Slow Starts...

RockinHawks · Sep 17, 2017

...are kinda our thing. A win is a win, take it and move on. Hopefully this OL can get some aggressiveness and cohesiveness soon. Hopefully. Effing hopefully.

Cyrus12 · Sep 17, 2017

Slow starts equal playoff losses...if we get there...sick of the same excuses with this offence. There is just no accountability on this team.

GeekHawk · Sep 17, 2017

"Hope" is not a plan.

Unfortunately, it's all we got with bevel and cable. On to next week!

hawkfannj · Sep 17, 2017

That wasn't a start at all . Slow would be an upgrade

MontanaHawk05 · Sep 17, 2017

Our slow starts have been markedly slower the last two seasons. One touchdown in eight quarters isn't enough, even if the two defenses we faced WERE underrated.

RockinHawks · Sep 17, 2017

MontanaHawk05":ltcze54o said:
Our slow starts have been markedly slower the last two seasons. One touchdown in eight quarters isn't enough, even if the two defenses we faced WERE underrated.

Agree. Just trying to put a positive spin and some lipstick on this pig.

Our OL just look lost and weak. Not sure how shit like that seeps by the rest of the coaching staff. I just don't get it.

BC-Hawk · Sep 17, 2017

Starts like this are what puts us in a hole in a playoff game early ala Carolina a couple of years ago with not enough time left on the clock to stage the comeback. This is just simply not winning football.

Seymour · Sep 17, 2017

MontanaHawk05":l7z47r9w said:
Our slow starts have been markedly slower the last two seasons. One touchdown in eight quarters isn't enough, even if the two defenses we faced WERE underrated.

Ya boy that daunting Packers D is down 31-7 early 3rd vs Falcons.

Crizilla · Sep 17, 2017

Seymour":3390zhb5 said:
MontanaHawk05":3390zhb5 said:

Our slow starts have been markedly slower the last two seasons. One touchdown in eight quarters isn't enough, even if the two defenses we faced WERE underrated.

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Ya boy that daunting Packers D is down 31-7 early 3rd vs Falcons.

This

PFF is even saying we have the worst o line in the league. Right now I see a .500 team. All this "hopefully next week they'll get it together" talk is laughable because it's been over a year now and no improvements.

seahawkfreak · Sep 17, 2017

Do we really start off that slow though? This is kind of a false narrative.

2010: First 6 games. 4-2
2011: First 6 games. 2-4
2012: First 6 games. 4-2
2013: First 6 games. 5-1(First 12 games 11-1)
2014: First 6 games. 3-3
2015: First 6 games. 2-4
2016: First 6 games. 4-2

PC era.
2 Slow starts the first 6 games
1 mediocre start the first 6 games.
3 good starts the first 6 games.
1 Great start the first 6+ games.

Not sure what a consensus slow start is. Unless wins do not count and we are talking about how we play. By that standard we have only really finished strong 3 of PC's seasons (12,13,14).

AgentDib · Sep 17, 2017

4-2 is a slow start for the fans expecting 14-2 or 13-3.

Personally, I've never seen the point of win goals on the part of fans because wins are not rationed. Game outcomes are mostly independent and the importance of the next game is always 100% until the team actually clinches a bye.

seahawkfreak · Sep 17, 2017

AgentDib":pexqucbi said:
4-2 is a slow start for the fans expecting 14-2 or 13-3.

Personally, I've never seen the point of win goals on the part of fans because wins are not rationed. Game outcomes are mostly independent and the importance of the next game is always 100% until the team actually clinches a bye.

Good point, thanks.

pittpnthrs · Sep 17, 2017

Seymour":209ktfdy said:
MontanaHawk05":209ktfdy said:

Our slow starts have been markedly slower the last two seasons. One touchdown in eight quarters isn't enough, even if the two defenses we faced WERE underrated.

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Ya boy that daunting Packers D is down 31-7 early 3rd vs Falcons.

Yeah, I think everybody on this board was expecting Green Bays defense to come back to earth once they played somebody with a competent offense. Lo and behold,,,,,,

MissoulaHawkFan · Sep 17, 2017

Meh - I'm not really worried. The offense always looks "blah" the first 6/8 games. Nothing new here.

hgwellz12 · Sep 17, 2017

But, after all these years, it SHOULD be something 'new'.
I had us penciled in as a Loss at Tennessee . Now it looks like we'll get flat out THROTTLED. Embarrassed.

themunn · Sep 18, 2017

seahawkfreak":1ck1ist7 said:
Do we really start off that slow though? This is kind of a false narrative.

2010: First 6 games. 4-2
2011: First 6 games. 2-4
2012: First 6 games. 4-2
2013: First 6 games. 5-1(First 12 games 11-1)
2014: First 6 games. 3-3
2015: First 6 games. 2-4
2016: First 6 games. 4-2

PC era.
2 Slow starts the first 6 games
1 mediocre start the first 6 games.
3 good starts the first 6 games.
1 Great start the first 6+ games.

Not sure what a consensus slow start is. Unless wins do not count and we are talking about how we play. By that standard we have only really finished strong 3 of PC's seasons (12,13,14).

You need to look at it relatively speaking though - 2015 for example we won 2 of our first 6 and 7 of our last 10. That's clearly starting slow and finishing stronger. Overall from what you've said above, we've won 22 of our first 42 games (52%)

In the final 10 games of each season we've won:

2010 - 3
2011 - 5
2012 - 8
2013 - 8
2014 - 8
2015 - 7
2016 - 6

45/70 - 64% versus 12%

The disparity becomes even wider if you exclude the 2010 team, winning 50% of the first 6 games of the season on average since 2011, and 66% after that.

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