kearly
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-Max Unger had a rough first quarter, with two blown pass protections. It appeared that that second one ~might~ have been by design (the pass targeted a RB), but no other OL dropped their blocking assignment so I'm assuming it was a mess up by Unger.
-JR Sweezy allowed a pressure in the first half, but was otherwise solid in pass pro.
-For all Carpenter's struggles, he was actually pretty solid in pass protection.
-McQuistan got thrown on his butt by a LB during a 3rd and 10 blitz which allowed immediate pressure. He was also called for a hold later in the game, though I personally didn't see him holding from the broadcast angle. On that same play, Russell Okung was busted for a legit hold but wasn't dinged for it because McQuistan's was the holding penalty that the officials accepted.
-Giacomini had a legit hold, and also surrendered the only sack of the game that I would put squarely on the OL. The sack he allowed was the one where Wilson was looking to his left and fumbled after the blindside hit, which cost Seattle at least 3 points right before half time.
-Seattle's other sack allowed came on an empty backfield delayed blitz (surprise!). Turbin was open for a an easy 8+ yard gain and Wilson appeared to see him, but ate the sack anyway. It looked like he didn't feel good about throwing over the blitzer. Regardless, that sack is on Wilson.
-The run blocking was a lot better than I expected. Thing is, it just takes one mistake or one great individual play by a defender to cancel out good run blocking. Seattle had several runs for 3-4 yards in the first quarter that were well blocked, and they were outstanding at running the football in the 4th quarter, with the only gaffe coming when Marshawn Lynch trusted Luke Willson's outside blocking too much and lost 5 yards.
-James Carpenter literally ran right by his LB assignment on one play. His 2nd level blocking is truly awful.
-Wilson had plenty of time to throw on numerous occasions, particularly 3rd down. When he did end up scrambling, it was almost always because of coverage, not protection.
-On one play, Luke Willson lined up at FB and lead blocked a run left. He didn't lay a clean enough block so Lynch didn't trust it, which is a real shame because the left side of the line was bulldozing. Had it been Michael Robinson lead blocking there, it's a 10-15 yard run off the left side. Instead, Lynch ran to his right for no gain. There was a lot of TE/WR in the backfield in this game. I think it's a neat idea, but so far it seems to be hurting our run game.
-Luke Willson had a tough game. No catches, no targets, poor run blocking, and got us a penalty that put us at greater risk for a safety.
-Seattle got pretty good results when they had WRs in the backfield. Seattle used those WRs like pass catching fullbacks. Those WRs would run at a linebacker like they were going to block him then instead just ran on by and then caught a pass for an easy 5-6 yard gain with consistency. This play looked very easy to execute, especially on bootlegs.
-When Seattle wasn't pull blocking, they did a pretty good job creating reasonable space for Lynch. Pull blocking killed us though. Star Lotulelei and Luke Kuechly defeated us seemingly every single time they called a pull blocking play. Those pull blocks make assumptions about defender speed, leaving certain guys unblocked. Lotulelei is much faster than your typical 1-tech, and Kuechly is one of the fastest MLBs in the NFL.
-At least twice during the game, Sidney Rice spun the football after a completion. The second time he did it, you could see one of the officials saying something to Rice afterwards with a bit of a stink-eye. Neither spin got penalized. I think the officials deserve some credit for being lenient with a brand new rule that Rice was apparently unaware of.
-Russell Wilson had a much better game than I thought he did. He didn't hold the ball longer than 5 seconds very often, and when he did, it was usually the right decision. His intermediate passing in this game was OUTSTANDING. He has more zip on his intermediate passes than last year. He had two mild overthrows, one to Tate on a 10 yard pass in the 1st quarter and then the bomb to Williams. His followup bomb to Kearse could not have been placed any better. Had he thrown it a foot less or a foot more it might not have been caught.
-On the bomb to Williams, Williams appeared to be running full speed the whole way and seemed to be where he was supposed to be. Wilson over threw him.
-Doug Baldwin had an even better game on second viewing. He didn't bobble a single catch, and some of them were hardly automatic. Maybe it's just me but he looks 5-10 pounds bulkier too. Doug Baldwin looks like a very good #2 WR right now. He only had 91 yards receiving, but this was the most impressed I've ever been by a Doug Baldwin performance.
-On Golden Tate's big first down catch during the final drive, he was contacted by 5 Panthers defenders before going down.
-Robert Turbin had a very nice cutback run on the final drive. After the play, he celebrated with a peculiar shout. He sounded like Bruce Lee.
-Jermaine Kearse Superman'd the Carolina home crowd after his TD.
-Seattle had several good looking drives, and Carolina pretty much stayed in a base defense. Our offense looked a lot better on second viewing, and I've come to the conclusion that Carolina was very fortunate to hold our team to 12 points. There was the fumble in the red zone at the end of the 2nd quarter, then the iffy intentional grounding that hurt us on another drive, and then there was the fumble they recovered inside the Panthers 35 yard line that turned into 0 points. Seattle was really unclutch in this game until the 4th quarter- with average luck they probably score 21+.
