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I truly believe we will still get the #1 seed in the NFC West.
I'm amazed how everyone is just giving up like a bunch of babies saying we'd be lucky to go 8-8 what a joke :roll:
I'm normally the most critical guy when it comes to the Seahawks. I always point out the flaws of our team or players in a constructive, logical, and statistical fashion. Still it seems like nobody wants to hear my analysis if it's not "super positive rainbow wonder land" type of stuff... I keep it real, no sugar coating. So it's a strange feeling to be on the other end of the spectrum this time when it comes to the remainder of our season.
While most people sound defeated like we have no chance now I'm looking at the NFL landscape as a whole and the NFC West and seeing that this race is still wide open 3-3 is not a big problem if we can get things right against Carolina.
So I'm looking at the NFC West and the Cardinal's and 49er's schedules. And then looking into their opponents schedules, and their opponents schedules, etc. etc.
And what I'm seeing is that there are a ton of "good" teams right now that aren't really that good. A lot of these "dangerous" teams that will "knock us out of the playoffs" are really just over-rated due to their weak schedules right now.
Analyzing this seasons teams and their schedules up to this point is kinda like sifting through a big pile of poop. A long poop trail of slightly above average teams trading wins, none of them are really that threatening by the end of the season with the exception of Denver.
For Example:
Current #1 NFC West Arizona Cardinals:
They are 5-1 but the only "good" team they beat was the San Diego Chargers (explained below). They got man handled by Denver which is the only legitimately good team they've played so far.
They beat the 49ers who are terrible (explained below) as well as 3 obviously bad teams (Giants, Redskins, Raiders).
Current #2 NFC West San Francisco 49ers:
They are 4-3 but the only "good" team they beat was the Dallas Cowboys. And it took a heroically epic failure from Tony Romo to get them that win. Romo was fresh off back surgery and I'm sure if they had played them in Week 6 like we did the 49er's would of looked just like they did against the Broncos last night.
Other than that their only other "good" victory was against the Eagles who are also over-rated currently (explained below).
Other than a win handed to them by Romo and a home game against the "good" Eagles they have no wins against above average teams.
They got exposed for who they really are against Denver, in addition to losing to the bad Bears and the overrated Cardinals. I still expect the 49ers to finish with 9 wins tops just like I predicted at the beginning of the season.
So now we examine the games of teams that aren't in the NFC West to prove they aren't as good as their records might indicate:
San Diego Chargers:
Only good win was against Seahawks in extreme freakish field conditions when our Offensive Coordinator called a terrible game that did nothing to help our Defense rest (Ran Lynch 7 times).
Their other wins aren't impressive at all (Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders). Are you serious with those wins? That schedule has got to be trolling me the Chargers haven't proven anything yet.
They lost to overrated Cardinals, and the mediocre Kansas City Chiefs.
Philadelphia Eagles:
Got their butts kicked and their offense was exposed by the mediocre 49ers.
Most impressive win came against the overrated Colts (explained below).
All other wins were against terrible-below average teams (Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, New York Giants).
Indianapolis Colts:
Only good win came against the over-rated Bengals (explained below).
They Beat the Baltimore Ravens who are also overrated (explained below), but all their other wins come against terrible teams (Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Houstan Texans).
Lost to Denver who are legit good, and the Eagles who are over-rated.
Cincinnati Bengals:
Have not beaten any good teams (Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans).
Tied with slightly above average Carolina Panthers.
Lost to the only above average teams they played (New England Patriots, and Indianapolis Colts).
Baltimore Ravens:
Most impressive win came against the slightly above average Carolina Panthers. All other wins came against bad teams (Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons).
Lost to the slightly above average Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts.
Carolina Panthers:
Only "good" team they beat were the Detroit Lions. Other wins were bad-mediocre teams (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears).
Lost or tied all other games enough said.
Detroit Lions:
Lost to Carolina Panthers and the Buffalo Bills.
Barely beat the Saints who haven't beaten anyone who wasn't terrible (Saints beat Minnesota Vikings, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
Only "good" win was against Green Bay who Seahawks also handled with ease. The Detroit Lions might be for real but they haven't proved it this early in the season due to weak schedule.
