Postmortem: Sea v Indy - Instant Classic Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 12:56 am
Um, ok, wow. That just happened. One of the worst games I have seen this year, and it turns into a damn instant classic.
I'm not gonna lie - I fucking hated this game. The insane bumbling of the offense - we've seen this movie too many times this season. No rhythm, no clear vision, sticking Sam in the pocket instead og moving him around, Walker off tackle for one fucking yard, starting every drive inside our ten, it felt like.
God it was painful.
I really started to believe this game was rigged for the Colts to win. There seemed to be no explaination for what I was watching. The penalties, the dropped passes, the Colts miraculously converting that late third down. Seattle driving down for the go-ahead field goal - somehow, instead of bleeding clock, we throw consecutive incompletions giving Rivers 30 extra seconds. Nothing made any sense in this game. Nothing. Our offense can't possibly be this bad, right? Three quarters of bumbling, then a couple big plays. It was maddening, it was ugly, and at the end, the defense finished it off.
It was a glorious win.
Two people are most responsible for this win: Myers and Macdonald - his time management was just next level - calling those time outs. My God. Pete Carroll would leave in defeat with three left and try to sell 'em on ebay. Myers has just been so so clutch - but to have the presense of mind to conserve time - my God that is next level thinking. This team is 11-3 because of Macdonald. Under Carroll this team loses this game and is maybe 7-7 at best. God I hate to think of tis team under Carroll.
This offense continues to sputter and appear directionless. It is just bizarre. How many games have looked like this? There is too much talent to be playing this bad, no, to be looking this bad. Remember that moment Seattle did the unthinkable and went uptempo and Sam was ripping off completions? Apparently Kubiak wasn't likeing that success - it literally fueled my conspiracy theory the game was rigged - why STOP doing the only thing that is working? SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME PLEASE!
The defense played well but didn't dominate like I expected. They mostly shut down the Colts but gave up too many plays that kept them in the game.
Shout out to the Colts and Rivers. Colts executed their game plan well: just don't fuck up and they didn't. Rivers was serviceable but his arm is toast. It's too bad, I've always liked him, a classic gunslinger.
A shit show game won by a brilliant coach and clutch kicker, despite everyone else apparently trying to lose the game. Absolutely bizarre game with a fantastic finish. I guess I'll take it.
If we are this bad against the Colts, I do not like our chances on Thursday. As much as this team's ceiling seems high, consistantly inconsistant and uttely baffling bumbling on offense leaves me with a bad feeling about this team come playoff time. I would not favor Seattle over either the Lambs or SF right now.
Let's see what Thursday brings.
Go hawks.
EDIT: It should be noted that The Darnold played a pretty decent game - especially in the clutch - despite being under constant duress. He could have been better, missed a couple throws, had others dropped, but he was a net positive today - Seattle's running game did him no favors and it's probably time to move on from K9 - he is fucking useless. Dude does not deserve a second contract.
I'm not gonna lie - I fucking hated this game. The insane bumbling of the offense - we've seen this movie too many times this season. No rhythm, no clear vision, sticking Sam in the pocket instead og moving him around, Walker off tackle for one fucking yard, starting every drive inside our ten, it felt like.
God it was painful.
I really started to believe this game was rigged for the Colts to win. There seemed to be no explaination for what I was watching. The penalties, the dropped passes, the Colts miraculously converting that late third down. Seattle driving down for the go-ahead field goal - somehow, instead of bleeding clock, we throw consecutive incompletions giving Rivers 30 extra seconds. Nothing made any sense in this game. Nothing. Our offense can't possibly be this bad, right? Three quarters of bumbling, then a couple big plays. It was maddening, it was ugly, and at the end, the defense finished it off.
It was a glorious win.
Two people are most responsible for this win: Myers and Macdonald - his time management was just next level - calling those time outs. My God. Pete Carroll would leave in defeat with three left and try to sell 'em on ebay. Myers has just been so so clutch - but to have the presense of mind to conserve time - my God that is next level thinking. This team is 11-3 because of Macdonald. Under Carroll this team loses this game and is maybe 7-7 at best. God I hate to think of tis team under Carroll.
This offense continues to sputter and appear directionless. It is just bizarre. How many games have looked like this? There is too much talent to be playing this bad, no, to be looking this bad. Remember that moment Seattle did the unthinkable and went uptempo and Sam was ripping off completions? Apparently Kubiak wasn't likeing that success - it literally fueled my conspiracy theory the game was rigged - why STOP doing the only thing that is working? SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME PLEASE!
The defense played well but didn't dominate like I expected. They mostly shut down the Colts but gave up too many plays that kept them in the game.
Shout out to the Colts and Rivers. Colts executed their game plan well: just don't fuck up and they didn't. Rivers was serviceable but his arm is toast. It's too bad, I've always liked him, a classic gunslinger.
A shit show game won by a brilliant coach and clutch kicker, despite everyone else apparently trying to lose the game. Absolutely bizarre game with a fantastic finish. I guess I'll take it.
If we are this bad against the Colts, I do not like our chances on Thursday. As much as this team's ceiling seems high, consistantly inconsistant and uttely baffling bumbling on offense leaves me with a bad feeling about this team come playoff time. I would not favor Seattle over either the Lambs or SF right now.
Let's see what Thursday brings.
Go hawks.
EDIT: It should be noted that The Darnold played a pretty decent game - especially in the clutch - despite being under constant duress. He could have been better, missed a couple throws, had others dropped, but he was a net positive today - Seattle's running game did him no favors and it's probably time to move on from K9 - he is fucking useless. Dude does not deserve a second contract.
