WHILE ALL THE FOCUS OF THE SEAHAWKS 25-19 LOSS TO THE CHICAGO BEARS WAS PLACED ON KICKER OLINDO MARE THERE WERE MANY OPPORTUNITIES SQUANDERED FOR THE SEAHAWKS TO WIN THE GAME. COACH JIM MORA IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE GAME SEEMED TO BE PLACING PERHAPS TOO MUCH BLAME ON THE SHOULDERS OF MARE, WHO MISSED 2 FIELD GOALS,OF 43 AND 34 YARDS. THERE WERE SOME OTHER BIG MISSES ON BOTH OFFENSE AND DEFENSE THAT WAS JUST AS MUCH TO BLAME FOR THE LOSS. THE DEFENSE COULD NOT HOLD THE BEARS WHEN THEY MOST NEEDED TO AT THE END OF THE GAME, AND INSTEAD OF EVEN KEEPING CHICAGO TO A FIELD GOAL THE HAWKS GAVE UP A TD TO DEVIN HESTER WITH 1:52 REMAINING IN THE GAME TO GIVE THE BEARS THE LEAD.
ON OFFENSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DROPPED PASSES BY ALL RECEIVERS MOST NOTABLY T.J. HOUSHMANZADEH, WHO IS STILL SUFFERING FROM BACK SPASMS. SENECA WALLACE STARTED IN PLACE THE THE INJURED MATT HASSELBECK, CRACKED RIB, AND THREW AN INTERCEPTION FROM HIS OWN END ZONE LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THAT SEEMED TO STEAL MOMENTUM IN FAVOR OF THE BEARS. THE RUNNING GAME WAS AGAIN UN NOTABLE.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE SENECA IS A REALLY GOOD SCRAMBLING QUARTER BACK. WITH THE ALMOST CONSTANT BLITZ OF THE BEARS DEFENSE, SENECA WAS CONTINUALLY FORCED OUT THE POCKET AND WAS ABLE TO BUY TIME AND CONVERT SOME KEY THROWS, WHERE A LESS MOBILE QB ( IE: HASSELBECK) PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN A SACK. BOTH THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE SEEMED TO BE IN A BETTER RHYTHM THAN THEY WERE IN LAST WEEK AGAINST THE 49ERS, AND THAT WAS WITH INJURY TO SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS.
PREVIEW OF SEAHAWKS WEEK 4 VS. COLTS
ITS THE EVER-AUDIBLING QUARTER BACK OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS THAT WILL DICTATE THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME. PEYTON MANNING HAS A KEEN ABILITY TO READ DEFENSE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. HE THROWS WITH TOUCH AND ACCURACY THAT IS UNPARALLELED IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AND IF HE IS ON THE FIELD THE COLTS WILL BE SCORING.
IF THE SEAHAWKS WANT TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF WINNING THIS GAME AGAINST A 3-0 COLTS TEAM THEY WILL HAVE TO KEEP THE COLTS OFFENSE OFF THE FIELD. MEANING, RUNNING THE BALL! THEY WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL EFFECTIVELY AND FOR FIRST DOWNS AND COMPLETE FULL DRIVES WITH SCORES IF THEY EVEN WANT THE GAME TO BE CLOSE. THE SEAHAWKS WILL MOST LIKELY BE MISSING LOFA TATUPU, MLB, AND LEROY HILL, OLB AGAIN THIS WEEK, AND SAFETY JOSH WILSON IS STILL QUESTIONABLE AS WELL. OUR DEFENSE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH HOPE OF STOPPING WHAT I PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO AS "THE SMOOTHEST OPERATING OFFENSE IN THE LEAGUE."
THE SEAHAWKS ONCE AGAIN WILL BE FACING A TEAM MISSING THEIR DEFENSIVE LEADER. THIS WEEK IT IS PERENNIAL PRO BOWLER DWIGHT FREENEY,DE FOR THE COLTS. THUS THIS MAY BE A HIGH SCORING GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS. I'M LOOKING FOR OLINDO MARE TO HAVE A BIG GAME THIS WEEK.
PREDICTIONS:
SEAHAWKS 28 & COLTS 41
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