50yrpatsfan
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Thanks for the posters who critiqued the Pats in my earlier thread over on the NFL board. Now to return the favor, I'll give a few opinions about the Hawks based on this 1 game.
Offense:
- Wilson is a monster, and in my opinion, the most dominant player on Seattle by far. While his running and elusiveness didn't kill NE, it was a constant threat and on a couple of plays he did show that he can't be trapped 1 on 1 no matter who the defender is. But it's his big play ability with down the field throws that's off the charts. Not only accurate but extremely catchable balls, 40 yards away. Amazing. The team probably needs to complement that with a more sophisticated short passing attack so that Wilson can get more completions under his belt especially in the early going.
- Kearse is a very dangerous player, I think NE would have done better to try Revis on him rather than Baldwin. You've also got a lot of depth and size at WR, the 2nd stringers were killing us.
- No sign of a TE, was Willson hurt or do they just not throw there?
- Beast is something, but wasn't a huge factor in this game except for his great 31 yard route & catch on the final drive. I kind of knew we'd be able to scheme him under control on the run, and I'd say we did. He got 102 yards but didn't break any long ones and never got a real rhythm going. We also got him down on the 1 with a full head of steam when it mattered most (somehow).
- your OL looked OK in protection but didn't dominate in the run game. Compared to the rest of your team, I think it's the unit most in need of an upgrade.
Defense:
- Bennett is as good a rusher as you'll ever see, we couldn't handle him. The rest of the DL was good containing the run but nobody else got any pressure on Brady. Even if Avril had played the 4th qtr, he wasn't doing much anyway against Vollmer, a great RT.
- Wagner is as advertised, would love to have him. But Irvin didn't impact the game and your other LB couldn't stay with Gronk at all. Overall your front 7 played pretty well, very stingy vs. the run.
- at DB, Sherman even with an injury is a great athlete and corner, and I'm even starting to like his personality (a little bit). Maxwell was the wrong guy against Amendola or Edelman, constantly getting spun around. The safeties in all honesty were not dominant, but both had injuries so hard to say if that made a big diff. As a group the DB's were outplayed by Brady and NE's receivers. Lane would have helped in a game like this.
- the Seahawks defense is very good but not the "historical" super-mario D I was reading about pre-game. They got picked apart pretty good all day long except for the 3rd quarter - 5 long drives. They were not dominant by any definition.
Intangibles/coaching:
- I love Carroll as a coach and motivator, and was surprised how many times your offense was able to gash us with big plays based on matchup advantages you were able to create. But somehow they blew 2 TO's in the final drive just trying to line up, and seemed a little discombobulated at the biggest point in the game (not a fact, just my impression).
Offense:
- Wilson is a monster, and in my opinion, the most dominant player on Seattle by far. While his running and elusiveness didn't kill NE, it was a constant threat and on a couple of plays he did show that he can't be trapped 1 on 1 no matter who the defender is. But it's his big play ability with down the field throws that's off the charts. Not only accurate but extremely catchable balls, 40 yards away. Amazing. The team probably needs to complement that with a more sophisticated short passing attack so that Wilson can get more completions under his belt especially in the early going.
- Kearse is a very dangerous player, I think NE would have done better to try Revis on him rather than Baldwin. You've also got a lot of depth and size at WR, the 2nd stringers were killing us.
- No sign of a TE, was Willson hurt or do they just not throw there?
- Beast is something, but wasn't a huge factor in this game except for his great 31 yard route & catch on the final drive. I kind of knew we'd be able to scheme him under control on the run, and I'd say we did. He got 102 yards but didn't break any long ones and never got a real rhythm going. We also got him down on the 1 with a full head of steam when it mattered most (somehow).
- your OL looked OK in protection but didn't dominate in the run game. Compared to the rest of your team, I think it's the unit most in need of an upgrade.
Defense:
- Bennett is as good a rusher as you'll ever see, we couldn't handle him. The rest of the DL was good containing the run but nobody else got any pressure on Brady. Even if Avril had played the 4th qtr, he wasn't doing much anyway against Vollmer, a great RT.
- Wagner is as advertised, would love to have him. But Irvin didn't impact the game and your other LB couldn't stay with Gronk at all. Overall your front 7 played pretty well, very stingy vs. the run.
- at DB, Sherman even with an injury is a great athlete and corner, and I'm even starting to like his personality (a little bit). Maxwell was the wrong guy against Amendola or Edelman, constantly getting spun around. The safeties in all honesty were not dominant, but both had injuries so hard to say if that made a big diff. As a group the DB's were outplayed by Brady and NE's receivers. Lane would have helped in a game like this.
- the Seahawks defense is very good but not the "historical" super-mario D I was reading about pre-game. They got picked apart pretty good all day long except for the 3rd quarter - 5 long drives. They were not dominant by any definition.
Intangibles/coaching:
- I love Carroll as a coach and motivator, and was surprised how many times your offense was able to gash us with big plays based on matchup advantages you were able to create. But somehow they blew 2 TO's in the final drive just trying to line up, and seemed a little discombobulated at the biggest point in the game (not a fact, just my impression).