This one is going to take some time to get over.
Maybe I'm a little salty as so many Hawks fans on this board were very confident they were going to put up 30, 40 points and that they just were not worried about the Vikings due to the results of the last game. I think I am more salty as this isn't about Seahawks or their fans, but the last 30 secs and end result is just classic Viking'esque, like Lucy pulling out the football on Charlie Brown. We have a lengthy history of having our hearts ripped out out of our chests. Drew Pearson pushing off. 1998's choke job w/ Anderson. The BountyGate of 2009 with Favre putting the dagger into our chests. The 2003 season - starting 6-0 and leading the NFCN the whole year until Week 17 when the Cardinals get some flukey TD with :00 left to knock us out of the playoffs. But out of all of them, this one might feel the worst.
It was a chance to prove we had bucked this curse - historically we hadn't won in Chicago in a long time, we hadn't beaten GB in Lambeau since Favre left, we hadn't won NFCN since 2009, we hadn't played well on nationally televised games and it was nice to see us reversing these trends .... to beat NY Giants on Sunday night & beat the Packers in their house and take the NFCN back ... it felt like hey maybe things are finally changing. We had a chance today to prove that while we don't have an elite QB who impresses with stats on paper or deep sexy bombs, he's a gritty kid who keeps getting better and finds ways to win, even if it's ugly. To prove that we are assembling an elite defense of our own, with a HC who can scheme & stop the best offense's in the biggest games.
But noooooooooo .... instead we get a kick in the 'nads. Then said 'nads get drawn & quartered for the rest of the NFL to see, topped off with gasoline and a torch.
Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the optimists that thinks we're turning this around. Lots of young players especially on defense - Kendricks, Barr, Hunter, FLoyd, Griffen, Rhodes, Smith, heck even Trae Waynes made a few nice plays. But still, hard to shake that sickly feeling. I feel that Seattle is the best team in the NFL right now, but today .... the Vikings were just a little better, and it's hard not to feel like Seattle just got lucky in the end with a missed chip shot FG after Teddy drove for what should have been a game winning FG. But the Vikes couldn't get the job done, and that's what hurts. This fanbase is so tortured and so overdue, but until we get our SB it's just another season ending in heartache watching someone else advance while we are left to wonder .... when do we get ours?
I do hope Seattle goes all the way and beats the crap out of every team and wins the SB, if nothing else for the respect that maybe we were the only team that went toe to toe with you.
Good luck rest of the season, just do not allow the Packers to sniff the SB!
Maybe I'm a little salty as so many Hawks fans on this board were very confident they were going to put up 30, 40 points and that they just were not worried about the Vikings due to the results of the last game. I think I am more salty as this isn't about Seahawks or their fans, but the last 30 secs and end result is just classic Viking'esque, like Lucy pulling out the football on Charlie Brown. We have a lengthy history of having our hearts ripped out out of our chests. Drew Pearson pushing off. 1998's choke job w/ Anderson. The BountyGate of 2009 with Favre putting the dagger into our chests. The 2003 season - starting 6-0 and leading the NFCN the whole year until Week 17 when the Cardinals get some flukey TD with :00 left to knock us out of the playoffs. But out of all of them, this one might feel the worst.
It was a chance to prove we had bucked this curse - historically we hadn't won in Chicago in a long time, we hadn't beaten GB in Lambeau since Favre left, we hadn't won NFCN since 2009, we hadn't played well on nationally televised games and it was nice to see us reversing these trends .... to beat NY Giants on Sunday night & beat the Packers in their house and take the NFCN back ... it felt like hey maybe things are finally changing. We had a chance today to prove that while we don't have an elite QB who impresses with stats on paper or deep sexy bombs, he's a gritty kid who keeps getting better and finds ways to win, even if it's ugly. To prove that we are assembling an elite defense of our own, with a HC who can scheme & stop the best offense's in the biggest games.
But noooooooooo .... instead we get a kick in the 'nads. Then said 'nads get drawn & quartered for the rest of the NFL to see, topped off with gasoline and a torch.
Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the optimists that thinks we're turning this around. Lots of young players especially on defense - Kendricks, Barr, Hunter, FLoyd, Griffen, Rhodes, Smith, heck even Trae Waynes made a few nice plays. But still, hard to shake that sickly feeling. I feel that Seattle is the best team in the NFL right now, but today .... the Vikings were just a little better, and it's hard not to feel like Seattle just got lucky in the end with a missed chip shot FG after Teddy drove for what should have been a game winning FG. But the Vikes couldn't get the job done, and that's what hurts. This fanbase is so tortured and so overdue, but until we get our SB it's just another season ending in heartache watching someone else advance while we are left to wonder .... when do we get ours?
I do hope Seattle goes all the way and beats the crap out of every team and wins the SB, if nothing else for the respect that maybe we were the only team that went toe to toe with you.
Good luck rest of the season, just do not allow the Packers to sniff the SB!