-Seattle's last drive was their best one. They looked very much like themselves on that drive, which began at their own 7 yard line and ate up nearly 6 minutes of game clock.
-JR Sweezy allowed a pressure in the first half, but was otherwise solid in pass pro.
-For all Carpenter's struggles, he was actually pretty solid in pass protection.
-McQuistan got thrown on his butt by a LB during a 3rd and 10 blitz which allowed immediate pressure. He was also called for a hold later in the game, though I personally didn't see him holding from the broadcast angle. On that same play, Russell Okung was busted for a legit hold but wasn't dinged for it because McQuistan's was the holding penalty that the officials accepted.
-Giacomini had a legit hold, and also surrendered the only sack of the game that I would put squarely on the OL. The sack he allowed was the one where Wilson was looking to his left and fumbled after the blindside hit, which cost Seattle at least 3 points right before half time.
-Seattle's other sack allowed came on an empty backfield delayed blitz (surprise!). Turbin was open for a an easy 8+ yard gain and Wilson appeared to see him, but ate the sack anyway. It looked like he didn't feel good about throwing over the blitzer. Regardless, that sack is on Wilson.
-The run blocking was a lot better than I expected. Thing is, it just takes one mistake or one great individual play by a defender to cancel out good run blocking. Seattle had several runs for 3-4 yards in the first quarter that were well blocked, and they were outstanding at running the football in the 4th quarter, with the only gaffe coming when Marshawn Lynch trusted Luke Willson's outside blocking too much and lost 5 yards.
-James Carpenter literally ran right by his LB assignment on one play. His 2nd level blocking is truly awful.
-Wilson had plenty of time to throw on numerous occasions, particularly 3rd down. When he did end up scrambling, it was almost always because of coverage, not protection.
-On one play, Luke Willson lined up at FB and lead blocked a run left. He didn't lay a clean enough block so Lynch didn't trust it, which is a real shame because the left side of the line was bulldozing. Had it been Michael Robinson lead blocking there, it's a 10-15 yard run off the left side. Instead, Lynch ran to his right for no gain. There was a lot of TE/WR in the backfield in this game. I think it's a neat idea, but so far it seems to be hurting our run game.
-Luke Willson had a tough game. No catches, no targets, poor run blocking, and got us a penalty that put us at greater risk for a safety.
-Seattle got pretty good results when they had WRs in the backfield. Seattle used those WRs like pass catching fullbacks. Those WRs would run at a linebacker like they were going to block him then instead just ran on by and then caught a pass for an easy 5-6 yard gain with consistency. This play looked very easy to execute, especially on bootlegs.
-When Seattle wasn't pull blocking, they did a pretty good job creating reasonable space for Lynch. Pull blocking killed us though. Star Lotulelei and Luke Kuechly defeated us seemingly every single time they called a pull blocking play. Those pull blocks make assumptions about defender speed, leaving certain guys unblocked. Lotulelei is much faster than your typical 1-tech, and Kuechly is one of the fastest MLBs in the NFL.
-At least twice during the game, Sidney Rice spun the football after a completion. The second time he did it, you could see one of the officials saying something to Rice afterwards with a bit of a stink-eye. Neither spin got penalized. I think the officials deserve some credit for being lenient with a brand new rule that Rice was apparently unaware of.
-Russell Wilson had a much better game than I thought he did. He didn't hold the ball longer than 5 seconds very often, and when he did, it was usually the right decision. His intermediate passing in this game was OUTSTANDING. He has more zip on his intermediate passes than last year. He had two mild overthrows, one to Tate on a 10 yard pass in the 1st quarter and then the bomb to Williams. His followup bomb to Kearse could not have been placed any better. Had he thrown it a foot less or a foot more it might not have been caught.
-On the bomb to Williams, Williams appeared to be running full speed the whole way and seemed to be where he was supposed to be. Wilson over threw him.
-Doug Baldwin had an even better game on second viewing. He didn't bobble a single catch, and some of them were hardly automatic. Maybe it's just me but he looks 5-10 pounds bulkier too. Doug Baldwin looks like a very good #2 WR right now. He only had 91 yards receiving, but this was the most impressed I've ever been by a Doug Baldwin performance.
-On Golden Tate's big first down catch during the final drive, he was contacted by 5 Panthers defenders before going down.
-Robert Turbin had a very nice cutback run on the final drive. After the play, he celebrated with a peculiar shout. He sounded like Bruce Lee.
-Jermaine Kearse Superman'd the Carolina home crowd after his TD.
-Seattle had several good looking drives, and Carolina pretty much stayed in a base defense. Our offense looked a lot better on second viewing, and I've come to the conclusion that Carolina was very fortunate to hold our team to 12 points. There was the fumble in the red zone at the end of the 2nd quarter, then the iffy intentional grounding that hurt us on another drive, and then there was the fumble they recovered inside the Panthers 35 yard line that turned into 0 points. Seattle was really unclutch in this game until the 4th quarter- with average luck they probably score 21+.
-Seattle's last drive was their best one. They looked very much like themselves on that drive, which began at their own 7 yard line and ate up nearly 6 minutes of game clock.
