Deon Branch: "It really doesn't rain that much in Seattle"

Missing_Clink · Oct 9, 2012

This year we have probably had the best weather in the country. While it was a record ridiculous heat wave for months everywhere else, we were enjoying 70 degree, sometimes overcast days until it got consistently sunny. Now we have barely had any rain for months, and most days are cloudless things of beauty. Yea it rains a lot from November to April, and some years it can be excessive, but the reputation far exceeds reality.

As far as the noise, when the hawks are putting an exciting team on the field like they are presently doing, I would guess that it is louder than any other stadium in the world. Like, ear splitting at times

Missing_Clink · Oct 9, 2012

EastCoastHawksFan":1kjs08y6 said:
I do not live in seattle , and i never been there .

with that said it seems like during game times since Qwest Field was built it has only rained ONCE to my knowledge during a game .

I wonder if there is a way to find that out . Im sure its misty at times in Seattle but it really has only rained once. Deion Branch is correct.

No that is definitely not true. I have been to a few games where it was raining pretty hard. The shit show against Washington last year comes to mind. That was a torrential downpour.

AbsolutNET · Oct 9, 2012

Its the clouds that kill you, not the rain. Once summer ends, the clouds never do. Its been absolutely perfect the past few months though, something like 75 days without rain. But, I think its due to end this weekend so we might be in store for the stereotypical Seattle weather on Sunday.

The stadium is as loud as any stadium will get, but if anyone is equipped to deal with it, it's your team. But if our D makes some plays early, the snowball effect can be very real in that place.

The Radish · Oct 9, 2012

Seattle had no rain in the month of August a record broken that goes back to the earliest times of weather keeping. Not sure they had much in September which is normally Seattle's best weather month.

Not sure how many times its rained on game day, I think a couple of times. I remember one year in December going to Seattle for a game and it being rainy.

I remember that game because Seahawkgal was here from Michigan and showed the wife and I the neat lap robes you could buy at the team store. We stopped and bought one on the way to our seats. Thanks again Andrea.

:les:

Sgt. Largent · Oct 9, 2012

Throwdown":2zd83914 said:
Believe it or not, it rains in Miami more than it does here.

True, but in Miami it rains six inches in an hour, then the sun comes back out for a month. In Seattle it rains sideways for two straight weeks and makes you want to slit your wrists.

AgentDib · Oct 9, 2012

You'll have to excuse us all for being a bit cheery over the weather, since we just finished the best few months of weather we have. It's true that we do not have as much rain by volume as you would think, but that is because it rarely rains very hard. On the other hand from Mid October - June we will get overcast skies and drizzle. Most people care more about how often it rains than they do about volume, which is why we have the reputation for rain.

Every team we play attempts to shut down our running game and force our unproven/inconsistent passing game to make plays. Carolina was basically stacking the box all game. Sometimes we succeed with it anyway though, as was the case last year vs. Baltimore. We had a small lead with not much time remaining, the entire planet knew we were going to be running the ball from there on out, and we still managed to get first downs on the ground to put the game away. Tom Brady may be the QB you want most when trailing in a game, but the Seahawks are one of the teams you would want to be trailing to least.

Of the handful of stadiums I have been to there is no comparison to the noise at CenturyLink. There is no doubt an element of stadium design to this, but it has more to do with the fan base. We take pride in the 12th man and leading the league in false starts, and recently with our offensive struggles we feel that our defense needs to win games for us. Since we have not been able to put up very many points, every snap on defense feels like a key play in the game where surrendering any points could result in a loss. We'll be making more noise in the first quarter on 2nd and 6 than most other fan bases would be making in the fourth quarter on 3rd and 10.

Interceptor · Oct 9, 2012

I really have to make at least one migration to the Great Northwest at least once in my lifetime.... Century Link just seems too awesome not to go there especially on game day.

acer1240 · Oct 9, 2012

PatsAddict":15a0mlaf said:
If I remember correctly I also saw on The History Channel thast Seattle has some sort of underground lost city. That seems a little creepy to me.

True stuff. The tour of it was one of the neatest experiences of my life. They have time preserved houses of ill repute down there

SirTed · Oct 9, 2012

I'll add this.

Thank you for the nice, informative post. I'm looking forward to the game, it's going to be a tough one. From what I've seen and heard the Pats are attempting to run the ball more this year, is that true? I can't imagine that's a strategy they'll employ in our game though. They'll be in hurry up all game. What's up with Gronk, though? He hasn't been the same dominating force this year? Is that because Hernandez is out?

Oh, and then there's this:

There may be a few Pats fans in the stadium on Sunday but at least they're better than all the damn front running Red Sox fans. I'm not actually speaking of any one from Boston or the general area of course. I'm talking about the guy who wears the hat because his dad's uncle's father in law's cousin spent a weekend in Boston once.

Going to Red Sox games at Safeco makes me want to kill.

Hasselbeck · Oct 9, 2012

PatsAddict":ulp4s4zj said:
Is this true? Deon said it on the local Boston radio station up here and I'm looking for confirmation. It's been raining pretty much every day for the past two weeks in New England and I'm hating it.

