Ruminations on the Cardinals Game is a post-game thread for everyone on .NET to post their thoughts (ruminations) about the game.
Pete Carroll lost the game after his offense moved the ball on two straight possessions, and then decided to punt when he had a 4th and 1 from the AZ 33. The game just simply snowballed from there, with a comedy of errors. The injury excuse card is great, but every team is dealing with injuries, AZ is one of the worst defenses in the league, and they played the 2nd half with a backup QB. Seattle struggled in all phase of the game, and PC was thoroughly out-coached.
PLAYER & COACH NOTES
Schotty
*Had a tremendous 1st series blending run, pass, playaction, and boot. They are so much better in early game scripted plays than the previous OC it is not even funny. My favorite playcall was the jet sweep to David Moore.
KJ Wright & Lano Hill
Got exposed big time on that 80 yd TD run. Wright looked old an slow, over pursued in the hole and couldn't recover. Lano Hill just took a damn bad angle.
Wagner
*Sniffed out the bubble screen and makes the tackle on a 3rd and 3, great to see him playing fast.
Chris Carson
*On a 1st and 15 turns a nothing run into a 5 yd gain, very Lynch esque.
*Shortly after that play they run a checkdown to Carson for a huge gain. If feels good to do that to the other team for a change.
Ken Norton
*Falling asleep at the wheel, needs to put a spy on Murray. Norton bailed out, Murray is now out in the 2nd half with a hammy.
Queem Griffin
*Had Murray dead to rights on an excellent speed rush off of his usual LE spot, but Murray did his best young RW impression and escaped, but thankfully didn't complete the pass off of the scramble. It was still a sweet rush, and will translate to sacks down the road here in the playoffs.
Metcalf
*You have to deliver the ball into Metcalf's frame or he isn't catching it. Drop.
David Moore
*Fumble. The Seahawks WRs have to lead the league in fumbles, and fumbles lost don't they?
Mike Iupati
*Is back in the game in the 2nd half and steps on RW's foot, sacking him. Could the rest of the football team get out of Russell Wilson's way and let him go win the football game? He is carrying a clown car show.
Rasheem Green
*Blocks another kick, and Seattle returns it deep into AZ territory. The fans boo the ensuing playcalls, rightfully so, this coaching staff has been a comedy of errors and bad decision making all day.
Pete Carroll
*Spends a timeout 1st and goal. Wise decision as it avoided the delay of game, and the play was stonewalled anyway. Good thing he called timeout.
*4th and 1 should go for it. Brings out the kicker, delay of game, punt. God awful. The offense was cooking on the 1st two possessions and Pete decides to turtle, pathetic. He just killed the momentum of his own team. You call a game scared, your players will play scared.
*Pete calls timeout at the end of the half with the clock running down. He wants AZ to have time to huddle and call the perfect play for some reason. *Whew* Dodged a bullet, as Fitz doesn't quite corral the TD reception after further review.
*Kicking a field goal to cut the deficit from a two score game, to a two score game. Brilliant.
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*Pete with the good challenge on the not catch, good job.
*A desperate PI challenge by Pete, he has no other choice, but I don't think they are going to bail him out.
Kingsbury
*Wait, you're aloud to go for it on 4th and 2 from midfield up seven points? I thought it was against the rules. The Cards easily convert. I hope Pete is taking notes.
Hundley
*The Cardinals are better on offense with a backup, then the Seahawks are with Wilson, a HoF QB. The Cardinals have one of the worst defenses in the league btw.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The season is over. Pete is out of his depth on gamedays, they are too beat up to make a playoff run, and they likely cost themselves a bye week with this loss even if they win against SF next week. They will likely be the #3 seed if they manage a victory over the 49ers, and will be too injured to defeat a rested #1 or #2 seed coming off of their bye. Just enjoy a single playoff victory if they can even manage that. This sucks.
Pete Carroll lost the game after his offense moved the ball on two straight possessions, and then decided to punt when he had a 4th and 1 from the AZ 33. The game just simply snowballed from there, with a comedy of errors. The injury excuse card is great, but every team is dealing with injuries, AZ is one of the worst defenses in the league, and they played the 2nd half with a backup QB. Seattle struggled in all phase of the game, and PC was thoroughly out-coached.
PLAYER & COACH NOTES
Schotty
*Had a tremendous 1st series blending run, pass, playaction, and boot. They are so much better in early game scripted plays than the previous OC it is not even funny. My favorite playcall was the jet sweep to David Moore.
KJ Wright & Lano Hill
Got exposed big time on that 80 yd TD run. Wright looked old an slow, over pursued in the hole and couldn't recover. Lano Hill just took a damn bad angle.
Wagner
*Sniffed out the bubble screen and makes the tackle on a 3rd and 3, great to see him playing fast.
Chris Carson
*On a 1st and 15 turns a nothing run into a 5 yd gain, very Lynch esque.
*Shortly after that play they run a checkdown to Carson for a huge gain. If feels good to do that to the other team for a change.
Ken Norton
*Falling asleep at the wheel, needs to put a spy on Murray. Norton bailed out, Murray is now out in the 2nd half with a hammy.
Queem Griffin
*Had Murray dead to rights on an excellent speed rush off of his usual LE spot, but Murray did his best young RW impression and escaped, but thankfully didn't complete the pass off of the scramble. It was still a sweet rush, and will translate to sacks down the road here in the playoffs.
Metcalf
*You have to deliver the ball into Metcalf's frame or he isn't catching it. Drop.
David Moore
*Fumble. The Seahawks WRs have to lead the league in fumbles, and fumbles lost don't they?
Mike Iupati
*Is back in the game in the 2nd half and steps on RW's foot, sacking him. Could the rest of the football team get out of Russell Wilson's way and let him go win the football game? He is carrying a clown car show.
Rasheem Green
*Blocks another kick, and Seattle returns it deep into AZ territory. The fans boo the ensuing playcalls, rightfully so, this coaching staff has been a comedy of errors and bad decision making all day.
Pete Carroll
*Spends a timeout 1st and goal. Wise decision as it avoided the delay of game, and the play was stonewalled anyway. Good thing he called timeout.
*4th and 1 should go for it. Brings out the kicker, delay of game, punt. God awful. The offense was cooking on the 1st two possessions and Pete decides to turtle, pathetic. He just killed the momentum of his own team. You call a game scared, your players will play scared.
*Pete calls timeout at the end of the half with the clock running down. He wants AZ to have time to huddle and call the perfect play for some reason. *Whew* Dodged a bullet, as Fitz doesn't quite corral the TD reception after further review.
*Kicking a field goal to cut the deficit from a two score game, to a two score game. Brilliant.
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*Pete with the good challenge on the not catch, good job.
*A desperate PI challenge by Pete, he has no other choice, but I don't think they are going to bail him out.
Kingsbury
*Wait, you're aloud to go for it on 4th and 2 from midfield up seven points? I thought it was against the rules. The Cards easily convert. I hope Pete is taking notes.
Hundley
*The Cardinals are better on offense with a backup, then the Seahawks are with Wilson, a HoF QB. The Cardinals have one of the worst defenses in the league btw.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The season is over. Pete is out of his depth on gamedays, they are too beat up to make a playoff run, and they likely cost themselves a bye week with this loss even if they win against SF next week. They will likely be the #3 seed if they manage a victory over the 49ers, and will be too injured to defeat a rested #1 or #2 seed coming off of their bye. Just enjoy a single playoff victory if they can even manage that. This sucks.