The Seahawks will finish...
Rob12":3vmeihua said:My heart tells me that they win out and finish 11-5.
My mind tells me 8-8, or at best 9-7 (which I think is still very optimistic). I think the receivers for the Steelers are going to give us fits. Big Ben will torch this defense, just like every other average to above average QB has this season. Unless they're rolling out Landry Jones with a broken leg, I think that game has the makings for our sixth loss. I think we lose in Arizona. We win the rest but the remaining losses to the Steelers and Cardinals will put us at 9-7. The Rams game is not a given, either. No game on the remaining schedule is, with the exception of next week's game against the Niners.
I just think it's too late for this year. Yes, as Pete said, in 2012 we were 6-5 at one point. But this isn't the 2012 team, and we won't be catching anyone by surprise like we did then. We don't have a bunch of unheralded rookies like we did then. We're going to get every team's best shot.
2015 has seen a small handful of teams exact revenge on us. We haven't responded well. I do think this year has been a bit of a fluke with all of the fourth quarter meltdowns. I fully expect this team to rebound next season, but some massive changes need to be made both in player personnel and overall philosophy on both sides of the ball. We have at least a few coaches that should be jettisoned by Pete.
Also, and this is a gut feeling, but I think there's something going down in the locker room. I'm not one to read too much into tweets but Doug Baldwin penned some pretty thought provoking tweets today. I just think something is amiss, and it's up to Pete to fix it.
The bottom line is that this team hasn't been the same since, well, we all know when. There has to be a way to bury that hatchet for good and move on. Our window is still open for the foreseeable future. I still believe in Russ, but he has to get better and the powers that be better do something and get him some talent on the offensive line. I'd move Jimmy and try to get something to move that along. He's just always felt like a square peg in a round hole here. Maybe a new OC could change that. If so, I'm all for keeping him. He's a very lethal weapon to possess when used correctly.
Moving on from Beast after this season seems like a foregone conclusion at this point. Finding his replacement (is it Rawls?) is not going to be easy. And it's going to cause some shifts in offensive philosophy. I think we've been seeing that already.
In the interim, I'm bummed out. I'm very bummed out. I don't think what has been built here is dead, but big changes are ahead. The league has caught up and Pete needs to continue to evolve. He has some tough decisions ahead of him, especially with his own staff. I don't envy him, but this season thus far has been a huge indictment on some members of his staff. Will he do the right thing for this franchise?
It's going to be an interesting offseason, and one that won't easily be traversed.
Largent80":3ss3ndtb said:I say 10-6 is not unreasonable considering AZ needed ref help and lucky plays to beat us. We still almost beat them after spotting them 19. Don't give up dammit.