...

By the way, I hear that stadium of your is pretty loud. Is it loud like, a wife yelling at her husband to take the garbage out or loud like a wife catching her husband in bed with the cleaning lady?

The rain in Seattle has always been greatly overblown. Most days if it rains, it will clear up by the afternoon. Aside from that they get rainstorms like everywhere else in the country (aside from like Southern California or Arizona).

And I never quite grasped how loud it is until I went to the MNF game. It was 4 hours of pure (incredibly awesome) mayhem. And that was with a s*it load of Packer fans there. Don't think Patriot fans travel as well as Packer fans. It might be even louder Sunday than it was against the Packers.

Brady is a pros pro though, so doubt it will phase him much.. it might have a big effect on your young OL though.

Hawks46 · Oct 9, 2012

Great post, and I can tell you're an intelligent fan.

On the weather, if you plan on moving here, then it rains much, much more than you've heard. It's bad. Really.

If you plan on staying in NE, then yea, the posts above are accurate. If anyone in California is reading this and planning on moving, we have earthquakes, mudslides, months on end of rain and clouds, and weather that will cause you to commit suicide.

The game is going to be interesting. If the Pats go no huddle, and we can switch personnel once, we can go with our "big nickle" and a pass rush line that can still stop the run, and cover the pass, plus rush the passer. If we can get to Brady, the no huddle will get disrupted.

How is your OL ? Do you have confidence that it will stop an elite pass rush that doesn't have to bring extra pressure ?

djTOY2000 · Oct 9, 2012

remember, sound amplifies and does not dissipate as quick when traveling on water. So if it misty or a slight rain, it's gonna be LOUD on Sunday !! Set the tone early, defer the kickoff, get our defense on the field first, get a sack, or a false, cause a turnover on the Patriots first series, get a Seahawks score, and the tone will be set early and us 12's will be thirsty for the blood Brady's ears !!!

PatsAddict · Oct 9, 2012

SirTed":1ygua2wn said:
I'll add this.

Thank you for the nice, informative post. I'm looking forward to the game, it's going to be a tough one. From what I've seen and heard the Pats are attempting to run the ball more this year, is that true? I can't imagine that's a strategy they'll employ in our game though. They'll be in hurry up all game. What's up with Gronk, though? He hasn't been the same dominating force this year? Is that because Hernandez is out?

Oh, and then there's this:

There may be a few Pats fans in the stadium on Sunday but at least they're better than all the damn front running Red Sox fans. I'm not actually speaking of any one from Boston or the general area of course. I'm talking about the guy who wears the hat because his dad's uncle's father in law's cousin spent a weekend in Boston once.

Going to Red Sox games at Safeco makes me want to kill.

Well they ran it over 50 times on Sunday for 250 yards. That made it two straight games rushing for more than 200 yards. They are actually running as much as passing from the hurry up. Theory is to get those big guys tired up front and not set and then run the ball. Pretty much if the D is in its base formation they'll pass the ball and if they are in nickel they will run it.

I'm sure Hernandez being out has had an effect on Gronk in terms of the coverages he has seen. Crossing my fingers Hernandez is back this week. Gronk's also has some sort of hip injury that has limited him practice wise the past two weeks. Not sure how much that has to do with his productivity. Either way, keep your Seattle porn stars locked up this weekend. Gronk's been known to spike a few money shots with an adult actress or two.

Red Sox? The Red Sox are currently on probation. We have them sitting in the "bad room" for awhile until they figure out how to look like a real baseball team again. God they take years off my life.

PatsAddict · Oct 9, 2012

Hawks46":2hgmlhmc said:
Great post, and I can tell you're an intelligent fan.

On the weather, if you plan on moving here, then it rains much, much more than you've heard. It's bad. Really.

If you plan on staying in NE, then yea, the posts above are accurate. If anyone in California is reading this and planning on moving, we have earthquakes, mudslides, months on end of rain and clouds, and weather that will cause you to commit suicide.

The game is going to be interesting. If the Pats go no huddle, and we can switch personnel once, we can go with our "big nickle" and a pass rush line that can still stop the run, and cover the pass, plus rush the passer. If we can get to Brady, the no huddle will get disrupted.

How is your OL ? Do you have confidence that it will stop an elite pass rush that doesn't have to bring extra pressure ?

I might not be the sharpest noodle in the soup but I get a distinct feeling you don't want folks moving to Seattle.

I'll say this about the OL. Brady will get them in the right protection and doing that's about 80 percent of the battle in the NFL. I have no clue what the Packers were trying to accomplish sending Finley out on every pass play the whole first half in that Monday night game. It took them until the 3rd quarter to figure out their tackles might need a little help. If the Pats need to keep in a TE or RB to help chip or double team, they'll do it. Brady's also pretty good at play action which helps OL as well.

EastCoastHawksFan · Oct 9, 2012

somebody find that stats of how many times it rained during a game since 2003 . i will put anything on it that its less then 5

SalishHawkFan · Oct 9, 2012

Sarlacc83":u80zs8ym said:
PatsAddict":u80zs8ym said:

Is this true? Deon said it on the local Boston radio station up here and I'm looking for confirmation. It's been raining pretty much every day for the past two weeks in New England and I'm hating it.

