"Seahawks are not a good road team"

[SoulfishHawk]

So what, way too much worrying about what other people say about the Hawks.
Let 'em hate, doesn't matter.

 

[Attyla the Hawk]

Let's get something straight. The Seahawks are a "good" road team. They're not "great" which is probably stating the obvious for most if not all of you. Until they can consistently play dominant (by that I mean not playing from behind and having to have the defense bail out the offense or visa versa) football, they're not going to be road warriors IMO.

I think this is spot on. Our offense is misfiring way too much. I expected a much more consistent result to date. It will rise up and result in defeat if it's not put behind us. If not at Indy, then at Arizona or St. Louis. Those teams have shown they can beat an inconsistent Seahawks offense. Right now, we are looking in between the first half hawks offense and the second half one of last season. On the road closer to the first half.

It seems the offense has regressed noticeably from the end of last year. The defense looks like it's been in midseason form.

 

[Rainger]

I am so sick of this Seattle cant play on the road mantra the media constantly throws out. 75% of the teams struggle on the road each year. Last year not counting playoffs we were only 1 game under 500 on the road. This year, this is the record of half the league on the road. No one is throwing out that GB cant win on the road.

Arizona 1-2
Dallas 0-2
Giants 0-3
GB 0-2
Minny 0-2
Atlanta 0-2
TB 0-2
Carolina 0-1
Rams 0-2
Jets 0-2
Buffalo 0-1
Cincy 0-2
SteAlers 0-2
Jacksonville 0-2 well this really does not help my case
Oakland 0-2

Nine other teams are 1 and 1. Yet ONLY Seattle cant play on the road. This is how the media works some one throws shit about a team or a person and it sticks and then everyone in the media says the same thing week in week out ad nausea. Because we all know if it is said in the media it must be true.

 

[Lords of Scythia]

Its lazy research. Just sputter out things he's heard other people say during the offseason and early this season and thats good enough for the segment. Its not an easy job to be up on the most current status of all 32 teams. I'm sure he's up on the teams he's most interested in and just coasts along on the other teams.

Just lazy. :metallicblue.:

Spot on. Schlereth is lazy and he's been that way a long time. Its pitiful because he should be up on the top ten if not the top five teams in the nfl.

Yeah. And he should especially be up on the TOP ONE TEAM in the nfl.

 

[Evil_Shenanigans]

Perhaps we should have yet another discussion about what it will take for this team to shed the “road woes” moniker that the (decidedly eastern biased) press has hung around our necks like the smelly rotting entrails of a dead Yak! Winning 5 out of 6 of our last road games has seemingly had no impact. Maybe if we throw a few games at home it would tilt them back the other way? Guess we just need to kick some more ass on the road! Colts are just in the way right now.

 

[BlueTalons]

Something interesting about the Colts.

Their two close games came AT Lucas Oil Stadium -- one a loss to the Dolphins and the other they trailed in the 4th quarter to the Raiders!

Their road games were blowout wins. And I truly think their "signature win" against the 49ers was a result of copying the Hawks defense against them and that of the 9ers reeling from that beat down to us (as well as the distractions with the whole Adlon Smith thing.)

 

[Crizilla]

Didn't Mark pick the Seahawks to win this game on NFL countdown...? Now he's saying Colts?

 

[Scottemojo]

Something interesting about the Colts.

Their two close games came AT Lucas Oil Stadium -- one a loss to the Dolphins and the other they trailed in the 4th quarter to the Raiders!

Their road games were blowout wins. And I truly think their "signature win" against the 49ers was a result of copying the Hawks defense against them and that of the 9ers reeling from that beat down to us (as well as the distractions with the whole Adlon Smith thing.)

Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if the Colts D struggles on a fast track.

 

[Hawks46]

Indy went into SF missing 2 starters on their o-line. They played well in both halves which cannot be said for us in either of our two games on the road this year. I don't think he's being lazy so much as agreeing with commonly held opinion outside of SEA fans.

We found a way to win but we didn't look like Indy did in either of our road wins. There is a HUGE difference in how their performance differs from ours (when considering perception).

And anybody who wants to contradict me, go read the game day thread or a transcript from live chat at the end of the first half when we were @Houston.

Agreed. There is an "eyeball" test to a lot of this analysis and we don't pass it on the road. Not yet. We looked average in both of our road games, nevermind that it was against two very good defenses.

The other big reason is that Houston game almost got away from us. We're facing one of the better QBs in the league this game. You don't spot really good QBs all those points in an NFL game, especially when said QB is at home. It's why we lost the Atlanta game. Until we put two good halves of football together on the road, we're going to keep hearing this. It doesn't bother me.

 

[SE174]

30 seconds from being 8-0 in our last 8 road games. Well, 7-0 since one would technically be neutral.

 

[ivotuk]

Indy went into SF missing 2 starters on their o-line. They played well in both halves which cannot be said for us in either of our two games on the road this year. I don't think he's being lazy so much as agreeing with commonly held opinion outside of SEA fans.

We found a way to win but we didn't look like Indy did in either of our road wins. There is a HUGE difference in how their performance differs from ours (when considering perception).

And anybody who wants to contradict me, go read the game day thread or a transcript from live chat at the end of the first half when we were @Houston.

Okay, I'll bite. SF isn't that good of a team. They have some serious weaknesses as we proved when they came to the clink. The 49ers beat a bad Rams team, so what?

