I don't think this game outcome was a fluke. I'm hoping it was a loud and clear wake up call for the Seahawks in general. To dismiss it as an anomaly would be a terrible waste of a teachable learning experience for everyone.
There is plenty of blame to go around if you want to place blame. Pointing fingers of blame doesn't accomplish a damn thing, and in my opinion is a complete waste of time, and opportunity to grow as individuals and as a team.
Focus on what went wrong and you have a chance to fix it, so it doesn't happen again, or at very least increase our chances of getting it right the next time play.
I think the one thing we can all agree on, was that no matter the why it didn't work, the offensive strategy, deployed for this game was the wrong one. The OC needs to recognize when his strategy is not producing needed results, and become willing to shift to another strategy that does produce desired results.
when it became obvious that Russell was having one his off tempo, out of sync passing days, and it was also clear that our run offence was working for a change, there should have been zero hesitation in adopting our run game strategy, as our primary one.
I saw no evidence that the Redskins were providing any answers to stop our run game, and yet we all but completely abandoned it, and reverted to the failed passing game strategy, why? It clearly wasn't working, and was playing right into the Redskins defensive strong suit. The rest is history.
If we know in advance that Russell doesn't perform well in cold wet conditions, then either start acclimating him in advance of the game to playing in those conditions, so he doesn't literally freeze up come game time. It seems to me that's also the conditions that Walsh turns into a pumpkin as well. If it proves out that they can't acclimate in those conditions the let their backups play instead,
The definition of insanity is when someone does the same thing over and over again, and each time is expecting different results. If I walk up and put my hand on the red hot burner of my kitchen stove and it burns me, is it not insane of me to think if I do it again ten times over that I'll not get burned ten times more?
That is what we saw in Sunday's game in Seattle. If its working don't fix it, if its not, then have the foresight to recognize it, and do something different until you find something that is working and stick with it as long as it is.
Let's all remind ourselves and remember that winning is whats important, and that its never about anything else.
