Just like that, our defense arrived

[sc85sis]

We are playing the Giants...without Barkley

And our team is a walking MASH unit. The guys did what they had to do to beat the opponent in front of them. That’s all we can ask for.

 

[renofox]

Imagine a healthy Adams flying around with Spoon.

Spoon basically took Adams spot in the nickel and, imo, outplayed what Adams would have done by a factor of 5.

 

[Rainger]

Couple more games like this, Hurtt will make a believer of our old Toffee.

But NEVER Fade. Lol

 

[QWERTY]

It is more than "just the Giants". They won a road playoff game last season. They had 11 days to prepare. When the Cowboys did the same, we heard nonstop adoration for the Cowboy defense.

It is about the Seattle defense finally getting on the same page. Like I predicted three months ago. It would take four games to get right.
The team is on schedule.

Yea but the Cowboys got demolished by the Cards.

and again it is just the Giants.

 

[Kamcussionator]

Great win! Who should we fire this week?!

 

[toffee]

And our team is a walking MASH unit. The guys did what they had to do to beat the opponent in front of them. That’s all we can ask for.

That is all there is to it, a sign of a good team, a well coached team. Our boys made some wonderful lemonade from all the OL injuries.

 

[toffee]

Great win! Who should we fire this week?!

That's easy, Pete of course. Lol

 

[FlyingGunHawk]

Great win! Who should we fire this week?!

Taylor Swift

 

[Rainger]

That's easy, Pete of course. Lol

Beat me to it!

 

[JPatera76]

Taylor Swift

lol "Swifties"

 

[fenderbender123]

We are playing the Giants...without Barkley

Obviously it wasn't the most challenging offense to go against, but they dominated them, which is exactly what a good defense would do.

 

[toffee]

But NEVER Fade. Lol

Fade us more principled for sure,

 

[Wheetie]

Hello 50 sacks our old friend,
You have come to our team again.
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while 12s were sleeping
And the vision that was planted in our brain
Still remains
Within the sound of sacking.

"The sound of sacking". That phrase leaves me mildly aroused.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Those blitzes were the kind that playoff-caliber QB's exploit all day. Daniel Jones is bad and Hurtt blitzed him to see if he could find his outlet reads and take advantage of corner blitzes, and, nope. His vision is glued downfield and he's got no pocket presence.

 

[toffee]

Our defense is #1 in the league on SACKS at 16. We are #1

 

[projectorfreak]

If we were healthy we may never have seen spoon have the welcome to the nfl game he had and with adams back after the bye we may have more players as well but this D could actually be a force and our oline could see some dominance so the biggest takeaway is holy crap , we have some depth now don't we
Feels like 2012 for sure now and ya never know where the chips fall

 

[Bobblehead]

Lots of sacks, how many of them were coverage sacks?

None

 

[HawkGANG]

Imagine a healthy Adams flying around with Spoon.

phew, I need a smoke just thinking about that

 

[toffee]

and we ain't firing on all cylinders yet.

 

[olyfan63]

It is more than "just the Giants". They won a road playoff game last season. They had 11 days to prepare. When the Cowboys did the same, we heard nonstop adoration for the Cowboy defense.

It is about the Seattle defense finally getting on the same page. Like I predicted three months ago. It would take four games to get right.
The team is on schedule.

I remember that post. And I remember others giving you crap about it, and thinking, "Why?!" It seemed perfectly sensible to notice a pattern in the play of past Hawks' defensive units, and to project that this year's team was likely to follow that pattern, of the D improving markedly during the season after a rocky start.

Recall in 2012 the Hawks started 1-2, then were at 5-5 before getting hot and nearly running the table after that. This year, 3-1 with an improving D feels like a good place to be going into the bye week.