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Rams at Seahawks photo blog
Jan 5th
Photos from the Seahawks game in week 17
In the final game the Seahawks played in 2012 they beat the Rams 20-13
Taima led the Seahawks onto the field Sunday. Photo by Brett Bivens
It was fan appreciation day at CenturyLink Field. Photo by Brett Bivens
Chris Clemons getting a hit on Sam Bradford. Photo by Brett Bivens
Doug Baldwin hauling in one of his two reception during the game. Photo by Brett Bivens
This pass to Zach Miller would have been Russell Wilson’s record tying 26th touchdown pass if not for a pass interference call on Anthony McCoy. Photo by Brett Bivens
Danny Amendola making a great catch against Marcus Trufant. Photo by Brett Bivens
Seattle is always tough on Steven Jackson. He has yet to rush for 100 yards against any Seahawks defense. Sunday was no exception as he managed just 52 yards. Photo by Brett Bivens
Jeremy Lane was in position to make a play on the ball. Unfortunately he went for the interception rather than knocking the ball away and the play resulted in a touchdown. Photo by Brett Bivens
Marshawn Lynch out for a little jog. Photo by Brett Bivens
Russell Wilson scrambles for yardage against the Rams. Photo by Brett Bivens
Seahawks photo blog 11/4/2012
Nov 5th
Seahawks beat Vikings 30-20
Brandon Browner saves a touchdown. Photo by Anthony May
Matt Kalil rips Brandon Mebane’s helmet off, clearing the way for Adrian Peterson to score a touchdown. Photo by Brett Bivens
Jermaine Kearse catches his first pass in the NFL. Photo by Brett Bivens
Doug Baldwin drops another ball. This one came the play after Jermaine Kearse dropped a would-be first down. Photo by Brett Bivens
Losing KJ Wright, pictured walking to the locker room after his injury, for almost the entire game was a big blow to the Seahawks defense. Photo by Brett Bivens
Jared Allen and the Vikings defense couldn’t hold the Seahawks offense back on Sunday. Photo by Brett Bivens
Marshawn Lynch went “Beastmode” for 124-yards Sunday. Photo by Brett Bivens
The Seahawks scored 30 points Sunday, the most this season. Photo by Brett Bivens
Golden Tate leaps toward the end-zone. Photo By Anthony May
Golden Tate scores the touchdown! Photo by Brett Bivens
Greg Scruggs sacks Christian Ponder. Photo by Brett Bivens
The Seahawks defense gave up 197 first-half rushing yards. Photo by Brett Bivens
Pete Carroll challenged the spot on this Adrian Peterson reception. The play was upheld, first down Minnesota. Photo by Brett Bivens
This play didn’t count, but it was fun to watch Red Bryant throw Adrian Peterson to the ground like a rag doll. Photo by Brett Bivens
Brandon Mebane tackles Christian Ponder as he scrambles for a couple yards. Photo by Brett Bivens
Leroy Hill sacks Christian Ponder. Photo by Brett Bivens
Five Seahawks who impressed against the 49ers on Thursday
Oct 25th
Seahawks drop passes and an opportunity
Seattle Seahawks 6, San Francisco 49ers 13
When: 5:20 PM PST, Thursday, October 18, 2012
Where: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California.
The only player who seemed to be able to catch Russell Wilson‘s passes on Thursday, Doug Baldwin, was out of the game before the end of the first half. It is no wonder the Seahawks could not get anything going offensively in the second half.
Marshawn Lynch #24
For the third time this season, Marshawn Lynch ran for over 100-yards. Unfortunately, the Seahawks are now 1-2 when he hits the century mark.
The 49ers averaged 3.6-yards per carry coming into the game, yet Marshawn was able to average 5.4-yards per attempt.
Currently, Lynch is ranked third in the league with 652-yards on the ground, and he is fourth in the league averaging 4.4-yards per carry.
Brandon Browner #39
The Seattle Seahawks defense only gave up 140-yards through the air on Thursday, that is an achievement earned by the entire secondary.
Brandon Browner‘s interception is what separated him from the rest of the players.
The 49ers were driving the ball down the field when Browner intercepted Alex Smith’s pass in the end zone. Brandon should have kneeled the ball down taking a touchback, but instead he made the mistake of trying to return it. He only made it out to the three yard line.
