Whatever - our team stars were eating turkey on their logo in the great new Levi stadium in Santa Clara. Hahahahahaha

[HumanCockroach]

Off the top - I was thinking about tie breaker scenarios. Since the Cowboys beat us earlier this year, I thought they'd have the advantage if we end up with the same record, provided they were in the WC slot and not division winner. Same with GB, I'd think we'd want them to finish in the WC situation, since we do own the tie breaker there.

I did see that we are now currently the #5, which is huge, because that would have us play the #4 team - the NFC South division winner - in the first round, should things end up finishing as is.

Regardless, I'm not thinking of winning the West until we are within one game of doing it. Next week in Philly is going to be a b****. The Eagles, amazingly, are playing well. That win in Dallas was no joke. The are capable of putting a whoopin' on anybody right now.

But so are we.

Last night was Awesome. The bay area (where I live in CA) is going NUTS. They are convinced their season ended last night. And for all intents and purposes, it may have.

Go Seahawks!!!

Get ready to start thinking about it ( and as RD said, they always fold, always, and they are going to somehow do it again) Pay close attention to ARZ vs ATL this Sunday morning.

[Zorn76]

I would Love to see Atlanta pull it off, but AZ's D is still good, and they have enough offense to win a low scoring game. The Falcons are gonna be hard pressed to keep Ryan upright. They do have the 7th ranked passing O vs the Cards 25th ranked passing D, so we'll see.

[HumanCockroach]

I'm serious Zorn. The Match ups ( of which you mentioned one Pass O vs Pass D) IMHO favor actually the Falcons in this weekends game ( add in an anemic rushing attack by ARZ something Atl has issue with, and a very strong screen game against a blitz happy defense) Atl isn't a team that relies on pounding the rock, and Ryan doesn't hold the ball long, I honestly believe the Falcons win this game, and it might not even be all that close.

[Zorn76]

lol - I hear ya HC.
I'm the "cautiously optimistic" type more than anything, particularly when looking to get help from a 4-7 team.

The Cards are vulnerable - we proved that - but that is a very prideful team that Arians has. They are embarrassed, and they will be pizzed heading into Atalanta.

Hope you're right.

I posted elsewhere that if we beat Philly next Sunday, we'll essentially be a lock to get into the postseason. Another big road win will have us firing on all cylinders heading into the final 3 games, with 2 of them being at home.

[RiverDog]

I'm serious Zorn. The Match ups ( of which you mentioned one Pass O vs Pass D) IMHO favor actually the Falcons in this weekends game ( add in an anemic rushing attack by ARZ something Atl has issue with, and a very strong screen game against a blitz happy defense) Atl isn't a team that relies on pounding the rock, and Ryan doesn't hold the ball long, I honestly believe the Falcons win this game, and it might not even be all that close.

I'm picking the Falcons, too, and I'm not basing it on wishful thinking. Drew Stanton is a lot different quarterback away from home. He's started 3 road games this season and the highest QBR in those three games was 35.3. And as weird as it seems, Atlanta is tied for the lead in their division, so the game still means something to them.

Philly looked awfully good yesterday. It's good that we'll have an extra couple of days to prepare for them.

[HumanCockroach]

lol - I hear ya HC.
I'm the "cautiously optimistic" type more than anything, particularly when looking to get help from a 4-7 team.

The Cards are vulnerable - we proved that - but that is a very prideful team that Arians has. They are embarrassed, and they will be pizzed heading into Atalanta.

Hope you're right.

I posted elsewhere that if we beat Philly next Sunday, we'll essentially be a lock to get into the postseason. Another big road win will have us firing on all cylinders heading into the final 3 games, with 2 of them being at home.

Is it time to start getting more optomistic?

[monkey]

Is it time to start getting more optomistic?

