marko358":1ymg67p3 said:
What a schizophrenic fan base. You see posts all over the board about going into the playoffs and being able to beat anyone, including Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau to posts about not feeling good about our chances to beat Ryan Lindley.
Do you have anything football-wise to contribute, or just the trite social philosophy observation above, a basically meaningless diss of the "range" of emotion the posters on the board feel? Memo: Football is an emotional game. That's a huge part of its appeal.
Oh, and yes, I'm sure you must represent "normal" and "correct" and "acceptable" (even politically correct?) in the midst of all this schizophrenic-ness.
Can you be a model, or is your "game" only and always about being a critic?
What do YOU think and feel about this game and why?
Myself, I am all over the map, but logic tells me I should feel confident the 'Hawks will win decisively, that AZ has no real way to score on us with Lindley at QB, and Arians is playing little psychological games that won't matter when it comes to making plays on the field. As far as Arians plans and schemes go, to quote that *other* renowned social philosopher, Mike Tyson, "Evrybody comes in wid a plan. And den dey get punched in da mouf."
A lot of us still have house-of-horrors memories of Seahawks seasons past. Of 2005 and SB XL. Of AFC West days of our undersized defense being run over by the KC Chiefs beefy O-Line. Of pretty much the whole 90s of Kelly Stouffer, Stan Gelbaugh, Dan McGwire, John Friesz. (Warren Moon being the bright spot) House of horrors memories of "We want the ball and we're going to score!" Except for the other team with a pick-6. And then there's the city history like the 116 win record-setting Mariners being taken out AGAIN by the Yankees. This year, the Sounders, with the league's best record, lose to the LA Galaxy on MLS's new-this-year tiebreaker rule, despite games being 1-1 with same number of overall goals. We've just been hurt and emotionally abused and let down by our teams, the refs, the leagues, too many times, to ever really feel safe.
With all that as a backdrop, it's hard for a lot of us not to feel that Arizona will find some weird, sick, fluky way to beat us, despite us outplaying them and being overall clearly the better team. For an in-season example this year, see St. Louis Rams 28, Seattle Seahawks 26. Basically St. Louis was +14 in special teams, plus a balls-the-size-of-the-moon 4th down fake punt from their own 30, a pass for a first down by the punter, to then run out the clock. If Arizona can pull a Jeff Fisher on us, there is truly a weird, sick way they could win this game. 1 out of every 100 times.
