goheels22002

Holy cow!

The Seattle Seahawks defense is holding opponents to 14 points per game, the best in the league for teams with five games under their belt. They are holding teams to 17 first downs per game ( the Pats racked up 35 against Denver).

They have sacked opposing quarterbacks 16 times (3.3/game) including eight sacks of Aaron Rodgers in one half!

Seattle is holding opponents to 67 yards rushing/game.

This came against the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams, a representative sample of quality and styles of play.

They beat the Packers 14-12 in the ugliest game possible, both visually and statistically (Rodgers sacked 8 times? In one half of football? Really!?)

That game was also a catastrophe penalty-wise: the Packers were called for 10 penalties and the Seahawks for 14.

The Seahawks play dirty - in the Packers game, 6 of their 10 penalties were of the facemask, unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary roughness variety. It was replacement refereeing and that game got completely out of control. But this is a nasty defense.

patriotsdynasty12189

Well smash.

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randomk1

It was top notch last year. It is most likely better this year. There is nothing to question and i think most people expected that D to be strong.

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Bhelmet

The little bit of them I have seen - I will call them the real deal. This is not the only season they have been good. This will be a tough game - made tougher since it is in their home. Will probably look a lot like the Arizona game with the potential to be worse. This one has me worried a bit.

CityOfChampions

They did a great job against Rodgers, but Rodgers has been struggling this year. Lost to the Cardinals and Rams, barely beat the Panthers. Their defense is good but our offense is just as good. The offenses that they've faced so far - the Patriots are better at every aspect. Our fast no-huddle will give us the advantage.

fair catch fryar

From what I've seen their D is solid and something to be concerned about. If anyone can find their weaknesses and expose them it would be BB and Brady. My biggest worry is the O-Line's inability to protect Brady in this game. Hopefully they can utilize the run-game in conjunction with the TE's. Hopefully Hernandez is back too.

everlong

No he didn't. The Hawks won 27-7 so he put up 7 and looked bad in doing so.

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goheels22002

Other way around - the Seahawks beat the Cowboys 27-7. 2012 Cowboys-Seahawks - NFC East Blog - ESPN

The Cowboys got manhandled in that game. Not that the Dallas Cowboys are any good, but they rushed for a grand total of 49 yards in that game.

CityOfChampions

Ahh my bad! I read it backwards on ESPN. I'll fix my original post.

Palm Beach Pats Fan

so far it is

On D they seem superior to the Cardinals in every way: run D, pass D, points allowed, pressuring the QB.

I suspect that their stats are about to take a significant one game hit, though.

The real question is why it hasn't led to more success, with a 3-2 record that everyone knows should be 2-3 (the Green Bay robbery that ended the ref lockout)

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