Brilliant gameplan by Bevell.

Give Bevell and Cable et al an extra week to prepare and this is the crap sandwhich served up.

useless. How can a professional OC be soooo bad?

Who said Bevell was a professional?

Marshawn got 8 carries, Rawls 2 (IIRC). Isn't the Seahawks identity supposed to be that of a physical, running, pound the rock team?

kf3339":31ovgayc said:

Who said Bevell was a professional?

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Is he working for free? That would explain how he is such a bum.

When his gameplan wasn't derailed by penalties or a safety, Bevell actually had the offense moving well and converting in the red zone. Why can't the defense just close a game out for once?

We keep expecting change and improvement. How many days off,,10 and not only did we do the same garbage we have regressed. Starting to think the last 3 seasons have only been a complete ambush to the rest of the NFL. Now they are waiting for us and are not afraid cause there is nothing to loose and are tired of getting thumped and embarrassed. The barbarians on the horses are getting shot. We still do damage but the opponents now know to just whether the storm.

Siouxhawk":2v9zdr9y said:

When his gameplan wasn't derailed by penalties or a safety, Bevell actually had the offense moving well and converting in the red zone. Why can't the defense just close a game out for once?

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Oh boy.. here comes the white knight to save the day.

Cris Collinsworth was low key saying Bevell was garbage the entire game. That should tell you something.

Wait who am I kidding.

hawksfansinceday1":34te8l72 said:

Marshawn got 8 carries, Rawls 2 (IIRC). Isn't the Seahawks identity supposed to be that of a physical, running, pound the rock team?

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To be fair, how many runs did lynch have that were called back by penalty? There were quite a few. I do agree we should have pounded the rock a bit more though.

hawksfansinceday1":30j3y95a said:

Marshawn got 8 carries, Rawls 2 (IIRC). Isn't the Seahawks identity supposed to be that of a physical, running, pound the rock team?

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Some of that was situational, some of that was related to not needing to on the 2 yard TD run by lynch, but yes, down the stretch it was obviously absent.

I "loved" the call after two 15+ runs in a row and we went offset I followed by empty backfield. 31 offensive coordinators would go with play-action or keep running. Not Bevell though....

"When his gameplan wasn't derailed by penalties or a safety, Bevell actually had the offense moving well and converting in the red zone. Why can't the defense just close a game out for once?"

So scoring 2 TDs (more than our offense) isn't enough? What we really need is for our defense to score 3 TDs?

THEN we can finally expect Bevell to perform at lease competently? That is the secret?


You are like the guy who sees a basketball team down by 40 at the half, storm back to lead by 3 and then call them out for not being able to protect a lead. Of course not, they had to come screaming back from all those points, blew their wad and then had nothing left to win with.

If only our defense could score 38 a night THEN we could expect Bevell to do his job and score a few godd*mn TDs!

Now it all makes sense!

Siouxhawk":3o96malt said:

When his gameplan wasn't derailed by penalties or a safety, Bevell actually had the offense moving well and converting in the red zone. Why can't the defense just close a game out for once?

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Thank you! I am in no way a fan of Bevell but the offense put up around 340 yards of offense in 21 minutes. If it wasn't for a couple of terrible Wilson turnovers they did pretty well despite the penalties which killed us in the 1st half!

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Siouxhawk":2hampksf said:

When his gameplan wasn't derailed by penalties or a safety, Bevell actually had the offense moving well and converting in the red zone. Why can't the defense just close a game out for once?

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Thank you! I am in no way a fan of Bevell but the offense put up around 340 yards of offense in 21 minutes. If it wasn't for a couple of terrible Wilson turnovers they did pretty well despite the penalties which killed us in the 1st half!

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The defense basically scored half of our points if you count that gift on the 2 yard line as a defensive score.
The coaches are the ones who pick he players and coach them how to block. They keep getting beat and hold. Someone has to be responsible for this circus of an offensive line. That is on Cable.
Bevell showed his brilliance on those 2 point conversions that were not even close to resembling a professional offense.

mikeak":1j8twfqo said:

I "loved" the call after two 15+ runs in a row and we went offset I followed by empty backfield. 31 offensive coordinators would go with play-action or keep running. Not Bevell though....

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exactly !!

Siouxhawk":3p2013yp said:

When his gameplan wasn't derailed by penalties or a safety, Bevell actually had the offense moving well and converting in the red zone. Why can't the defense just close a game out for once?

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5 4th quarter leads, 5 losses.

But yeah, this is all on Bevell...............cause Bevell's the one holding, throwing picks, dropping passes and getting stupid intentional grounding calls killing drives.

hawksfansinceday1":1qsh08un said:

Marshawn got 8 carries, Rawls 2 (IIRC). Isn't the Seahawks identity supposed to be that of a physical, running, pound the rock team?

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When you're only averaging close to 6 yards per carry halfway through the 3rd quarter then I can see why abandoning the run was a good move. Last thing we'd want to do is let our defense get some rest.

The actual gameplan was stomped in the first quarter. Be it holding calls or whatever, the OC is responsible. 2 weeks these guys had to prepare what they would do on offense. The first 3 drives they went backwards and gave up a safety.

How do you blame the defense for that?

The defense was on the field for 25/30 minutes in the first half.

The offense didn't move the ball until they threw the gameplan out the window and went to a high tempo attack against a defense that softened up protecting a 19 point lead.

The defense basically scored 12 points, could have been 14 points but for those great offensive guru plays for 2 point conversions. Those were spectacular work.


The defense despite being on the field for the entire first half, actually stepped up in the 3rd quarter giving the team a chance. THEY turned momentum. THEY put up points and got the offense the ball. 3 times.

But yea. This game was totally on the defense. LMFAO!

This defense isn't as good as the 2013 Seahawks, that's for sure. This offense isn't in the same universe as the 2013 offense, that's a fact. This defense, with a middle of the pack basic offense, would be 7-2 right now. There are teams that would KILL to have the defense this team has. NOBODY wants anything to with the offense. It's the laughing stock of the NFL.

But yea, great job Bevell. At least Siouxhawk thinks you're doing a great job. :th2thumbs:


I will say this about the defense. Richard is no better than Bradley when it comes to getting the team off the field on 3rd and medium situations. 3rd and long he can unleash the hounds and it usually works, but he struggles with coming up with something solid on 3rd and medium. Also, loved to see another game where the TE is left wide open in the seam in the redzone. They still haven't figured out how to stop that.

The defense is good, not great.

The offense is pathetic.

rideaducati":2o898tn2 said:

I believe Bevell is at fault for this terrible start, but not for his play calling this season. Bevell is to blame because the World knows the mistake be made and he has not manned up or even admitted a mistake was made and has sat back and watched Pete and Russell take all the blame while EVERY player on the team blames him. Bevell then stands in front of the team and holds them accountable on a daily basis. No player can respect that kind of man.

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You blew it Pete. You gambled that the locker room would be fine after this catastrophic failure and you were wrong. Cut your losses this offseason and make sure Bevell "resigns".

The defense did what it could in the end to get us the lead. I can't blame them for giving up points on those last two drives. Because of time of possession those guys were gassed.

The offense killed us in the first half with stupid penalties. Can't go Beast Mode when your first 5 drives start off 1st and 20. ridiculous.

it's not easy to call plays for 1st and 20 or 3rd and 26

too many mistakes and penalties to figure out if the play calling is bad

also, play calling is the most overrated subject in the NFL