Best Seahawks game of the 1970's

[IndyHawk]

It had to be after Montana got slaughtered by Carl Banks in NFC title game..89-90?

 

[chris98251]

No they weren't, it was the beginning of the end for the type of play we see now, rules and more rules to protect the QB and the type of blocking and tackling were introduced and the advertisement for TV revenue escalated in the 80's. The game changed.

You're completely wrong. The major major rule changes that changed the game to a pass orientated affair happened in 74 (receiver can't be tackled or held at the line of scrimmage), 77 (Head slaps now illegal -- totally made it easier for offensive line to defend QB), 78 (Receiver can't be hit until they are 5 yards down the field), 82 (no spearing QB's or WR's with helmet), 85 (QB can kneel and kill the play to run out the clock, QB can slide and not get hit), and 93 (QB can throw the ball away out of bounds, if in the vicinity of receiver, or in bounds if outside the stripes and not face intentional grounding call).

It could be argued that they REALLY didn't get strict about enforcing the 5 yard rule (which was put in in 78) until the 87 season...

But really 76 to 85 was pretty much the same era of football. 86 to 95 was another.....

Furthermore, those 70's Seahawks were an expansion team, and the early 80's Seahawks were a culmination of those building years. 84 was the end game of the first generation Seahawk team and would have been a Superbowl Championship year had Warner not gone down.

85/86 was the big transition -- the game changed dramatically and no team that did not have big money or revenue had a chance -- which was why the Nordstroms sold the team, and which was why the salary cap was eventually implemented.

The 70's were the beginning of big broadcasting in football, why do you think they started adding expansion teams ?

Monday Night Football had taken off big time, the whole broadcasting format changed, the bidding for games became bigger piles of money and while roiling slow at first became faster and bigger each year.

They also started implementing the rules to protect the QB because of QB's being the Headliners on teams, the rules had been talked about because of some guy named Namath getting hurt and being the biggest contract in Football at the time. He was all over the media and the NFL wanted to cash in on the publicity these guys garnered.

You have to remember that rules implemented and rules discussed and talked about are not always happening right away.

 

[mrblitz]

..from the '80s... 1984, Seahawks get 6 interceptions in the Kingdome while beating the Chiefs, 45-0. 4 of those INTs are pick sixes: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 040sea.htm

 

[Sgt Largent]

..from the '80s... 1984, Seahawks get 6 interceptions in the Kingdome while beating the Chiefs, 45-0. 4 of those INTs are pick sixes: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... 040sea.htm

This was the other one that instantly popped to mind, I had to pick one though :lol:

If it would be possible to specialize in take aways, That years D had it down.