The way the defense is playing? I would think it is!
I think we win out the rest of the way. I know a lot of people are worried about Eagles, I am not at all.
First, our team is SPECIFICALLY built to stop teams like the Eagles.
Second, Mark Sanchez WILL throw more than one pick. We all know it. Pete knows him and his weaknesses all too well.
Third, the Eagles defense impresses no one, at all. Let the Beast loose on them, they CANNOT stop our run game! Not ever.

We stop the run, force doofus into throwing picks, (he will!) and slow down the tempo to a crawl offensively by running the ball, like we're designed to do and we will beat the Eagles.

[RiverDog]

Getting Wagner back is huge. I've said for some time that he's the most underrated player on our D. He's every bit as critical as any member of the LOB. So yea, I'm optimistic. I think we can run the table, which would give us at least a first round bye.

[monkey]

I agree completely that Wagner is the most underrated defensive player. In fact, I'd say the two most underrated players on our entire team are 1. Bobby Wagner and 2. K.J. Wright.
The difference with and without Wagner in our defense is literally night and day, he's a HUGE difference maker, and his presence allows Wright to play where he is best as well, making the defense exponentially better.

I wouldn't say that Wagner is as important as ANY member of the LOB though...look at the HUGE difference Kam Chancellor makes, for example. When he is playing and healthy, the entire defense feeds off his enforcer role. Every time he lays the smack down on some unsuspecting (or suspecting ) chump, the defense plays with that much more intensity.
And just imagine how lost we'd be without the teams best player, Earl Thomas! For my money, E.T. is THE best player on the entire team. Our defense is able to play the scheme it runs, with such success, precisely because Thomas' speed allows it to.
Still your point is taken and I agree, Wagner is a HUGE stud. Since he and Kam casme back, the defense has been awesome, and it's not a coincidence.

[HumanCockroach]

I agree completely that Wagner is the most underrated defensive player

IMHO he is the most underrated defensive player in the league, not just on this team. Wagner's numbers stack up favorably with that "other" LB from Carolina from the same draft, while having less opportunities to rack up those numbers. I am often seriously confused how that dude hasn't gotten the props he deserves. Kuechly has a ROTY and DMVP award sitting on his mantle at home, and for my money, I'll stick with the guy in Seattle.

[burrrton]

Kuechly has a ROTY and DMVP award sitting on his mantle at home, and for my money, I'll stick with the guy in Seattle.

Agreed. Kuechly is a stud, but Wags should have had the ROTY, too.

[monkey]

Remember last year when the run defense hit a snag, and several people were freaking out about the defense letting down?
Yeah, that stretch of games lined up with the games that Wagner was hurt then too. It's not a coincidence that when our defense loses its underrated, stud middle linebacker, it's play becomes diminished greatly, or that as soon as he is back and healthy, the defense takes off again.

[RiverDog]

In all honestly, I can't say if Wagner is the most underrated defensive player in the league because I don't know enough about the other 31 teams, hence the limitation just to our team. As far as a comparison to Luke, it's a tough choice. Both are great players. Wagner's 'problem' that K doesn't have is that Wags plays in the shadow of the LOB, which gets all the headlines.

Good point about our hitting a slump last year when Wagner was out. He's definitely a difference maker.

[Hawk Sista]

The other thing is Bobby gets dinged up so his #s are never as good as Luke's. I'm glad he and chancellor got healthy together and we only had to play KC w/o the threesome at full strength.

If we can stay relatively healthy, we'll go 3-1 or better. And we will need to.

[politicalfootball]

They did it , whoh.

[Seahawks4Ever]

One of the reasons that I became so unhinged after the loss to KC was because I had believed we had blown the chance to catch the red hot Cardinals. Well, here we are and our Seahawks are in perfect position to not only catch the Cardinals but to also win at least the #2 seed if not HFA. I predicted that they would repeat and they still have a great chance to do just that. The thing is that now for the first time since the bye they really believe it themselves. I just watched Roger Staubach, A Football Life. He was my favorite player on my favorite team before there was even a Seahawks and it is astonishing how much his moves resemble those of Russell Wilson, especially his escapability. I know many compare RW to Fran Tarkenton and that is valid too but Wilson reminds me more of Roger the Dodger than Tark.