I doubt Indy could go to Carolina or Houston and beat them by 20. In fact I think they would lose to the Texans and maybe squeak by the Panthers, but that's a maybe.

I agree with the poster who stated "Seattle is a good road team, not a great one, but good." They haven't been a bad road team for a while now.

 

[rideaducati]

Indy went into SF missing 2 starters on their o-line. They played well in both halves which cannot be said for us in either of our two games on the road this year. I don't think he's being lazy so much as agreeing with commonly held opinion outside of SEA fans.

We found a way to win but we didn't look like Indy did in either of our road wins. There is a HUGE difference in how their performance differs from ours (when considering perception).

And anybody who wants to contradict me, go read the game day thread or a transcript from live chat at the end of the first half when we were @Houston.

What the mediots fail to realize is that the niners just aren't a very good team. They'll be the last to figure it out.

 

[plyka]

I think you guys need to relax a bit. Of course the Hawks are a "bad" road team, every team is a "bad" road team as another poster mentioned. The level of play for the Seahawks falls dramatically on the road as it does for all teams.

Last week was a pathetic outing for the Hawks, despite the win. I'm just happy Wilson is in one piece, the guy put this team on his shoulders, and the defense put russell on their backs. This same display will probably not work in Indy. Indy is a VERY good team this year. Just looking at their point differentials, which is a good sign of quality, not to mention their record. I expect Indy to be one of the better teams in the AFC this year, and we have them on the road at 10am.

Not easy. This is a 50/50 coin toss. If I had to bet,I would say the Hawks lose this one close.

 

[Seahawker86]

listen, if we win this week we won't have to hear this anymore. plan and simple. that means we are 3-0 away this year against 3 pretty good teams. Ask the Giants how good the panthers are, yes the giants are a mess but the panthers still put up huge numbers on them. Indy and Houston are both playoff bound teams possibly AND both play in the AFC which which don't have much playing time against.

We need to win sunday and put away 2 things. Can't play on the road, can't play on the road at 10 AM Pacific Time.

 

[Laloosh]

Indy went into SF missing 2 starters on their o-line. They played well in both halves which cannot be said for us in either of our two games on the road this year. I don't think he's being lazy so much as agreeing with commonly held opinion outside of SEA fans.

We found a way to win but we didn't look like Indy did in either of our road wins. There is a HUGE difference in how their performance differs from ours (when considering perception).

And anybody who wants to contradict me, go read the game day thread or a transcript from live chat at the end of the first half when we were @Houston.

Okay, I'll bite. SF isn't that good of a team. They have some serious weaknesses as we proved when they came to the clink. The 49ers beat a bad Rams team, so what?

I doubt Indy could go to Carolina or Houston and beat them by 20. In fact I think they would lose to the Texans and maybe squeak by the Panthers, but that's a maybe.

I agree with the poster who stated "Seattle is a good road team, not a great one, but good." They haven't been a bad road team for a while now.

In what way have you contradicted anything that I said? We went on the road and played questionable ball on offense for at least an entire half in BOTH of our road games. Indy was consistently good in both halves against a team that we had to play tight for 3 quarters at home. Again, we're talking about perception here.

If you're an Indy fan looking at these Seahawks, why wouldn't you question how beatable they were given their slow starts on the road? Our own members were freaking the hell out over the course of the first half last week.

I don't see why anyone would question the "perception" that we struggle on the road? Even if we won, we struggled to get going. Most of America thinks we were lucky to come out with one or both wins because our defense basically had to bail us out.

This doesn't mean we're a lesser team, just means we've struggled on the road... we have struggled, on the road... we have... struggled... on the road. Have we not?

 

[Laloosh]

Indy went into SF missing 2 starters on their o-line. They played well in both halves which cannot be said for us in either of our two games on the road this year. I don't think he's being lazy so much as agreeing with commonly held opinion outside of SEA fans.

We found a way to win but we didn't look like Indy did in either of our road wins. There is a HUGE difference in how their performance differs from ours (when considering perception).

And anybody who wants to contradict me, go read the game day thread or a transcript from live chat at the end of the first half when we were @Houston.

What the mediots fail to realize is that the niners just aren't a very good team. They'll be the last to figure it out.

Yet they were only down by two points going into the 4th quarter here in SEA, correct? That said, we struggled for three quarters on offense and finally put the game to bed in the 4th quarter (with some help from the same defense that's bailed us out on the road).

Surely some of you think we can be good fans while acknowledging that our offense has been far from "good" on the road or at home against stout defenses like Carolina, San Fran and Houston.

 

[FlyingGreg]

So what, way too much worrying about what other people say about the Hawks.
Let 'em hate, doesn't matter.

Yes so let's shut the board down and discuss nothing.

:th2thumbs:

 

[Cartire]

Wait, what? I just watched Countdown Daily on ESPN.com, and Schlereth picked the Seahawks to win. Hedging his bets much?

Yes he did. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9764163

I don't know why this isn't what everyone is talking about. On countdown he picks the hawks, but on the radio he picks the colts. How is his credibility not being completely ridiculed right now?

 

[Largent80]

Hahaha @ Goldust. Funny ass avy and location.

 

[The Radish]

The Colts weren't going through 2 time zones to the east against the ninnirs, they were coming west, a lot easier on the phyckie.

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