bmorepunk
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The Seahawks are in the divisional round again, which they've done seven times in the last 10 seasons.
During that stretch they've also been 1st or 2nd in the division nine times. They've only missed the playoffs twice.
This year during the regular season they gave up 20 points or more in 14 games, nearly averaging 25 allowed. It's easy to say "well, the Eagles suck because of injuries" and ignore that the two most important lineman and all the running backs for the Seahawks were out (among others). The Seahawks held them to three field goals, when they've struggled all year not to let teams put up more than 25 points. It's also easy to get excited about the Seahawks "makng McCown look like an All-Pro". But he was held under 175 yards, sacked six times, and he played in seven of the nine offensive drives for the Eagles.
Is Pete Carroll perfect? No way; we've all seen some derp. But this team has been to two Super Bowls, won one of them, and has been to a division round game, where only 1/4 of NFL teams are playing, seven out of 10 years.
Is this a good team on the defensive side of the ball? No. But somehow in a tough division these guys managed to gut their way into the playoffs and get into the divisional round. Those two teams a lot of people were talking about as a Super Bowl matchup earlier in the season, the vaunted Patriots and Saints, are sitting at home next weekend. I get to watch another Seahawk game.
I don't care how they won their games to this point. Even if Aaron Rodgers rolls these guys 49-0 I'm still happy they get as far as they have. They have a chance of winning the next game, and the next one, and the next one because they're still in it. It's not a good chance with that defense, but they're still in it, which is more than I can say for Bill Belechick, who I read on this forum always does everything right. That dude is stewing over how Vrabel used his own penalty time suck against him while Carroll is prepping for the Packers.
The Seahawks have been in the top 1/4th of the league by staying in the dance every year over the last 10 seasons. That's a lot better than that stretch where they didn't make the playoffs over the same period of time.
During that stretch they've also been 1st or 2nd in the division nine times. They've only missed the playoffs twice.
This year during the regular season they gave up 20 points or more in 14 games, nearly averaging 25 allowed. It's easy to say "well, the Eagles suck because of injuries" and ignore that the two most important lineman and all the running backs for the Seahawks were out (among others). The Seahawks held them to three field goals, when they've struggled all year not to let teams put up more than 25 points. It's also easy to get excited about the Seahawks "makng McCown look like an All-Pro". But he was held under 175 yards, sacked six times, and he played in seven of the nine offensive drives for the Eagles.
Is Pete Carroll perfect? No way; we've all seen some derp. But this team has been to two Super Bowls, won one of them, and has been to a division round game, where only 1/4 of NFL teams are playing, seven out of 10 years.
Is this a good team on the defensive side of the ball? No. But somehow in a tough division these guys managed to gut their way into the playoffs and get into the divisional round. Those two teams a lot of people were talking about as a Super Bowl matchup earlier in the season, the vaunted Patriots and Saints, are sitting at home next weekend. I get to watch another Seahawk game.
I don't care how they won their games to this point. Even if Aaron Rodgers rolls these guys 49-0 I'm still happy they get as far as they have. They have a chance of winning the next game, and the next one, and the next one because they're still in it. It's not a good chance with that defense, but they're still in it, which is more than I can say for Bill Belechick, who I read on this forum always does everything right. That dude is stewing over how Vrabel used his own penalty time suck against him while Carroll is prepping for the Packers.
The Seahawks have been in the top 1/4th of the league by staying in the dance every year over the last 10 seasons. That's a lot better than that stretch where they didn't make the playoffs over the same period of time.