Lynch had this third 100-yard game of the season, Thursday against the 49ers. Photo Credit: SFGate
As soon as he caught the ball I think he had flash backs to his 94-yards touchdown return against the Giants last season. More…
Five Seahawks who impressed against the Patriots on Sunday
Oct 16th
Seattle made the plays that mattered
Seattle Seahawks 24, New England Patriots 23
When: 1:05 PM PST, Sunday, November 14, 2012
Where: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington
After the Seahawks imploded in the second quarter, and stumbled their way through the 3rd quarter, they found themselves down by 13 points with less than 10 minutes to play.
From that moment on, both sides of the ball made every play they had to.
Sure, Tom Brady and the Patriots racked up 475-yards in total offense. But, when it mattered the most, theSeattle Seahawks defense held the Patriots two yards short.
Russell Wilson #3
I have to throw out his line for everyone. Partially because it seems like people like to talk about his stats, and partly because I love numbers.
16/27 for 293-yards, 3 touchdown and no interceptions. Plus, 5 rushes for 17-yards. It all adds up to a 133.7 Rating and a QBR of 91.4. If you felt like you have read that before, I stole it from my MMQB piece last night.
In case you didn’t read that piece, let me point out that the last time a Seattle Seahawks quarterback had that much of an impact (QBR) in a game was week three of the 2008 season.
Sidney Rice made several nice plays throughout the game. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
We were able to see Russell Wilson air the ball out quite a bit on Sunday. I have to be honest, I am extremely impressed with the way he throws a deep ball. The last time I saw someone throw a ball like that, for the Seahawks, was before Matt Hasselbeck.
From here on out, defenses will have to game plan against big passing plays. That should limit the amount of defenders opposing teams are willing to stack in the box.
Which should really help the running game, not that it isn’t pretty good already.
Sidney Rice #18
Sidney Rice made several nice plays throughout the game. He also messed a few up, we will skip over those for the purpose of this piece. After it was all said and done, two plays put Rice on my list. More. . .
Seahawks photo blog: Patriots at Seahawks
Oct 15th
What a crazy game we witnessed Sunday Afternoon. Seahawks win 24-23 after a 13 point 4th quarter deficit. Below are a few of the photos I took at the game.
Richard Sherman came to play Sunday. He doesn’t care if you are Tom Brady or Brady Quinn, if you test him, he will make you pay.
Big Walter Jones raised the 12th man flag on Sunday, getting the game started off in the right direction.
Sidney Rice catches a 29-yard first quarter pass from Russell Wilson. This play set up his game winning 46-yard touchdown reception. Great play calling by Darrell Bevell in this instance.
These guys were busy Sunday as Russell Wilson threw 3 touchdowns. (Doug Baldwin, Braylon Edwards and Sidney Rice)
Tom Brady leaves the field with his head hanging.
96 is finally where it belongs. Cortez “Tez” Kennedy finally got his number retired on Sunday.
Richard Sherman intercepts a Tom Brady Pass. In Richard’s words “You mad Bro?”
Tom Brady came up just short on this pass, just like the Patriots did in the game.
Tom Brady hits Rob Gronkowski on this pass. One of 13 completions the Seahawks defense gave up to Patriot tight ends.
Jason Jones hits Tom Brady a little bit too high and gets called for roughing the passer.
Third times a charm! Earl Thomas was pretty happy he was finally able to hold onto and interception in the end zone, one his third attempt.
This photo was taken shortly before Zach Miller fumbled the ball. It was a great play by Jerod Mayo.
Tom Brady is a field general, here he is telling everyone to check out the photos of him on Northwest Pro Sports.
Tom Brady scrambles to buy time, then hits a wide open Danny Woodhead.
Bill Belichick sporting his hoodie, of course he had to cover it up with a jacket to keep him dry in the Seattle rain.
Golden Tate catching one of his three receptions in the game.
Braylon Edwards didn’t let this pass slip out of his hands as he picks up his first touchdown as a member of the Seahawks.
Former 49er Brandon Lloyd stretches out to catch a Tom Brady pass. The throw took him out of bounds, the landing took him out of the game.
Jason Jones jumps on Tom Brady during the Patriots final drive.
Nothing sweeter than being in the victory formation to end a hard fought game.
