keasley45
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Of capturing the moment.
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We don't know what the season will bring when week 18 wraps, but it sure is sweet to be in this moment now. A moment where, over the course of the last 5 months, we've been left for dead, only to turn our 'underdog' loose on our competition and in a fashion that only a Seattle football team can.
The underdog, laughing stock cape is one that was thrown at this franchise from its inception. The seahags, seagulls, seachickens... you name it. Only ever given a modicum of respect when we forced the league to turn its eyes to South Alaska to see what was brewing. Knox and his unlikely crew started it, casting our Hawks as the unlikely cinderella in 83 and perennial competitor through 89. Then, we were once again league jester for 10 dark years.
Holmgren brought instant respect and took us to the brink of a championship before the wheels fell off again and saw us scraping has beens off the heap like TJ Houshmandzadeh to be led by an overhyped Jim Mora Jr.
Seachickens once more.
And then Pete came in and flipped the roster over night, taking teams that had no right to win 4 games, to 7... and one to the playoffs and a win that will live in Canton for eternity.
He brought in Russ and the pieces of a defense that would become one of the best in the history of the league. The team- ultimately the best in the league over a 10 year span and champion.
And all of that, he did at the start to shouts of 'has been', cheater, outdated leader, 'out of his depth '. The talent he saw in his 53, no one else did. The chemistry he felt growing between them, invisible to everyone else. The talent, obvious to him in his new qb, ignored by the rest of the league.
Until the league couldn't ignore it anymore. Until the defense started not just beating teams, but crushing them. Until his offense ran opposing teams over and ripped their hearts out with improbable bomb after bomb, after pirouetting bomb from his qb.
That feeling is back again. A team left for dead, under a coach who was passed his prime, and behind a qb no one wanted.
It's a story that is so uniquely Seattle. So uniquely Pete Carroll's Seahawks. Whether this year or next, you can feel what's coming - success that we will claim again against the odds. Respect that we will rip from the hands of doubters.
God it's good to be a Seahawks fan. Enjoying every minute of this ride!
With Defense Heating Up, Seahawks Starting To “Look Like We Used To Look,” While Lumen Field Is “Is Rocking Like It Used To Rock”
With a dominant performance on Sunday, the Seahawk defense continued its remarkable turnaround, one that makes Seattle feel like a complete team capable of playing with anybody.
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We don't know what the season will bring when week 18 wraps, but it sure is sweet to be in this moment now. A moment where, over the course of the last 5 months, we've been left for dead, only to turn our 'underdog' loose on our competition and in a fashion that only a Seattle football team can.
The underdog, laughing stock cape is one that was thrown at this franchise from its inception. The seahags, seagulls, seachickens... you name it. Only ever given a modicum of respect when we forced the league to turn its eyes to South Alaska to see what was brewing. Knox and his unlikely crew started it, casting our Hawks as the unlikely cinderella in 83 and perennial competitor through 89. Then, we were once again league jester for 10 dark years.
Holmgren brought instant respect and took us to the brink of a championship before the wheels fell off again and saw us scraping has beens off the heap like TJ Houshmandzadeh to be led by an overhyped Jim Mora Jr.
Seachickens once more.
And then Pete came in and flipped the roster over night, taking teams that had no right to win 4 games, to 7... and one to the playoffs and a win that will live in Canton for eternity.
He brought in Russ and the pieces of a defense that would become one of the best in the history of the league. The team- ultimately the best in the league over a 10 year span and champion.
And all of that, he did at the start to shouts of 'has been', cheater, outdated leader, 'out of his depth '. The talent he saw in his 53, no one else did. The chemistry he felt growing between them, invisible to everyone else. The talent, obvious to him in his new qb, ignored by the rest of the league.
Until the league couldn't ignore it anymore. Until the defense started not just beating teams, but crushing them. Until his offense ran opposing teams over and ripped their hearts out with improbable bomb after bomb, after pirouetting bomb from his qb.
That feeling is back again. A team left for dead, under a coach who was passed his prime, and behind a qb no one wanted.
It's a story that is so uniquely Seattle. So uniquely Pete Carroll's Seahawks. Whether this year or next, you can feel what's coming - success that we will claim again against the odds. Respect that we will rip from the hands of doubters.
God it's good to be a Seahawks fan. Enjoying every minute of this ride!
