Groz’s Week 16 Seahawks Memory: Jon Kitna, Mike Holmgren

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Groz’s Week 16 Seahawks Memory: Jon Kitna, Mike Holmgren send Seattle to playoffs in ’99






Jon Kitna and Mike Holmgren took the Seahawks to the playoffs. (Getty - Elsa Hasch/Allsport)

There was a lot of excitement in Seattle when Seahawks owner Paul Allen hired Mike Holmgren to coach his football team for the 1999 season.

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Holmgren was at the top of his profession and a hero in Green Bay, where he became the first coach to lead the Packers to the Super Bowl since the immortal Vince Lombardi. The Seahawks, meanwhile, were approaching their 25th season and had only been to one conference title game in their history, so the challenge was immense.

There were some pieces in Seattle in 1999, though, and as the Seahawks headed into Week 16 they had a chance to do something they hadn’t done in a decade – finish over .500. On top of that, a win would virtually assure them of a playoff spot in Holmgren’s first season.


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More Seahawks memories from Groz

• Week 15 in 1988 was Steve Largent’s greatest hit

• A new franchise QB emerges in Week 14 win in 1984

• An emotional OT win in Week 13 1992 — for Pete’s sake

• Bo bulldozes The Boz in Week 12, 1987

• Thomas Rawls picks up where Beast Mode left off in Week 11, 2015

• Goal-line retribution in Week 10 of 2016 against New England

• The franchise changed direction in Week 9 of Pete Carroll’s third year

• Holmgren’s blowout Green Bay return in Week 8, 1999

• Slaying the 1986 Super Bowl champion Giants in Week 7

• Unlikely hero gets 2005 Super Bowl run going in Week 5, 2005

• Super Bowl championship team shows it’s for real in Week 4, 2013

• Curt Warner establishes ‘Ground Chuck’ in Week 3, 1983

 

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Groz’s Week 14 Seahawks Memory: A new franchise QB emerges in 1984

By Dave Grosby
December 9, 2020 at 10:30 am


...The high expectations for 1984 took a serious hit when Warner was lost for the season in the very first game, however. If the Seahawks were to meet their lofty expectations, they would have to do it through a stout defense and by riding the arm of young quarterback Dave Kreig, who became the full-time starter during the 1983 season.

The defense was up to the task. The team picked off an incredible 38 passes and Jacob Green and Jeff Bryant had 27.5 sacks between them. Kreig turned out to be up to the task, as well....



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