Postmortem - Seattle v Twin City Cemetary Club

[DavidGee24]

Next Sunday in Atlanta it should look a lot different. The Falcos have a pretty good offense and the last five games have scored 24, 24, 27, 25 and 23 points. Their defense is pretty blah though and indoors we should be able to light them up. This game should be a lot more like the Saints/Redskins/Cardinals games and nothing like this past Sunday's game.

[trharder]

Mm said on the radio that when sundel comes back they are going to reconsider the lineup which I assume mean sundel at Right Guard

Maybe, but my comment about Sundell had as much to do with the calling of the protections as it did just pure
blocking talent. Maybe Sundell is better at calling protections. If he was playing center, maybe things look different
last Sunday.

Kubiak says the center “has to be the smartest guy on the field” — and that in Sundell and Oluwatimi “we have two really smart centers.””

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[maoling]

Next Sunday in Atlanta it should look a lot different. The Falcos have a pretty good offense and the last five games have scored 24, 24, 27, 25 and 23 points. Their defense is pretty blah though and indoors we should be able to light them up. This game should be a lot more like the Saints/Redskins/Cardinals games and nothing like this past Sunday's game.

Yup, this is straight Chuck Knox, play the hand you're dealt. Darnold still scares me in big moments, he has to pick up pressure better, but I keep saying so does virtually every other QB in NFL. The Viqueens did a good job of rattling him, batting passes, forcing hurries, taking JSN out of the game. Missed blocks at the line didn't help. With a lights-out D, 26-0 looks like we are coasting, but this offense still needs to jell this month when it gets very real for taking the NFC West and at least home field advantage for the WC -- and hopefully the bye. I'm anxious to see what this team can show against the Flacons, a team with nothing to lose at home.

Murph at Top Billin' likes this team, and as always he is funny as hell, but he points out some ugly and the ugly is all on offense with us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xcci59QaTo&t=627s

*Also, Murph expresses one of my deepest sentiments about the NFL this year, which is that FOX Color Analyst Greg Olsen STFU, because I am sick of listening to him babble endlessly for three hours every time he is in the booth. I have to turn the sound down with him and think he probably never shuts up even when he is banging Mrs. Olsen.

[auroraave]

Next Sunday in Atlanta it should look a lot different. The Falcos have a pretty good offense and the last five games have scored 24, 24, 27, 25 and 23 points. Their defense is pretty blah though and indoors we should be able to light them up. This game should be a lot more like the Saints/Redskins/Cardinals games and nothing like this past Sunday's game.

Yup, this is straight Chuck Knox, play the hand you're dealt. Darnold still scares me in big moments, he has to pick up pressure better, but I keep saying so does virtually every other QB in NFL. The Viqueens did a good job of rattling him, batting passes, forcing hurries, taking JSN out of the game. Missed blocks at the line didn't help. With a lights-out D, 26-0 looks like we are coasting, but this offense still needs to jell this month when it gets very real for taking the NFC West and at least home field advantage for the WC -- and hopefully the bye. I'm anxious to see what this team can show against the Flacons, a team with nothing to lose at home.

Murph at Top Billin' likes this team, and as always he is funny as hell, but he points out some ugly and the ugly is all on offense with us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xcci59QaTo&t=627s

*Also, Murph expresses one of my deepest sentiments about the NFL this year, which is that FOX Color Analyst Greg Olsen STFU, because I am sick of listening to him babble endlessly for three hours every time he is in the booth. I have to turn the sound down with him and think he probably never shuts up even when he is banging Mrs. Olsen.

There are very few quality announcers anymore. It's painfully bad. Hard to top Madden/Summerall duo. Costas is outstanding. Al Michaels is still good, even though I think he is paired up with Collinsworth who most people seem to hate, but I give him credit for knowing the game better than most.

I think SEattle's problem is obviously Bradford - and youth. Both are getting exploited by savvy coaches. Both are fixable. Players will grow and learn, and Bradford will be replaced. We have gotten spoiled by the mostly unexpected quickness this team has gone from the brutal quagmire of Carroll's rudderless ship with no real plan, to Macdonald's specific version that is on the cusp of elite in less than two years. The offense has not caught up to the defense - but it's really just a small tweak that is needed - but it's a major flaw that cannot be ignored. I think Darnold will be fine, but you can't ask your QB to "be comfortable in the pocket' when 250 pound, 4.5 40 LB's are running unblocked at him. That would make anyone jittery. It's our one major flaw, but when you look at the totality of the roster improvement, we're ahead of schedule, really. Now we need to see how Kubiak can scheme around that glaring weakness. Someone else mentioned moving The Darnold around and I think that's a great idea - and I am surprised we don't do it more - but when we do, it almost always seems to be to the left, which I find peculiar with a right handed QB. It's the less natural movement.

[Michael K.]

*Also, Murph expresses one of my deepest sentiments about the NFL this year, which is that FOX Color Analyst Greg Olsen STFU, because I am sick of listening to him babble endlessly for three hours every time he is in the booth. I have to turn the sound down with him and think he probably never shuts up even when he is banging Mrs. Olsen.

His time here was most likely not what he wanted, and I get the feeling he doesn't like Seattle, but might be loyal to Pete? There was no reason to force the issue before the half...that game was over, but Olsen couldn't stand it and just went on and on about it. Dude, it was an ass kicking. I would have been fine if they were a little more aggressive and tried to get it in the endzone, but was also perfectly fine going into the half ONLY up 13 to 0.

Again, that was a very good Viking Defense, and if they had forced a pick and the Vikings ran it back? Olsen would have been telling us how dumb it was to put the game at risk like that when the Vikings couldn't mount any offense.

These were the drives for the Vikings in the first half.
5 plays, 7 yards. Punt
4 plays, 21 yards. Punt
3 plays, 2 yards. Punt
4 plays, 18 yards. Punt
4 plays, 9 yards. Interception
3 plays, -8 yards. Punt
1 play, 1 yard. Half

So, the other team's offense has run 24 plays in the first half, resulting in 49 fucking yards, 5 punts and a turnover. And what we should do is risk a negative play when our passing attack isn't clicking and the Vikings are fifth in the NFL in pass defense? Oh, and do that despite already being up 10 to 0 before getting the ball...and knowing we get it to start the second half. There was zero reason to go all crazy and up tempo.

Olsen sounded like a petty child that didn't get what he wanted for Christmas...so, I agree with you. Shut the fuck up Greg.