Seahawks MMQB: QB battle, & monumental memories as Hawks win 24-23
Oct 15th
One is “too short”, one came up short
Boxscore | Play-by-Play | NWSB Editor Q’s Recap
Just as the Grinch’s heart grew “three sizes that day!”, Russell Wilson must have grown three inches in his play.
16/27 for 293-yards, 3 touchdown and no interceptions. Plus, 5 rushes for 17-yards. It all adds up to a 133.7 Rating and a QBR of 91.4.
You may already know, but in case you don’t, QBR is a rating system that is scored from 0-100, based on how the quarterback’s play increased his teams chances of winning.
The last time a Seattle Seahawks quarterback had that much of an impact in a game was week three of the 2008 season.
I cannot remember the last time I watched a game and thought: “Wow, that Seahawks quarterback just won the game for us.” On Sunday, Russell Wilson did just that.
On His Back!
He put the offense on his back in a game where star running back Marshawn Lynch ran for just 41 yards. Down by 13 points in the fourth quarter, Russell lead the Seahawks to 2 touchdown drives.
One was a touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards, and the other was a pass to Sidney Rice.
Wilson’s other touchdown was a great pass, followed by a great catch by Doug Baldwin, who had 2 receptions for 74 yards on that scoring drive.
Welcome back Doug! Baldwin, had 2 receptions for 74 yards and a HUGE TD!
The New England Patriots got the ball back with 1:14 to go in the 4th quarter. They had already squandered all of their time outs. Tom Brady threw a pass out of bounds, got sacked by Jason Jones, and skipped a pass to Aaron Hernandez which brought up a 4th down withe 17-yards to go from their own 13 yard line.
After a quick pass to Wes Welker, Bobby Wagnerdrilled Welker at the 29 yard-line, 2 yards short of the first down.
Bring on the Victory Formation!
Of course, the Patriots had several chances to put the Seahawks away long before that final drive.
At the end of the first half, Russell Wilson fumbled the ball near mid-field and the Patriots recovered it. With 1 second left in the half, Tom Brady threw the ball out of the back of the end zone. More. . .
What to watch for? Seahawks second 4 game stretch of the season
Oct 6th
Five things to watch
Before the season started, I would have been more than happy with a 2-2 record. Of course, I would have assumed the Seattle Seahawks beat the Cardinals and the Rams. Instead, Seattle lost those both of those games, but they did defeat the Cowboys and the Packers, at home.
No matter how you slice it, the Seahawks have a record of .500, and last place in the NFC West.
Who would have thought the division, who had a 7-9 Seahawks team win it two years before, would become the best division in football.
Quarterback
So much has been made of the performance of Russell Wilsonthis week. Yes, he is the starting quarterback, there is a certain amount of pressure that comes with the position.
Personally, I think the 12th man has been a little hard on the young man. I am not going to waste everyone’s time by stating the reasons why I believe that in this piece, but if you haven’t seen my opinion, or would like a refresher, click the link to the “Player Spotlight” piece I wrote on Wilson this week.
With all that said, or not said, I do want to see some improvement from him during the next four games.
Pete Carroll is a very tough man to get a good read on.
Far too often, Russell Wilson is missing wide open receivers. As most of you probably know, I was a proponent of letting him sit on the bench, behind Matt Flynn, for a year so that he could learn the pro game.
If he doesn’t start making more correct reads, I think that is exactly where he will end up.
Pete Carroll is a very tough man to get a good read on. On a personal level, I like the guy, but I would never play poker with him.
Honestly, I think Pete is putting himself in position to switch quarterbacks at any time.
It will be interesting to see if Wilson will be able to move the offense well enough to remain the teams starter, or if Pete will decide that it is time to try to “Win with Flynn”.
Offensive Line
“The UDFA” – Seattle Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin in the spotlight
Sep 13th
Seahawks All Access
Last season, heading into training camp, Doug Baldwin was simply hoping to make the final roster. Coming out of Stanford, it was easy to see that the young receiver was extremely talented, unfortunately, for his wallet, and fortunately, for the Seattle Seahawks, Doug didn’t have the “measurables”.
He’s not extremely fast, he is extremely short, and although he put up good numbers in college, teams were unsure how that would transfer to the NFL.