Green Bay Packers:
Only "good" or "average" wins they have were against Miami who haven't beaten anyone of note since Week 1 (they beat Patriots), and the Panthers. Their other wins are against New York Jets, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings.
Dallas Cowboys:
Their only truly good victory came against Seahawks, there other wins are all bad-mediocre (Tennessee Titans, St. Louis Rams, New Orleans Saints, Houstan Texans, New York Jets).
Like the Lions they may be legit but it's hard to tell so early in the season. I expect the Cowboys to fall back to earth by the end of the season but it looks like they are going to get more than the 7 wins I predicted for them at the beginning of the season (which most people seemed to think I was crazy that they'd even get that many...)
Unfortunately the Cowboys have an extraordinarily weak schedule top to bottom which is why I thought they'd win 7 in the first place. So they could have a great record by the end of the season but it's really bad they got the win against us at home... obviously we gotta give them the benefit of the doubt going forward.
CONCLUSION:
So there it is, I have listed above every single NFC team that poses a threat to us in addition to other "good" teams. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS CURRENTLY OVER-RATED OR UNPROVEN DUE TO WEAK SCHEDULES.
What does it all mean???
The only team that has really proven anything with their schedule and who hands down seems like the best team in the NFL right now is the Denver Broncos. The Broncos were obviously favored to win the AFC from day 1, it's impossible to argue otherwise. But the only team to beat them this year??? Yep, our very own Seahawks.
The Broncos may very well go 15-1 if they can get by the their arch rival Patriots and 2 games against the Chargers. All their other games look easy...
So if they really do go 15-1 then the Seahawks are looking pretty dang impressive to give them their only loss right? Not saying that's gonna happen but it's a possibility with how the Broncos are playing right now, they are clearly the best in the NFL and WE BEAT THEM.
As for the NFC... Our biggest priority is obviously to win the NFC West. Both the Arizona Cardinals and 49ers are overrated and haven't proven anything so far this season as I explained above. I still think both teams will most likely finish with 9 wins just like I predicted at the beginning of the season.
The Cardinals still have 6 games they could easily lose (Eagles, Cowboys, Lions, Seahawks, Seahawks, 49ers). Even if they only lost 5 of those they'd finish the season 10-6.
The 49ers still have 4 games they could easily lose, but in my opinion (I think they are really bad) they are liable to drop 6 of them (Rams, Saints, Seahawks, Seahawks, Chargers, Cardinals). Even if they do only lose 4 of those they will still finish 9-7.
AND FINALLY WHAT MATTERS MOST THE SEAHAWKS! If we can get by the Panthers we will be 4-3 with 3 "easy" games to follow (Raiders, Giants, Chiefs).
At that point we'd be 7-3 with the remaining Schedule of Cardinals, 49ers, Eagles, 49ers, Cardinals, Rams.
All we'd have to do to win the NFC West (pretty confident 11-5 would do it) is win 4 of those games which is VERY DOABLE (none of those teams are as good as people think as I explained above).
The most important game of the Season is the Carolina Panthers. Losing to the Rams seems to have been the death blow for many fans here, but in reality if we can beat the Panthers we'll still be in a very realistic position to win the NFC West.
It's VERY unfortunate that we lost to the Rams, that is inexcusable and our Defense and Special Teams should be ashamed of themselves and play the game of their lives next week against the Panthers.
If we lose to the Panthers I'll join y'all in the "Season's Over Doomsday" mindset.
Right now I see a very weak or "soft" NFL landscape ripe for the taking just like last year. If anything the NFL is even weaker than it was last season now that the 49ers are gone who were our only legit threat. While Denver has stepped up to take advantage of how average most teams are, we have fallen off a cliff this year compared to our potential.
It's now or never but I still think we can go 11-5 and win the NFC West if even the slightest shred of the 2013 Seahawk's spirit still lives on. Harvin may have been the cancer in our locker room, but the chemotherapy has prevailed he's gone and it's time for us to get healthy and strong again.
