seahawk12thman":9sgpiydt said:
Anthony!":9sgpiydt said:
seahawk12thman":9sgpiydt said:
Excellent article. It's too bad that so many posters on here can't actually read any dissenting piece without getting butt hurt. Our offense has gone from a run based offense to a passing one. In our 4 wins this year the defense hasn't given up a touchdown but in our 4 losses, we have won the turnover battle and lost all of them. So what is the quantifiable factor? Russell Wilson. Our receiving crew is the best it has ever been and our oline is doing a decent job of protecting Wilson (first time since 2012 an opposing team didn't register a sack). So basically the defense has had to shut the opponents out of the endzone to win and yet, if Wilson moves the ball with any consistency in the 4th quarter we win 3 of the 4 games we loss. The writer says that Wilson is a top ten quarterback but most people who criticized this article can't handle objective dissent and are to weak to read anything that diminishes their hero. Our defense has choked down the stretch but have gotten no help from our sorry O in spite of the fact we have veterans all across the skill positions.
Common sense isn't very common on this board!!! :34853_doh:
worse post of the decade, wrong on every level
I am sorry, I will use one syllable words from now on. I didn't mean to give you a headache but thank for making my point.. May be an ac tu al re tort would suf fice... :1:
Just so everybody knows, the person that wrote this article at CheatSheet.com has made changes on it since first publishing it. I wouldn't be surprised if the author is actually reading comments here. He first changed a sentence from basically saying the Hawks ST will be screwed now that they lost their punt and kick returner, Ricardo Lockette, to praising Tyler Lockett as maybe "the most dangerous return specialist in the game".
That said, I'm sorry, but anyone that reads this article and takes from it that it is a fair and knowledgeable article is either naive or just a .NET troll pretending to be a Hawks fan. It should be obvious to even casual Seahawk fans that this author knows NOTHING about the Seahawks. I will take it point by point and explain how everything in this article is incorrect, except the sentences in which the author keeps pointing out that he is unbiased (an obvious lie).
Paragraph 1- how does this year's team not resemble the team that began the 2014 season with a 3-3 record? Given the insanely difficult schedule early in 2015, it's not surprising that the Hawks are 4-4 at this point...and yet the Hawks still came very close to winning every game except perhaps the Packers game.
Paragraph 2- this was of course the paragraph that has since been corrected...the paragraph that claimed that the Hawks lost their punt and kick returner, Ricardo Lockette, for the remainder of the season.
Paragraph 3- not that this entire statement is incorrect, but it is misleading in the sense that the author mentions nothing about the fact that the winning teams in 3 of the Seahawks 4 losses have a combined record of 22-2. Instead, he blames it on Russell Wilson, the QB that is having his most productive season in all stats except scoring...of course, the scoring probably has a lot to do with the "new" O-Line.
Paragraph 4- again, this is misleading. Wilson is NOT currently earning an average of $21.9 million. The truth is that Wilson is currently making an average of $17.6 million. His 4-year extension has not even begun yet. If the author wants to say that Wilson is making $22 million per year, he needs to also then state that Wilson is only making $700,000 this year...or he could say that Wilson will be making an average of $17.6 million over the next 5 years.
Paragraph 5- comparatively speaking, is the investment in Wilson financially astronomical for a QB that took this team to the last 2 SB's? I say NO!
Paragraph 6- this is nothing but an attempt to be perceived as "the fair and unbiased journalist". We love Wilson, but, but, but, but.........
Paragraph 7- this paragraph is a ridiculous joke. It begins by saying that because Wilson threw his girlfriend a birthday party one night, he is obviously no longer committed to his football career...REALLY???? I can't even address this it's so moronic. And then, the Seahawks have completely disregarded their running game...REALLY??? What about the fact that, despite Lynch's injuries and missed games, and the poor state of run-blocking by the O-Line, the Seahawks are still currently averaging 139 yards/game, while the 2013 championship Seahawks averaged only 137 yards/game. And Graham is not a good fit in Seattle's offense...REALLY??? Can anyone explain to me why JG's numbers are almost identical to last year's numbers when targeted by Brees? And then to say that the reason Wilson was sacked 31 times in the first 7 games is because they traded away the "anchor" of the O-Line...REALLY??? How in the hell can a guy that missed 10 games last year be called the anchor of last season's O-Line, not to mention that Unger had the worst game of his career in SB49.
Paragraph 8- this is just wonderful...this guy can't have it both ways...how the hell can he say Wilson is one of the most overpaid players in the NFL when he's making all of $700,000 this year. NEWS FLASH- Rodgers, Brady, and Manning are not the only QB's that have made deep playoff runs in recent seasons. Just because Wilson doesn't throw as much as those other QB's, it's not fair to just ignore what Russell has cumulatively accomplished. Consider his clutch comebacks over the first 3 years...his run game has been phenomenal. Wilson even had more yards than Brady last year. And saying that Wilson hasn't been able to carry this team is incredulous. Guys like Brady and Manning have not been perfect their entire career either. Since when do QB's have to be perfect anyway? There are a lot of years where the HoF QB's don't win the SB!!! But now suddenly, the biggest mistake the Hawks FO is making is building this team around Wilson??? REALLY???
Quite frankly seahawk12thman, I'm almost embarrassed that a supposed Seahawk fan would call this article excellent. That evaluation makes us all look silly. And then to base any of Wilson's somewhat inconsistent performances on only Wilson, that's just sad. You honestly want to base this year's O-Line performance on one game because it's the only game since 2012 in which Russell wasn't sacked? REALLY? Does one game with zero sacks suddenly prove that the current O-Line is the best in the RW era? I'm sorry man, but you're either a troll pretending to be a Seahawks fan, or you simply know NOTHING about the Seahawks.