Sunday, December 30, 2012
Dave Sims Excellently Terrible Broadcasting
"The wind wont affect this one... OH and he missed!" - During Sunday Night Football Dallas vs Washington, after they missed a previous kick because of the wind.
Monday, December 24, 2012
How You Like them Now? The Seahawks are Playoffs Bound
With the recent win over the San Francisco 49ers (and what a
win it was, embarrassing them on national TV), the Seattle Seahawks have
clinched themselves a playoff spot for 2012 season. This is great news for a
team that appears to be peaking at the absolute perfect time. They have won
their last three games by a combined score of 150-30. The offense, which
started the year as a liability, has turned into one of the best in the league.
A large part of this turnaround is because the coaching staffing took the restraints
off Russell Wilson and he has responded by playing at an elite level. His
passing has been accurate and timely and his ability to decide whether to run
or throw has been a major advantage for the Seahawks. He is definitely not
racking up stats on the back of an All-Pro receiver a la Matthew Stafford and
Calvin Johnson. All this adds up to me really liking the Seahawks chance in the
playoffs.
The teams guaranteed a playoff spot are the Falcons, Packers
and 49ers. The Cowboys, Redskins, Vikings, Bears and Giants all have a shot at
the final two spots. Looking at those teams on the Packers scare me and the
Seahawks have already beat them once this year (albeit on in one of the most controversial
games in recent history). Playing them in Lambeau will be a difficult no matter
what.
The Falcons are probably the least scary #1 seed in recent
memory. They have four wins against playoff caliber teams, the Broncos,
Redskins, Cowboys and Giants. Only the
Broncos are an actual power house. The Falcons have picked up their 13 wins by
beating bad teams. Now it isn’t their fault they have such and easy schedule
and they clearly are a good team because they aren’t losing to these jokers,
but they just don’t strike fear into opponents.
If recent history is anything to base a judgment on, the
Seahawks have little to fear from the 49ers. They just finished demolishing
them 42-13. Their previous meeting in October the 49ers won at hard fought game
13-6. In this game Russell Wilson hadn’t been allowed to flourish yet and
suffered from several critical dropped passes. Changed a couple of those drops
to catches and you have a very different game.
The Seahawks have already beat the Cowboys (for this game a
more appropriate verb would be stomped as it was 27-7 and never really close),
the Bears and the Vikings (another rout). Only the Redskins and Giants are
unknowns. The Redskins are a team that has basically thrived on the stellar
play of one guy, Robert Griffin III. The Giants are the defending Super Bowl
champs, but haven’t looked that impressive at all this year.
All this basically means I feel very confident going into
the playoffs. These Seahawks appear to have vanquished their past demon of
playing on the road. As the away team, they beat the Panthers, Bears and Bills
this season. The QB of the Seahawks is great (let’s not joke around and pretend
he is just good or having a string of luck) and appears to be improving every
week. The defense is still stoat, allowing the fewest PPG and fourth fewest
YPG. Finally they are peaking at the absolutely best time. They have found a rhythm
and are destroying teams in all three phases.
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