Sunday, November 27, 2005
OUR BLUE IS BETTER
"Two-thousand zero-five, it seemed like a different season this time...
...and Seattle won't tank it like it's 1999."
[if Prince gets ticked off about how I just butchered his lyrics, I'll take 'em down upon request and sufficient proof of identity.]
The Dallas game turned quickly. The San Francisco game was way too close.
The Jeremy Shockey touchdown call was crap.
The entire first half for the Seahawks other than the Joe Jurevicius catch (and the pass interference penalty before it) was crap.
I was disappointed in just about every one of these Seahawks at some point in the game. Even Joe Jurevicius dropped a ball on what should have been the final time-killing drive in regulation.
The defense had some trouble getting off the field on third down. Also, they didn't have much of an answer for Plaxico Burress.
But you know what? This team hung in there and finally showed their resiliency. DJ Hackett's second catch of the game was his longest, and it went for 38 yards, and it was in overtime, setting up the final field goal by Josh Brown.
What's the difference between a 9-2 Seahawks team and an 8-3 Seahawks team? They just saved themselves a buttload of questions from the media for the next week about how they collapsed in 1999 or how they collapsed last year and the year before that after devastating losses. Not so sure about the defense getting off the field on third down; they might still get questions for that.
Quite a few times this year, we've found that there's something different about this team. They don't choke these kinds of games away anymore. If you read the game thread (which is admittedly profane because that's how dire things got), you can see that I, in terms of knee-jerk reaction, thought the game was over about five, six, maybe seven times or so. Today, it seemed that the Seahawks choked the game away too many times to count, but they still won.
If there's one thing I hope the Seahawks learn in practice this week, it's this -- play 60 minutes of football, preferably all in regulation.
And my goodness, what can we say about the crowd? Holy hell, people! To everyone that showed up at the Q today, nice job. Eleven false starts. I've never been more proud of a Seattle crowd in my life. Incredible job by the legions of fans with hoarse throats coming out of the Q today.
I simply can't believe this. Our Seattle Seahawks are 9-2 after Week 12.
It's unreal, folks. Unreal.
It's Monday Night in Philly next week, everyone. That's bad for folks like me on the east coast.
Enjoy this win. Enjoy every win.
Enjoy this team.
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