Seahawks vs Falcos game thread

[D-train]

I'm glad to hear Hugh Millen sounding perplexed about the "let's feature our 4th string RB" series that killed their momentum in the 2nd quarter.

Do you think it is pretty nice that the biggest complaint about the offense was a series in the second quarter where the RB who was the best we had in the playoffs last year got some reps? Kind of a reach when THAT is an issue. We scored TDs on our first two possesions, didn't turn the ball over only punted it 4 times, and despite three new starters on the O Line we only gave up 3 sacks. The play calling was not only not conservative but creative and our QB looked like the best in the game. Complaining about the offense today seems strange, to me.

They were pretty much unstoppable in the 1st quarter and had 24 yards on 11 plays in the 2nd quarter. That Homer series was a shot in the arm for the Falcons. It seems worthy of comment. Why did they do that when they went out and signed a 1000 yard back to compliment the one they already have? Homer has not demonstrated that he is anywhere close to the level of back that Carson and Hyde are. This is a something that interests me. It seems like another example of stupid coaching decisions that let the other back in the game - something that is becoming a trend with this team.

Hopefully they learned their lesson on that.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Kind of surprising that the Seahawks only converted 3 of 9 third downs yesterday. It feels like they have consistently been in the bottom half of the NFL in that stat over the years since 2015.

[Michael K.]

35 passes and 20 runs yesterday.

7 of those runs were by Wilson (3), who was also the leading rusher, Homer (3) and Moore (1). The backs shouldn't have been bored though as Carson scored twice on passes and Hyde once on the ground. I would imagine Pete would like to run more, but the Falcons did a real good job of bottling us up. I don't imagine there will be very many more times were Carson and Hyde combine for 13 carries for only 44 yards, but it was nice to see that we aren't afraid to acknowledge this. Fine, you want to sell out to stop the run? How about if we jump out to a three score lead by letting Russ cook?

[Michael K.]

They were pretty much unstoppable in the 1st quarter and had 24 yards on 11 plays in the 2nd quarter. That Homer series was a shot in the arm for the Falcons. It seems worthy of comment. Why did they do that when they went out and signed a 1000 yard back to compliment the one they already have? Homer has not demonstrated that he is anywhere close to the level of back that Carson and Hyde are. This is a something that interests me. It seems like another example of stupid coaching decisions that let the other back in the game - something that is becoming a trend with this team.

I guess my point is....of all the things I have complained about with this offense, specifically in week 1....I will take it that the biggest complaint is Travis Homer got a series at tailback.

Last year we scored 21 points against a bad Cincy team. Damn near lost.
2018 we scored 24 and lost to a pretty bad Denver team.
2017 we scored 9 points and gained 225 yards to a pretty mediocre Packers defense
2016 we scored 12 points and needed a last second TD to beat a bad Miami team
2015 we needed 18 4th quarter points to force OT against a very mediocre Rams team before losing in OT
2014....man, remember when we were going to go 16 and 0 and destroy everyone? We slaughtered Green Bay on a Thursday night and spent the next 10 days hearing how great we were...before melting in San Diego. Literally melting.
2013 we needed a 6 to 0 4th quarter to beat what turned out to be a very good Panthers team 12 to 7
2012 we scored 3 first half points on our way to losing to a bad AZ team 20 to 16.

I guess my point is? If complaining about a second quarter series to Homer is our biggest beef right now? In a game that was pretty much never in doubt? I'll take that, happily! Other than the dismantling of Rodgers and the Packers after the Super Bowl....find another time we felt like this the day after week 1?

And, once again, correct me if I am wrong, but not one single second and long dive play. Oh, and we threw one short to Hollister on 3rd down and he gained the needed yards for a first! WTF is going on here!?

[D-train]

Kind of surprising that the Seahawks only converted 3 of 9 third downs yesterday. It feels like they have consistently been in the bottom half of the NFL in that stat over the years since 2015.

3 of the non conversions were in the 2Q.

[Michael K.]

Kind of surprising that the Seahawks only converted 3 of 9 third downs yesterday. It feels like they have consistently been in the bottom half of the NFL in that stat over the years since 2015.

3 of the non conversions were in the 2Q.

The funny thing is? If that had been the first quarter I think it would have felt differently. Backing off the throttle a little in the second quarter, to me, wasn't what that felt like. Atlanta did a better job, the Homer experiment probably wasn't the best idea, and the gap closed a bit. That being said, I am much more happy with a fast start, a slow second quarter and then putting them away early in the third quarter than I was with the rope a dope BS we did last year for 2.5 quarters.

Just really hard for me to complain about the offense today. Besides the end of Russ's rookie year, and the end of the year we lost Beast Mode, I can't remember the offense ever looking better!

[D-train]

Kind of surprising that the Seahawks only converted 3 of 9 third downs yesterday. It feels like they have consistently been in the bottom half of the NFL in that stat over the years since 2015.

3 of the non conversions were in the 2Q.

The funny thing is? If that had been the first quarter I think it would have felt differently. Backing off the throttle a little in the second quarter, to me, wasn't what that felt like. Atlanta did a better job, the Homer experiment probably wasn't the best idea, and the gap closed a bit. That being said, I am much more happy with a fast start, a slow second quarter and then putting them away early in the third quarter than I was with the rope a dope BS we did last year for 2.5 quarters.

Just really hard for me to complain about the offense today. Besides the end of Russ's rookie year, and the end of the year we lost Beast Mode, I can't remember the offense ever looking better!

Totally. Usually the first AND second quarters go down like that so massive improvement.

[maoling]

Jackson somehow has a higher QB rating. Must be because of yards per attempt.

https://www.nfl.com/stats/player-stats/ ... ating/DESC

Did someone already mention that RW had the third-highest single game completion percentage in NFL History with at least 35 attempts?

31/35 and it appears to be so close to the record, Coug Math, but if DK hadn't clanked that wide-open gimme that he more than made up for, RW would be sitting on another record today. RW would have been 32/35 woulda could shoulda at 91.4% completion with at least 35 attempts.

Thiel wrote:

That was the most glamorous part of one of Wilson’s best days — 31 of 35 for 322 yards, four touchdowns, no turnovers and a QB rating of 143.1. His 88.6 completion percentage tied for the third-highest mark in a single game in NFL history, minimum 35 attempts.

That was pretty amazing yesterday.

http://sportspressnw.com/2247176/2020/t ... nd-the-day

[Sibelius Hindemith]

From Condotta's report card....

First-round draft choice Jordyn Brooks entered the game at weakside linebacker on Atlanta’s third offensive possession but after the Falcons gained 37 yards on two plays, the Seahawks went back to K.J. Wright.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sea ... a-falcons/

Another top pick that can't win a starting role or even stay in as a back-up for one series. Nice.

[DavidGee24]

Talk about terrible clock management in tonight's game. Trailing 14-13, the Titans got a first down at the Broncos 16 yard line with about 1:20 left. The Broncos had all three of their timeouts but coach Vic Fangio totally puckered his sphincter. Even in doing the Broncos a favor by throwing an incomplete pass, the Titans kicked the chip shot with :17 on the clock and Fangio holding three useless time outs. If he had called them (and of course you have to get a stop too), his offense would have had just under a minute to try to get into field goal range.

Needless to say, the Broncos ran out of time at their own 43 yard line. What an idiot.