After the draft Doug Baldwin was a hot commodity.
I feel confident saying there are 31 other teams that wished they drafted Baldwin.
Though teams were unwilling to spend a draft pick in hopes his game would translate, many were willing to spend money to acquire him (in the form of a rookie free agent signing bonus, part of the undrafted free agent program of the new CBA).
What a difference a year makes
Seattle offered Doug a $17,500 signing bonus, and he took it.
What a steal for the Seahawks, not only was he the 41st ranked receiver by the end of the season, he also led Seattle in receiving yards.
I feel fairly confident saying there are 31 other teams that wished they had used a draft pick on him. Baldwin former head coach at Stanford, current 49ers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh went as far as to admit it.
In an article on the Tacoma News Tribune’s website Eric Williams quoted Harbaugh: More. . .
Seahawks Wide Receiver and Tight End Grades Regular Season Game 2011-9
Nov 18th
Seahawks Player Grades
Wide Receiver
1) Ben Obomanu (B+)
Last week B-
THE GOOD:
Ben recovered the first fumble while covering the kick off and was smart just to stay down and not risk fumbling the ball himself trying to get up. He made another big play covering kicks when he flew down the field and made a tackle short of the 20 yard line. Obomanu fought back to the quarterback to make a catch for a first down.
THE BAD:
That first down catch for 10 yards was his only reception of the game.
2) Sidney Rice (B-)
Last week he led the team with a B+
THE GOOD:
Sidney had a nice block for Zach Miller after Miller caught the ball. On a third down play he made a nice diving catch but unfortunately he was just short of the marker.
THE BAD:
He only had 14 yards receiving for the game.
3) Doug Baldwin (C+)
Last week B
THE GOOD:
Doug had a 50 yard reception in the game.
THE BAD:
Unfortunately that was his only reception and he would leave the game later with an injury.
4) Golden Tate (C-)
Last week he was not graded
THE GOOD:
Tate made an excellent catch on the sidelines.
THE BAD:
Golden fumbled the ball but was lucky it went out of bounds because there were no Seahawks around to recover it if it had stayed in. He was called for illegal motion because he didn’t get set before the snap.
5) Mike Williams (D+)
Last week B-
THE GOOD:
I just can’t spin anything good here.
THE BAD:
He was targeted on a hitch and waited for the ball to come to him instead of fighting back towards it. Because he did this the defender was able to get around him and break up the pass. In an altercation he was the last player to shove the opposition and got himself a personal foul. The call was pretty weak but he should have kept his cool.
Tight End
1) Zach Miller (B+)
THE GOOD:
Zach had a nice backside cut block and a few other nice blocks in the running game. He pushed the pile at the end of runs to help the running back gain every yard they could. Miller did a nice job sitting down in the soft spot in the zone.
THE BAD:
He missed a cut block.
2) Anthony McCoy (D+)
THE GOOD:
Anthony pulled out this superman Esq block where he flew through the air. It wasn’t the most successful block I have ever seen but it was effective enough and showed effort. He had a couple more nice run blocks.
THE BAD:
For the most part he struggled trying to block people. He missed cut blocks, couldn’t hold blocks or just went after the wrong guy to block completely.
Seahawks Wide Receiver and Tight End Grades Regular Season Game 2011-8
Nov 9th
Seahawks Player Grades
Wide Receiver
1) Sidney Rice (B+)
Last week B+
THE GOOD:
Rice ran a really sharp hitch route. He was able to get good separation on a deep route and he made a nice fourth down reception. He also was a willing run blocker and had a nice block on one play.
THE BAD:
He had a pretty solid game but only three receptions.
2) Doug Baldwin (B)
Last week B
THE GOOD:
Doug made a couple nice catches, one he had to dive for and another with the defender draped all over him. He gave a great effort on Jackson’s final pass trying to jump over the back of the defender and wrestle the ball away until they were separated.
THE BAD:
Baldwin only caught three passes in the game.
3) Mike Williams and Ben Obomanu (B-)
Last week: Mike was out with an injury and Ben led the receivers with an A
THE GOOD:
Williams did a nice job running slant routes and catching the ball with his hands. Obomanu made a nice block in the running game and made a catch with a defender draped all over him.
THE BAD:
Neither receiver was very involved in the game having a total of 5 targets between them.
