Saturday, December 24, 2005
MERRY CHRISTMAS, SEAHAWKS FANS
The Seahawks are 13-2. What is there to know about the best team in the NFC, at least during the regular season?
---NFC West Champs for the 2nd straight season.
---They will have homefield advantage throughout the playoffs in January.
---Shaun Alexander has scored 27 touchdowns this season and could break Priest Holmes' mark of 27 next Sunday in Green Bay.
---Five Pro Bowlers (Alexander, Matt Hasselbeck, Walter Jones, Steve Hutchinson, Mack Strong)
---8-0 at home for the second time in three seasons.
---Most wins in team history.
---Longest winning streak in team history, currently at 11.
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The Seahawks took care of business today. As I said in the game thread post, this Seahawks team doesn't believe in scoreboard watching. With the win today, the Seahawks don't have to worry about watching the Bears tomorrow afternoon.
Since I'm a cynical Seattle sports fan, I will not be surprised to hear about the national media calling Alexander's touchdown in the 4th quarter "unsportsmanlike". It's important to note that the Seahawks had to win this game today so they could clinch homefield. Even though the score was 21-6, the Seahawks weren't content with that lead. This franchise has been bit more than a few times by blowing 4th quarter leads.
The moment I saw Maurice Morris fall short of the goal line, I knew Mike Holmgren was going to put Alexander in. We all know what happened last year with the whole "one yard" deal. You tell me, who do you give the ball to at the 1-yard line? I give to Alexander every single time. He's proved throughout his career in Seattle that once he's inside the 5, he will score more often than not. That's not necessarily because of his offensive line either. It's because Alexander is a great football player. He wants the ball and he's going to score, pardon the pun.
If Shaun Alexander doesn't win the NFL MVP award this year, I want a recount. Nobody can convince me of another player in the NFL who has been better than Alexander. He's rushed for a career-high 1,807 yards and has scored 27 touchdowns (26 rush, 1 rec). Without Alexander, I'm not so sure the Seahawks have homefield advantage in the NFC.
I don't think I've ever felt this good as a Seattle sports fan. Unlike the Mariners and Seahawks teams of the past, I have a real good feeling that the 2005 Seahawks are going to win the whole damn thing. That "whole damn thing" being the Super Bowl, of course.
Bring it on, NFC. The 12th Man is waiting for y'all.
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