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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I see alot of attention being focused on the Pats O going up against the Hawks D. That may make for the most interesting discussion but the stat that sticks out to me most is the Hawks O averaging just 17 PPG.
While the Hawks have a top D let's not discount that the Pats have the best O in the league. Chances are the Pats are going to score more than 17 points in this game. The question then becomes, can Seattle score more than 17 points?
As interesting as the Pats O versus the Hawks D is, I think the key to this game is the Hawks O against the Pats D.
A solid win against this defense should solidify us as the best team in the league! Screw the Texans!
Seahawks fan here, had to join to assure you Pats fans that we are all not all as vein as other Hawks fans seem to be showing (much to my embarrassment).
At least we don't come on here starting threads titled "We will humiliate you" (and similar), like Pats fans did in the seahawkblue forum.
Your rookie Chandler Jones may make some plays this week on the outside.
At least we don't come on here starting threads titled "We will humiliate you" (and similar), like Pats fans did in the seahawkblue forum.
Link to the multiple threads that say we are going to humiliate the Seahawks?????.....Put up or shut up,pigeondroppings:yeahthat:
No such threads are currently on the first page of either Seahawks.net or Seahawkshuddle.com
I see alot of attention being focused on the Pats O going up against the Hawks D. That may make for the most interesting discussion but the stat that sticks out to me most is the Hawks O averaging just 17 PPG.
While the Hawks have a top D let's not discount that the Pats have the best O in the league. Chances are the Pats are going to score more than 17 points in this game. The question then becomes, can Seattle score more than 17 points?
As interesting as the Pats O versus the Hawks D is, I think the key to this game is the Hawks O against the Pats D.
I agree with you, yards allowed is not a good metric for judging a defense (or offense). I have a lot of respect for Football Outsiders' metric systems. So forget numbers, let's just say the Seahawks defense is very good, and possibly among the best.
On the other hand, the same thing applies to opponents' offenses. Saying the Green Bay offense is "averaging 24 pts a game" doesn't put anything in context -- unless you were to compare Green Bay's average in the four other games they played, and compare that to what they produced in the Seattle game.
Alrighty-then. [stretching/limbering knuckles] Let me start by giving you all a brief scouting breakdown of the Seahawks Defense -- since that's going to be a major focus heading in to this game.
Back in 2009, former head coach Jim Mora
I don’t know that I’d be so confident that the Pats would score any more than 17 points – given the caliber of defense they’ll be facing and the boiling cauldron that is Century Link Field. With all due respect to all the teams New England has faced thus far … I’m not sure they have faced a defense quite THIS dominant yet this year.
Just look at the Arizona game. The Cards came in to Foxboro and limited the mighty Pats Offense to 18 points – a team that many were surprised the Pats could lose to. Over at Seahawks.Net, a lot of people thought that way prior to the Seahawks game with them as well. I was among a very small minority of voices saying, “Don’t overlook this team. I don’t care what the statistics say, the Cardinals are a very dangerous team” – as I knew that they had a very good defense. And unfortunately, I was right … and the Hawks went down that day to them at Arizona.
Right now, the Cardinals defense is ranked 11th overall in total yards allowed (334.0) … BUT they’re ranked 5th Overall in the one stat that truly counts – points allowed (78). This Seahawks defense is MUCH better than the Cards … AND they are playing at home. This defense made Tony Romo look like a shell-shocked survivor of a mortar attack. They laid the kryptonite on the NFL’s superman from a year ago (Aaron Rodgers) … and they completely baffled Cam Newton, totally taking him out of his game as well. Now I realize that THIS Patriots Offense is a whole different kind of animal altogether … but I don’t know that I’d be 100% certain that the Pats will do to the Hawks AT the CLINK what they have done to other teams thus far.
I agree with you however as to your take on the key to the game -- Can Russell Wilson and the Seahawks Offense score 17+ points against your defense? That's a whole 'nother matter entirely.