So your defense is looking top notch. You guys probably have the biggest CBs in the league. The pass rush seems nasty too, especially at home. I think Aaron Rodgers' counselor was working overtime after that Packers game to help him overcome PTSD (Post Traumatic Sack Disorder).

Things are pretty good here in New England in case your wondering (except for the aforementioned rain). Leaves are turning color, gas is still under $4 a gallon, the Pats are leading the division and the Jets are a wonderful carnival of misfits.

Should be a good game. The Pats have decided to run some sort of hurry up on offense on Amphetimines. If you have any interest here's a pretty good article on what they are trying to do on that side of the ball: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/p ... story.html

Two warnings: 1. It's kinda long. You could probably finish half your Venti from Starbucks by the time you're done reading it. 2. They seem to have borrowed much of their philosophy from Chip Kelly's Oregon Ducks, so reading it might make some of you Huskies/Cougars fans throw up a little in your mouths.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Pats are better than last year but that's not saying much. They seem to be able to get better pressure on the QB when just rushing four. Secondary is still a concern but no team's perfect. I'm assuming they plan on bottling up Lynch and taking their chances with Wilson beating them.

By the way, I hear that stadium of your is pretty loud. Is it loud like, a wife yelling at her husband to take the garbage out or loud like a wife catching her husband in bed with the cleaning lady?

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It's loud like a wife catching her husband in bed with her sister.

And her mom...and her dad.

And L.A. often gets more inches of rain than Seattle does. Little known fact.

Twisted · Oct 9, 2012

it rains plenty, although there seems to be an extended summer this fall, or whats considered as, its miserable 8-9 months out of the year, cold 5-6 months.. and you never know when it will rain or shine.

I wouldn't go for annual rain fall cuz it doesn't always rain hard or full time like other areas, sometimes its just cloudy and maybe it sprinkles then rains or its just cloudy, then sometimes it will rain for 2 weeks straight, sometimes it will rain on the 4th and labor day, this year all of june was crappy and part of july, yea its cold and rainy here a lot.

expect rain and 55 deg for the game

WarHawks · Oct 9, 2012

It may rain a bit, but it is the most temperate climate in the country. Never really hot or really cold. When it gets above 80 I wilt anyway, so I like it. These past few rain-less months have been nothing short of glorious. I'm glad it's going to rain this weekend though, because a) we need it, and b)football played in inclement weather is awesome.

sc85sis · Oct 9, 2012

PatsAddict":j0tmaxxd said:
Is this true? Deon said it on the local Boston radio station up here and I'm looking for confirmation. It's been raining pretty much every day for the past two weeks in New England and I'm hating it.

So your defense is looking top notch. You guys probably have the biggest CBs in the league. The pass rush seems nasty too, especially at home. I think Aaron Rodgers' counselor was working overtime after that Packers game to help him overcome PTSD (Post Traumatic Sack Disorder).

Things are pretty good here in New England in case your wondering (except for the aforementioned rain). Leaves are turning color, gas is still under $4 a gallon, the Pats are leading the division and the Jets are a wonderful carnival of misfits.

Should be a good game. The Pats have decided to run some sort of hurry up on offense on Amphetimines. If you have any interest here's a pretty good article on what they are trying to do on that side of the ball: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/p ... story.html

Two warnings: 1. It's kinda long. You could probably finish half your Venti from Starbucks by the time you're done reading it. 2. They seem to have borrowed much of their philosophy from Chip Kelly's Oregon Ducks, so reading it might make some of you Huskies/Cougars fans throw up a little in your mouths.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Pats are better than last year but that's not saying much. They seem to be able to get better pressure on the QB when just rushing four. Secondary is still a concern but no team's perfect. I'm assuming they plan on bottling up Lynch and taking their chances with Wilson beating them.

By the way, I hear that stadium of your is pretty loud. Is it loud like, a wife yelling at her husband to take the garbage out or loud like a wife catching her husband in bed with the cleaning lady?

Based on what I'm told, I'd have to say it's loud like your wife and one hundred of her friends yelling at you through megaphones after finding you in bed with her sister.

sutz · Oct 9, 2012

EastCoastHawksFan":30u3sahc said:
somebody find that stats of how many times it rained during a game since 2003 . i will put anything on it that its less then 5

You'd lose. What confuses some is the unusual fact that it didn't rain on a game in the first three years (IIRC) of the new stadium. It was quite weird, as the odds of it not raining on any given Sunday afternoon between Labor Day and New Years has to be astronomical. After '04-'05 or so normality returned and we started getting rain several games a year.

As a season ticket holder from 2005-008 or so, I can attest that we got quite a few games where we had rain/weather.

Not sure what the long term forecast is for Sunday yet, but nobody around here trusts any forecast more than 3-5 days out anyway. By Thursday or so, we'll have a better idea of the projected weather.

Incidentally, rain has pretty much zero effect on footing. Sure, the ball gets wet, and we do have some interesting wind affects sometimes, but it's often not that big of a deal.

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