Postmortem: Washington West v Washington East

[auroraave]

Break out those throwbacks - every week, please!

Sunday night there were officially two shutdown happening in D.C. as the Seahawks marched into town and put an absolute filibuster on the Redskins. That was as complete of an ass kicking as Reagan vs. Mondale. IYKYK.

Yeah, Seattle dominated all phases of the game as they burst our to a 28-0 lead and won the f'n game in the first half, despite Pete Carroll's protestations that that is not possible. It is. Oh, it is. Watching this game, it was just like watching the ghosts of seahawks past. Wags, the LOB content during the broadcast, Dan Quinn. Over in Las Vegas you have the skeletons of Pete, Jamal and Geno. It's kinda cool to see - it's kinda cool to see this new version of the Seattle Seahawks emerging from the ashes of the old - right in front of our very eyes.

The page has turned, this is a new team. This is Mike MacDonald's team, and they're gonna be a problem. The whole league was out on notice last night. Darnold dropping vicious dimes all over the place, depth players stepping up, offensive line suddenly a strength. The defense is, well they are who we thought they were, but that depth is stunning. Okada was punishing anyone is his path.

Emmanwori. Dude can flat out ball. Can we just print the Emmanwarrior t shirts now? He is going to terrorize offenses. That secondary is seriously physical and I love it!

That taunting penalty on Woolen was lame. These are grown men playing a game. Woolen did nothing egregious. Pathetic call by the refs. Riq gets a lot of shit, but he doesn't deserve any for last nights game - he was good and that call was straight trash.

My biggest takeaway was the speed of that defense, and the LOB style hitting. They came to play last night. That was fierce football on display. Can't say enough about the evolution of Sam Darnold. His confidence is next level - the pitch forward while falling down should be the lead highlight on ESPN. The way he spread the ball around was a thing of beauty. JSN continues to impress - getting open constantly.

Now we get to the reality check from this game. Before annointing Seattle the baddest dawgs in the junkyard, let's take a look at reality.

The Redskins are not good. What's worse is the look old and slow compared to Seattle, and that was on full display last night. Quinn's roster is aging out and it showed - mostly on that defense. That makes any offense look better, and by 'any offense' I mean Seattle's. Kubiak took full advantage of DC's scheme and Darnold made them pay dearly. In the second half they made quality adjustments and Seattle didn't go full throttle anymore, resulting on only one second half score, admittedly the game was for all intents and purposes over by that time (again, despite PC's protestations).

Seattle needs to do a better job of containing running-threat QB's as that was 90% of their offense last night. Rushing the passer is great, but containing them instead can be even better - especially when your secondary is doing thier job. Washington managed a disturbing 157 yards rushing - against one of the top run defenses in the league.

Division play ain't gonna look like that. The Tardinals have too-often caught Seattle with thier pants down to ever overlook. I have PTSD from the number of times a Cardinal game was penciled in a win, only to watch a back up scrub beat us - at home. That may be a PC thing tho.

Then the Rams game. That's where the rubber meets the road. Somehow, some way, both the Lambs and CHardonnay Nation just keep winning. Until we take them down, the NFCW belongs to them. Luckily Seattle is trending in the right direction and the throne is there to be taken.

Great win, the league is on notice, confidence must be high in that locker room, so let's savor that prime time win and punish the birds next Sunday and set up the showdown with the Lambs. This coaching staff, particularly Kubiak, are impressing right now. Let's keep this train a rollin'!

go hawks - and make those throwbacks permanent already - wft are you waiting for? Best look in the league.

[trharder]

My biggest takeaway was the speed of that defense, and the LOB style hitting. They came to play last night. That was fierce football on display.

I saw Redskin receivers wincing last night. Alligator arms are next. Just don't forget to wrap up and finish the tackle going backwards.
I agree with what you said about Woolen. The taunting penalties are getting out of control and the refs are extremely inconsistent
in administering them. Both NFL and college. Woolen was physical last night. yes, I said it.

[douche]

Yeah, Seattle dominated all phases of the game as they burst our to a 28-0 lead and won the f'n game in the first half, despite Pete Carroll's protestations that that is not possible. It is. Oh, it is.

[Michael K.]

I saw Redskin receivers wincing last night. Alligator arms are next. Just don't forget to wrap up and finish the tackle going backwards.
I agree with what you said about Woolen. The taunting penalties are getting out of control and the refs are extremely inconsistent
in administering them. Both NFL and college. Woolen was physical last night. yes, I said it.

The inconsistency is garbage. The penalty a few weeks ago on JSN when the guy was ripping his helmet off and he reacted....then he also got shoved, and JSN was the only one penalized? Last night there was at least two times when a Redskin shoved one of our guys well after the whistle for the refs to simply come in and separate them without a flag, then throw that candy ass taunting on Riq?

We need to go full on us against the world like the LOB did, because it is very similar. Kam almost separated Davis's head from his body with a perfectly legal hit, and it's flagged? That is what last night looked like....the team doing the punishing getting punished because the League is fucking soft as shit.

[auroraave]

I saw Redskin receivers wincing last night. Alligator arms are next. Just don't forget to wrap up and finish the tackle going backwards.
I agree with what you said about Woolen. The taunting penalties are getting out of control and the refs are extremely inconsistent
in administering them. Both NFL and college. Woolen was physical last night. yes, I said it.