[Hawk Sista]

If we win out, we'd likely be the #2 seed as GB has the easiest remaining schedule of the remaining teams.
It'd be TOUGH to win in Lambeau in January - but it could happen. All I do know is that I am proud of how this team has responded to real adversity. We have 4 tough games ahead of us, not one gimme game. But it's the 4th quarter and it's all in front of us.

Excited #GOHAWKS

[jshawaii22]

According to Russell Wilson there is only one game.

The one this Sunday. Go Hawks! Beat the Eagles!

js

[politicalfootball]

The Eagles are toast this sunday. We are so strong this time this season I see us winning out

[Hawk Sista]

According to Russell Wilson there is only one game.

The one this Sunday. Go Hawks! Beat the Eagles!

js

My bad. Why not me, the separation is in the preparation for championship Sunday...which is ALWAYS this Sunday.

Go Hawks. #lovemypredictableQB

Lord knows Political, I so very much hope you are right.

[Seahawks4Ever]

The best thing about Green Bay is that we would only have to tie them because we have the tie-breaker unlike Dallas which has the tie breaker on us. So, we have to win out and after defeating Philly turn around and root for them to beat Dallas, again. But, it is true, the only game is the one that will be played today. What I like about this game is that it is not a 1 P.M. Eastern time time start but a 4:25 P.M. Eastern time start so hopefully they won't have to wait until after half time to come alive.

[Zorn76]

Make that 3 wins in 14 days:)

The defense is playoff calibre right now, and we already know what that can win...

Go Seahawks!!!

[RiverDog]

Yes, it is excitement time. It is blow it out time. It is time for the Seahawks to express themselves on the league.

The way our defense is playing, it is only necessary for our offense to be ordinary. And they have been more than that. Even our offensive line, which has been offensive for much of the season, is playing better. I kept complaining that we were not blocking well and not opening holes, and then I saw the stats, and they were not so bad, after all.

It seems that there are not a lot of teams that will want to play the Seahawks from here on out. As like, maybe, nobody. I am certainly happy to have our "game manager", as he seems to be managing just fine. I thought on Wilson's TD run that he might have done a pirouette and a high step at the end. But, no, our conservative leader maintains his cool.

The punt fumble made me edgy, as I had been pretty sanguine about the game up till then, made me nervous, but that was the end of it. Kick some bucks.

Amazing that the biggest question is whether the current defense is better than last year. To me, it is the same. Kam. Sherm. Wags. Earl. Bennett. and so on. Bring the Boom.

I wouldn't mind having Miller, Unger, and Mebane for the stretch run, but they've seemed to done well at compensating for their loss.

We're peaking at just the right time. Last season, there was a bit of a let down after the Saints MNF game. This season, we have to keep winning as we don't have that two game cushion we had last season that made us a little complacent.

[monkey]

Yeah, in fairness this team isn't as good as last years in terms of depth, especially on the defensive line, and overall talent in the WR corps. (Though I do see progress from our two rookie WR's). Still, we're peaking right now, getting red hot right before the playoffs, and that is the best way I know of to win Super Bowls.
What's amazing is, after the Harvin trade, (which has actually made us a less talented, but better TEAM) next year sets up SO nicely for fixing all the remaining problems we have. Because we won't be paying for Percy, we're well under the cap, even after signing Wilson to a big long contract, we'll be well under the cap, and able to add players to fix issues such as depth/d-line/WR/TE etc...

That means that we will have a team full of still-young but experienced superstars, including a franchise QB, all locked up to big long term contracts, and NOT in the media-predicted salary cap trouble many fans thought we would be in, in position to contend for a Superbowl every season for a long time.

You know what that makes us?
That makes us a legitimate DYNASTY in the making!