Amazing what a little bit of rest…

[sutz]

…and some practice days will do for you.

Nice bounce back game.

 

[Hockey Guy]

Yeah, we have to stop acting like 3 games in 11 days isn't really hard.

 

[Chukarhawk]

beat me to it. now let's get healthy and pull out an upset or two. Can we stop losing at home please?

 

[renofox]

It's amazing how much better the D looks when healthy-ish Murphy and Mafe are playing. Who'da thunk it?

 

[seabowl]

Sorry, but that’s an excuse. The game on September 30 against Detroit was with 8 days rest and then the game against the Giants on October 6 was 6 days later which is not that unusual and they lost both of them. Only the 49er game can be mentioned as an excuse but really not because the Niners were on the same stretch of days off except they played 3 games in 12 days. Lack of rest was not the issue.

 

[hawks85]

How about our newly acquired DE Roy Robertson-Harris. Looked good out there today.

 

[Hockey Guy]

Sorry, but that’s an excuse. The game on September 30 against Detroit and then the game against the Giants on October 6 were six days apart, which is not that unusual and they lost both of them. Only the 49er game can be mentioned as an excuse.

The Giants had 10 days off though.
That's kinda unusual.
Nobody is using it as an excuse against the 49ers. They played basically the same schedule(3 games in 12 days) it's just that they're pretty good.
A lot of posters have been in "the sky is falling" mode all week when we lost to 2 really good teams that met in the NFCCG last season & another not so great team where, unfortunately the schedule was against us &, although we didn't play well, the game really should have gone to OT if not for something unusual happening.

 

[seabowl]

The Giants had 10 days off though.
That's kinda unusual.
Nobody is using it as an excuse against the 49ers. They played basically the same schedule(3 games in 12 days) it's just that they're pretty good.
A lot of posters have been in "the sky is falling" mode all week when we lost to 2 really good teams that met in the NFCCG last season & another not so great team where, unfortunately the schedule was against us &, although we didn't play well, the game really should have gone to OT if not for something unusual happening.

There are 16 Thursday night games meaning that most if not all of these teams will get 10 days off so it’s really not unusual at all.

 

[Somos doces]

There are 16 Thursday night games meaning that most if not all of these teams will get 10 days off so it’s really not unusual at all.

Sure, 10 days off for a team following a Thursday night game is fairly standard around the league. But how many of those Thursday night games were the third contest within 11 days for a given team? I think that's what the OP was going for here.

 

[AROS]

I don’t care what anybody says. 3 games in 11 days for any team is ridiculous. Just stop justifying it.

 

[keasley45]

Its absurd that people call not getting rest and prep time for a team 4 weeks into learning a new scheme, with new coaches, new practice methodology, and with multiple starters unavailable an excuse.

3 games in 12 days for a 9ers team with an established roster, scheme, players, coaches and experience together is vastly different than the circumstances the Seahawks dealt with. Its not an exuse. Its fact.

And the fact that they went across country and handled business against a good team as convincingly as they did is proof that the string of losses were less indicative of a average or poor team tham it is was growing pains for a team thats actually prettyy good.

 

[FrodosFinger]

Should be able to pack Buffalo’s fudge by 10 points minimum

 

[seabowl]

Its absurd that people call not getting rest and prep time for a team 4 weeks into learning a new scheme, with new coaches, new practice methodology, and with multiple starters unavailable an excuse.

3 games in 12 days for a 9ers team with an established roster, scheme, players, coaches and experience together is vastly different than the circumstances the Seahawks dealt with. Its not an exuse. Its fact.

And the fact that they went across country and handled business against a good team as convincingly as they did is proof that the string of losses were less indicative of a average or poor team tham it is was growing pains for a team thats actually prettyy good.

Growing pains, I agree with, the three games in 11 days I do not. Again, the first game against Detroit they were on eight days rest (no schedule excuse). The second game home against the Giants, they were on six days rest (no schedule excuse). Those two games had nothing to do with a shortened schedule. The third game against the 49ers four days later, they were beat by a clearly better opponent that was on their 3rd game in 12 days.

Growing pains, yes. Schedule no.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

It's a great point. The league talks about "player safety" yet the allow a team to play 3 games in a 11 days?
Player safety my fat butt. Just a flat out lie.
Look how much more focused and locked in they were yesterday. I doubt it's totally a coincidence.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

How about our newly acquired DE Roy Robertson-Harris. Looked good out there today.

Good call. He def. has some juice. I was also impressed with Jurrell. Sure didn't look like a guy making his NFL debut, let alone a 4th stringer. I hope Coach Mike leaves him at RT. He clearly looked like the best option until of IF Lucas ever comes back.

 

[CallMeADawg]

Its absurd that people call not getting rest and prep time for a team 4 weeks into learning a new scheme, with new coaches, new practice methodology, and with multiple starters unavailable an excuse.

3 games in 12 days for a 9ers team with an established roster, scheme, players, coaches and experience together is vastly different than the circumstances the Seahawks dealt with. Its not an exuse. Its fact.

And the fact that they went across country and handled business against a good team as convincingly as they did is proof that the string of losses were less indicative of a average or poor team tham it is was growing pains for a team thats actually prettyy good.

Of course they will call it an excuse. They can do so without actually having to play that many NFL games in a short span. Clearly a couch surfer calling out what he sees from the comfort of his rump.

 

[Hockey Guy]

There are 16 Thursday night games meaning that most if not all of these teams will get 10 days off so it’s really not unusual at all.

A team playing on 10 days rest playing a team on 6 days is unusual & should never happen to any team. Ever.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

A team playing on 10 days rest playing a team on 6 days is unusual & should never happen to any team. Ever.

Exactly. If it wasn't a think why do schedule analyzers look for anomalies like that when schedules come out to see where certain teams have more bad matchups?
A Hawks example I can think of was n the 2014 season. Granted the mismatch wasn't as as much as Giants / Seahawks this year but that year the Cowboys came to Seattle and some people called that a potential upset cause the Hawks plays on the east coast (Washington) on Monday night. I was still feeling from the 2013 season and how good this team was and found that notion ridiculous. Until the team played a pretty poor game and lost.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Sorry, but that’s an excuse. The game on September 30 against Detroit was with 8 days rest and then the game against the Giants on October 6 was 6 days later which is not that unusual and they lost both of them. Only the 49er game can be mentioned as an excuse but really not because the Niners were on the same stretch of days off except they played 3 games in 12 days. Lack of rest was not the issue.

You also forgot the entire DL being out for injury.

Growing pains, I agree with, the three games in 11 days I do not. Again, the first game against Detroit they were on eight days rest (no schedule excuse). The second game home against the Giants, they were on six days rest (no schedule excuse). Those two games had nothing to do with a shortened schedule. The third game against the 49ers four days later, they were beat by a clearly better opponent that was on their 3rd game in 12 days.

Growing pains, yes. Schedule no.

It's conventional wisdom that 3 games in 11 days is tough. Everyone acknowledges it. Whose scalp do you want? Mike? John?

 

[GemCity]

With starters out, I don’t think we beat SF or Detroit…regardless of rest.

But, like mentioned in this thread, growing pains. Everything is brand spanking new. Even with 7 games in, I’m assuming the coordinator’s are experimenting here and there…finding the right balance.

And L is an L regardless but, the manner in which we lost those games was obviously upsetting. Understandable to get a bit salty about it.

Champions aren’t made overnight. I think we can all agree that watching them develop makes it all worth it.

I’m considering this season a success if we’re around 9-8.

That’s not bad for a rookie staff and a career backup QB running things.