I'm amazed how everyone is just giving up like a bunch of babies saying we'd be lucky to go 8-8 what a joke :roll:
I'm normally the most critical guy when it comes to the Seahawks. I always point out the flaws of our team or players in a constructive, logical, and statistical fashion. Still it seems like nobody wants to hear my analysis if it's not "super positive rainbow wonder land" type of stuff... I keep it real, no sugar coating. So it's a strange feeling to be on the other end of the spectrum this time when it comes to the remainder of our season.
While most people sound defeated like we have no chance now I'm looking at the NFL landscape as a whole and the NFC West and seeing that this race is still wide open 3-3 is not a big problem if we can get things right against Carolina.
So I'm looking at the NFC West and the Cardinal's and 49er's schedules. And then looking into their opponents schedules, and their opponents schedules, etc. etc.
And what I'm seeing is that there are a ton of "good" teams right now that aren't really that good. A lot of these "dangerous" teams that will "knock us out of the playoffs" are really just over-rated due to their weak schedules right now.
Analyzing this seasons teams and their schedules up to this point is kinda like sifting through a big pile of poop. A long poop trail of slightly above average teams trading wins, none of them are really that threatening by the end of the season with the exception of Denver.
For Example:
Current #1 NFC West Arizona Cardinals:
They are 5-1 but the only "good" team they beat was the San Diego Chargers (explained below). They got man handled by Denver which is the only legitimately good team they've played so far.
They beat the 49ers who are terrible (explained below) as well as 3 obviously bad teams (Giants, Redskins, Raiders).
Current #2 NFC West San Francisco 49ers:
They are 4-3 but the only "good" team they beat was the Dallas Cowboys. And it took a heroically epic failure from Tony Romo to get them that win. Romo was fresh off back surgery and I'm sure if they had played them in Week 6 like we did the 49er's would of looked just like they did against the Broncos last night.
Other than that their only other "good" victory was against the Eagles who are also over-rated currently (explained below).
Other than a win handed to them by Romo and a home game against the "good" Eagles they have no wins against above average teams.
They got exposed for who they really are against Denver, in addition to losing to the bad Bears and the overrated Cardinals. I still expect the 49ers to finish with 9 wins tops just like I predicted at the beginning of the season.
So now we examine the games of teams that aren't in the NFC West to prove they aren't as good as their records might indicate:
San Diego Chargers:
Only good win was against Seahawks in extreme freakish field conditions when our Offensive Coordinator called a terrible game that did nothing to help our Defense rest (Ran Lynch 7 times).
Their other wins aren't impressive at all (Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders). Are you serious with those wins? That schedule has got to be trolling me the Chargers haven't proven anything yet.
They lost to overrated Cardinals, and the mediocre Kansas City Chiefs.
Philadelphia Eagles:
Got their butts kicked and their offense was exposed by the mediocre 49ers.
Most impressive win came against the overrated Colts (explained below).
All other wins were against terrible-below average teams (Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins, St. Louis Rams, New York Giants).
Indianapolis Colts:
Only good win came against the over-rated Bengals (explained below).
They Beat the Baltimore Ravens who are also overrated (explained below), but all their other wins come against terrible teams (Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Houstan Texans).
Lost to Denver who are legit good, and the Eagles who are over-rated.
Cincinnati Bengals:
Have not beaten any good teams (Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans).
Tied with slightly above average Carolina Panthers.
Lost to the only above average teams they played (New England Patriots, and Indianapolis Colts).
Baltimore Ravens:
Most impressive win came against the slightly above average Carolina Panthers. All other wins came against bad teams (Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons).
Lost to the slightly above average Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts.
Carolina Panthers:
Only "good" team they beat were the Detroit Lions. Other wins were bad-mediocre teams (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears).
Lost or tied all other games enough said.
Detroit Lions:
Lost to Carolina Panthers and the Buffalo Bills.
Barely beat the Saints who haven't beaten anyone who wasn't terrible (Saints beat Minnesota Vikings, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
Only "good" win was against Green Bay who Seahawks also handled with ease. The Detroit Lions might be for real but they haven't proved it this early in the season due to weak schedule.