The inconsistency is garbage. The penalty a few weeks ago on JSN when the guy was ripping his helmet off and he reacted....then he also got shoved, and JSN was the only one penalized? Last night there was at least two times when a Redskin shoved one of our guys well after the whistle for the refs to simply come in and separate them without a flag, then throw that candy ass taunting on Riq?

We need to go full on us against the world like the LOB did, because it is very similar. Kam almost separated Davis's head from his body with a perfectly legal hit, and it's flagged? That is what last night looked like....the team doing the punishing getting punished because the League is fucking soft as shit.

While I agree the NFL is Charmin soft now, that call against Kam was not a bad call - it was absolutely the incorrect call, but no human that saw that in real time would draw any other conclusion after witnessing that collision. It was not accurate - but only through the eyes of instant replay. Can't begrudge them for tossing a flag on that one. My buddy knows Vernon David and he told him it was the hardest he was ever hit in his life, and if there was a harder one, it knocked any memory of it out of him.

[DavidGee24]

I saw Redskin receivers wincing last night. Alligator arms are next. Just don't forget to wrap up and finish the tackle going backwards.
I agree with what you said about Woolen. The taunting penalties are getting out of control and the refs are extremely inconsistent
in administering them. Both NFL and college. Woolen was physical last night. yes, I said it.

The inconsistency is garbage. The penalty a few weeks ago on JSN when the guy was ripping his helmet off and he reacted....then he also got shoved, and JSN was the only one penalized? Last night there was at least two times when a Redskin shoved one of our guys well after the whistle for the refs to simply come in and separate them without a flag, then throw that candy ass taunting on Riq?

We need to go full on us against the world like the LOB did, because it is very similar. Kam almost separated Davis's head from his body with a perfectly legal hit, and it's flagged? That is what last night looked like....the team doing the punishing getting punished because the League is fucking soft as shit.

Hey, I was right about that first game where it was almost like an exhibition and the Hawks were kind of ironing out the kinks, right? So many of our top players had so few reps that they just came out rusty against the Whiners. And it may not have been a bad thing to trade a loss in the opener for not losing any of our top players to injury in the preseason. Of course, winning the game would have been a lot better but thankfully everyone else in the conference has at least two losses.

[Michael K.]

Hey, I was right about that first game where it was almost like an exhibition and the Hawks were kind of ironing out the kinks, right? So many of our top players had so few reps that they just came out rusty against the Whiners. And it may not have been a bad thing to trade a loss in the opener for not losing any of our top players to injury in the preseason. Of course, winning the game would have been a lot better but thankfully everyone else in the conference has at least two losses.

Or? If they don't curl up into a ball on offense until the end of the game, 88 yards passing with less than two minutes left!? They win that game, are currently leading the division and the Conference.

Both teams had the same amount of time to prep for the game, one missed like four FGs, and STILL won because the other treated third down like a punting situation. It was a horseshit game plan, and it doesn't matter what happens the rest of the year, it was inexcusable. My guess is they coaching staff didn't excuse it either....only a handful of fans that somehow believe the rest of the league had more time to practice and prepare than the poor little old Seahawks.

It was D O G S H I T offense. Anything resembling an offense? And we win a very important divisional game. You won't change my mind, and it blows me away that someone that seems to know as much about the game as you? Could watch that game and come away with ANY other theory than it was dogshit.

[DavidGee24]

Hey, I was right about that first game where it was almost like an exhibition and the Hawks were kind of ironing out the kinks, right? So many of our top players had so few reps that they just came out rusty against the Whiners. And it may not have been a bad thing to trade a loss in the opener for not losing any of our top players to injury in the preseason. Of course, winning the game would have been a lot better but thankfully everyone else in the conference has at least two losses.

Or? If they don't curl up into a ball on offense until the end of the game, 88 yards passing with less than two minutes left!? They win that game, are currently leading the division and the Conference.

Both teams had the same amount of time to prep for the game, one missed like four FGs, and STILL won because the other treated third down like a punting situation. It was a horseshit game plan, and it doesn't matter what happens the rest of the year, it was inexcusable. My guess is they coaching staff didn't excuse it either....only a handful of fans that somehow believe the rest of the league had more time to practice and prepare than the poor little old Seahawks.

It was D O G S H I T offense. Anything resembling an offense? And we win a very important divisional game. You won't change my mind, and it blows me away that someone that seems to know as much about the game as you? Could watch that game and come away with ANY other theory than it was dogshit.

Oh, no doubt it was dogshit, I'm just saying it shouldn't have been surprising, the guys only had reps together pretty much in practice. You see how it's been since.

[auroraave]

only a handful of fans that somehow believe the rest of the league had more time to practice and prepare than the poor little old Seahawks.

Where did anyone, ever, make this claim? PLease cut and paste where anyone ever said this. Dying to know. Not your 'interpretation" or exaggeration, but SPECIFICALLY where someone actually made this claim - that other teams had more time to prepare. Go on, I'll wait.

[Michael K.]

Oh, no doubt it was dogshit, I'm just saying it shouldn't have been surprising, the guys only had reps together pretty much in practice. You see how it's been since.

There has never been a time, nor will there be a time down the road, were I am NOT surprised that a starting NFL QB has 88 yards passing with less than two minutes left in the game.