I'm calm enough to write something now.Maybe.
I'm pretty much a day behind in all the post game write ups anyway, and by now everyone knows that Shaun Alexander (and a couple of other players) thought Matt Hasselbeck called an audible on their last offensive play, resulting in a botched handoff and hundreds of thousands of Seahawks fans cursing at their TV. But I have some of my usual crap that no one else seems to be writing about.
What did I learn?
- Don't bother with all the fancy-schmancy faking of audibles when all we need to do is run out the clock and make a field goal. Really. And why are we handing the ball to a guy with a cast on one hand in the final seconds of the game anyway?
- LeRoy Hill adds a ton of physicality to the defense that Kevin Bentley does not. Bentley is a walking, talking weak spot.
- We really do need Mo Morris. Alexander is scary this year, but not in a good way. More like a, 'hmmm, is he going to be with us or not' way.
- Losing to the Cards by self-destruction is a bit like rubbing your scrotum with a cheese grater and sitting in a bowl of lemon juice in front of a crowd.
- Rob Sims quietly had a great game.
- Kelly Jennings' size (or lack thereof) is a massive liability in single coverage.
- This offense has got to stop hanging the defense out to dry in the first half.
Nope, still pissed. Time to take it out on the Bengals. Ocho Cinco, where art thou?
LOL @ the picture. Trailing snicker turning to sobs at the writing...
ReplyDeleteOh, and don't you ever doubt Shaun (and baby Jesus') ability to hold a ball with his cast of righteousness on. Mission. From. God.
"Cast of Righteousness" = Epic!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I was right about point #1:
The bottom line in this he audibled/he didn't audible situation is that the Seahawks should not have gotten so cute at such a vital juncture.
"It's unfortunate because my job as quarterback is to make things easier for everybody else, not more complicated," Hasselbeck said Monday.
"That's not my intent and it's not my job to confuse anybody. Obviously, I did that and that's tough because I take that one and I put that right on me for not executing the play that was called."
And if Hasselbeck had it to do over?
"I would have been better off saying, 'Hey, we're going to run right here. The snap count is one,' than doing what happened," Hasselbeck said.
But Holmgren said the line in this blame game actually forms behind him.
"Start with me as being the most accountable," he said. "I said it a little, but I didn't say it enough going out in the two-minute warning -- at a particular point you're no longer really playing an opponent, you're playing the clock.
"You're not going to go to a lot of audibles. You're going to keep it straight and simple, and had I given that little speech a little more firmly, then I might not have put the players in a tough spot.
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May I too dole out props for the "cast of righteousness?"
ReplyDeleteI think the league needs to type out a direct message to all broadcast outlets demanding that it be referred to as this from now on!
I love to see the guys falling over eachother to accept responsibility for the blown play, instead of finger pointing and blame shifting. Mark of a champion, baby!