HawkFan72
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I made a post about this last year at the end of October, but this year I wanted to bring it up again as a pre-emptive strike. Maybe just to prepare myself, or try to prepare others who are talking about running the table the rest of the year...I don't know. But this is a real trend, regardless of the schedule or the opponent.
I don't really know why they play bad in October, but they do. Ever since Carroll got here, look at their records in October:
2014: 2-2
W over Redskins 27-17
L to Cowboys 30-23
L to Rams 28-26
W over Panthers 13-9
Our worst month of the season last year, and you will see that is a common thread in every year Pete Carroll has been here. October is always the worst month of the Seahawk season. I don’t know why, but it is true. Those Cowboys and Rams games were so frustrating because it felt like the Seahawks were not playing their brand of football at all.
2013: 3-1
L to Colts 34-28
W over Titans 20-13
W over Cardinals 34-22
W over Rams 14-9
This was probably our worst month in our SB season. Experienced our first loss, played one of our most sloppy games of the year against the Titans (fortunate to win at home) and had that horrible Monday Night game against the Rams that we were fortunate to escape with a win as well. The Cardinals game we won handily, but even then our D gave up 22, which was the 3rd highest total they gave up all year. Record was good in the end, but the performance on the field was not.
2012: 2-2
W over Panthers 16-12
W over Patriots 24-23
L to 49ers 13-6
L to Lions 28-24
The Panthers game, 49ers game, and Lions game were excruciating to watch. Seattle did not play well in those games. The Patriots game was exciting and we came out on top, but we were losing for the majority of the game. Performance-wise, this was our worst month in 2012.
I don't pay too much attention to 2011 or 2010 because that is before Russell Wilson got here, but the October struggles remain.
2011: 1-3
L to Falcons 30-28
W over Giants 36-25
BYE
L to Browns 6-3
L to Bengals 34-12
Painful collapse against the Falcons. Browns game was horrible, with Charlie Whitehurst proving he would never be a starting QB and the winning Leon Washington return inexplicably called back. One of our last blowouts we've experienced to the Bengals.
2010: 2-2
L to Rams 20-3
BYE
W over Bears 23-20
W over Cardinals 22-10
L to Raiders 33-3
Destroyed by Rams and Raiders. (and got blown out 41-7 by the Giants on November 7th)
Again, I don't know the reason, but you only have to look at the records and the scores to see that we have probably played our worst football in the Pete Carroll era in the month of October. I feel like this season is different in the fact that we are already struggling.
If anyone knows a good reason why, I would love to hear it, but I have hope that if we can survive until November, things will turn around. Maybe the Seahawks mirror their in-game performance with their season long performance: bad first half, great second half. The Seahawks have struggled in October for years, this isn't new. They can turn it around just like they have every other time.
Here are the records broken down by month since Pete took over. October is the only month the Seahawks are not over .500 (other than 2 games in January) and as I detailed above, October includes some of our worst losses and least impressive wins. The thing I look at for hope this year is Pete Carroll teams finish strong in December usually. Look at those November and December records (9-1 last year).
We have played more games in December than any other month because we don't have bye weeks in December, yet we have fewer losses than October.
September: 12-8 (including this year)
October: 10-10
November: 12-7
December: 16-6
January (Regular Season): 1-1
I would love to see the Hawks buck the trend and go undefeated this month. But because of our history in the Pete Carroll era, I am going to prepare myself to be frustrated a few Sundays this month.
I don't really know why they play bad in October, but they do. Ever since Carroll got here, look at their records in October:
2014: 2-2
W over Redskins 27-17
L to Cowboys 30-23
L to Rams 28-26
W over Panthers 13-9
Our worst month of the season last year, and you will see that is a common thread in every year Pete Carroll has been here. October is always the worst month of the Seahawk season. I don’t know why, but it is true. Those Cowboys and Rams games were so frustrating because it felt like the Seahawks were not playing their brand of football at all.
2013: 3-1
L to Colts 34-28
W over Titans 20-13
W over Cardinals 34-22
W over Rams 14-9
This was probably our worst month in our SB season. Experienced our first loss, played one of our most sloppy games of the year against the Titans (fortunate to win at home) and had that horrible Monday Night game against the Rams that we were fortunate to escape with a win as well. The Cardinals game we won handily, but even then our D gave up 22, which was the 3rd highest total they gave up all year. Record was good in the end, but the performance on the field was not.
2012: 2-2
W over Panthers 16-12
W over Patriots 24-23
L to 49ers 13-6
L to Lions 28-24
The Panthers game, 49ers game, and Lions game were excruciating to watch. Seattle did not play well in those games. The Patriots game was exciting and we came out on top, but we were losing for the majority of the game. Performance-wise, this was our worst month in 2012.
I don't pay too much attention to 2011 or 2010 because that is before Russell Wilson got here, but the October struggles remain.
2011: 1-3
L to Falcons 30-28
W over Giants 36-25
BYE
L to Browns 6-3
L to Bengals 34-12
Painful collapse against the Falcons. Browns game was horrible, with Charlie Whitehurst proving he would never be a starting QB and the winning Leon Washington return inexplicably called back. One of our last blowouts we've experienced to the Bengals.
2010: 2-2
L to Rams 20-3
BYE
W over Bears 23-20
W over Cardinals 22-10
L to Raiders 33-3
Destroyed by Rams and Raiders. (and got blown out 41-7 by the Giants on November 7th)
Again, I don't know the reason, but you only have to look at the records and the scores to see that we have probably played our worst football in the Pete Carroll era in the month of October. I feel like this season is different in the fact that we are already struggling.
If anyone knows a good reason why, I would love to hear it, but I have hope that if we can survive until November, things will turn around. Maybe the Seahawks mirror their in-game performance with their season long performance: bad first half, great second half. The Seahawks have struggled in October for years, this isn't new. They can turn it around just like they have every other time.
Here are the records broken down by month since Pete took over. October is the only month the Seahawks are not over .500 (other than 2 games in January) and as I detailed above, October includes some of our worst losses and least impressive wins. The thing I look at for hope this year is Pete Carroll teams finish strong in December usually. Look at those November and December records (9-1 last year).
We have played more games in December than any other month because we don't have bye weeks in December, yet we have fewer losses than October.
September: 12-8 (including this year)
October: 10-10
November: 12-7
December: 16-6
January (Regular Season): 1-1
I would love to see the Hawks buck the trend and go undefeated this month. But because of our history in the Pete Carroll era, I am going to prepare myself to be frustrated a few Sundays this month.