Green Bay Packers:
Only "good" or "average" wins they have were against Miami who haven't beaten anyone of note since Week 1 (they beat Patriots), and the Panthers. Their other wins are against New York Jets, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings.
Dallas Cowboys:
Their only truly good victory came against Seahawks, there other wins are all bad-mediocre (Tennessee Titans, St. Louis Rams, New Orleans Saints, Houstan Texans, New York Jets).
Like the Lions they may be legit but it's hard to tell so early in the season. I expect the Cowboys to fall back to earth by the end of the season but it looks like they are going to get more than the 7 wins I predicted for them at the beginning of the season (which most people seemed to think I was crazy that they'd even get that many...)
Unfortunately the Cowboys have an extraordinarily weak schedule top to bottom which is why I thought they'd win 7 in the first place. So they could have a great record by the end of the season but it's really bad they got the win against us at home... obviously we gotta give them the benefit of the doubt going forward.
CONCLUSION:
So there it is, I have listed above every single NFC team that poses a threat to us in addition to other "good" teams. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS CURRENTLY OVER-RATED OR UNPROVEN DUE TO WEAK SCHEDULES.
What does it all mean???
The only team that has really proven anything with their schedule and who hands down seems like the best team in the NFL right now is the Denver Broncos. The Broncos were obviously favored to win the AFC from day 1, it's impossible to argue otherwise. But the only team to beat them this year??? Yep, our very own Seahawks.
The Broncos may very well go 15-1 if they can get by the their arch rival Patriots and 2 games against the Chargers. All their other games look easy...
So if they really do go 15-1 then the Seahawks are looking pretty dang impressive to give them their only loss right? Not saying that's gonna happen but it's a possibility with how the Broncos are playing right now, they are clearly the best in the NFL and WE BEAT THEM.
As for the NFC... Our biggest priority is obviously to win the NFC West. Both the Arizona Cardinals and 49ers are overrated and haven't proven anything so far this season as I explained above. I still think both teams will most likely finish with 9 wins just like I predicted at the beginning of the season.
The Cardinals still have 6 games they could easily lose (Eagles, Cowboys, Lions, Seahawks, Seahawks, 49ers). Even if they only lost 5 of those they'd finish the season 10-6.
The 49ers still have 4 games they could easily lose, but in my opinion (I think they are really bad) they are liable to drop 6 of them (Rams, Saints, Seahawks, Seahawks, Chargers, Cardinals). Even if they do only lose 4 of those they will still finish 9-7.
AND FINALLY WHAT MATTERS MOST THE SEAHAWKS! If we can get by the Panthers we will be 4-3 with 3 "easy" games to follow (Raiders, Giants, Chiefs).
At that point we'd be 7-3 with the remaining Schedule of Cardinals, 49ers, Eagles, 49ers, Cardinals, Rams.
All we'd have to do to win the NFC West (pretty confident 11-5 would do it) is win 4 of those games which is VERY DOABLE (none of those teams are as good as people think as I explained above).
The most important game of the Season is the Carolina Panthers. Losing to the Rams seems to have been the death blow for many fans here, but in reality if we can beat the Panthers we'll still be in a very realistic position to win the NFC West.
It's VERY unfortunate that we lost to the Rams, that is inexcusable and our Defense and Special Teams should be ashamed of themselves and play the game of their lives next week against the Panthers.
If we lose to the Panthers I'll join y'all in the "Season's Over Doomsday" mindset.
Right now I see a very weak or "soft" NFL landscape ripe for the taking just like last year. If anything the NFL is even weaker than it was last season now that the 49ers are gone who were our only legit threat. While Denver has stepped up to take advantage of how average most teams are, we have fallen off a cliff this year compared to our potential.
It's now or never but I still think we can go 11-5 and win the NFC West if even the slightest shred of the 2013 Seahawk's spirit still lives on. Harvin may have been the cancer in our locker room, but the chemotherapy has prevailed he's gone and it's time for us to get healthy and strong again.
