Saturday night at AT&T Stadium the Seattle Seahawks and the Dallas Cowboys faced off for the second time during the 2018
season
Cheap Will Dissly Jersey , however, this time around the stakes were much higher. When these two teams went head to head in Week 3 they entered the game a
combined 1-3, after having combined to go 0-8 in the preseason. This time around
The Hawks entered having won six of seven, while Dallas came in having won seven
of their last eight. We all watched the game, so I won’t beat around the bush in
making the point that this time around the Seattle offense simply could not do
enough to defeat the Cowboys, and thus the offseason has arrived for Pete
Carroll’s squad. There were defensive failures, special teams issues and, as
always, multiple places to point the finger regarding why the team lost,
however, it was the struggles of the offense that garnered the most attention.
The offense managed just 299 yards of offense in the game, with 75 of those
yards coming on a drive that started with the team down two scores with just
over two minutes remaining. So, what happened to the Seattle offense? What led
to the complete collapse of the running game in the most important game of the
season? To start with
Cheap Earl Thomas III Jersey , both of the guards played through injury. Right guard D.J. Fluker played in spite of a hamstring that caused him to
missthree of the team’s final four games, and left guard J.R. Sweezy played
through a broken bone in his foot. However, it’s likely that wasn’t all that led
to the putrid offensive performance Saturday evening. As noted, this was the
second time these two teams played this season, so the Cowboys coaching staff
was familiar with the Seahawks offense and its pre-snap reads. As I’ve worked to
show through the season, including in Week 11 against the Green Bay Packers and
Week 12 when they went up against the Carolina Panthers, the Seahawks offense is
far from complicated. Specifically, there appear to be specific reads that the
team uses on offense in order to execute its strategy of a ball-control,
physical offense. Unfortunately for Seattle fans, the reads don’t seem to be too
difficult to discern. Over the final four games of the regular season the
Seattle offense struggled, even as the team managed to work its way to a 3-1
record in those games. It’s the Week 15 loss to the San Francisco 49ers that
shows what could be a troubling trend that continued in Dallas Saturday. In
short, the Seahawks have had trouble beating teams when they played for a second
time this year. With the Wild Card game now in the books, the Seahawks finished
the year having played four teams twice. Those four teams were the Cowboys and
three divisional rivals from the NFC West
Sebastian Janikowski Jersey , the 49ers, the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams. Now, it could certainly simply be a coincidence or it could be a
sign of something bigger, but here’s how things shook out during each of the two
matchups when Seattle faced off with these teams. Opponents Seahawks played
twice in 2018OpponentGame 1Game 2OpponentGame 1Game 2Now, obviously a sample
size of four is not enough to base an opinion on, but let me put it another way.
Here is the list of teams the Seahawks defeated when they played a second time
during 2018:Arizona CardinalsThat’s it. That’s the end of the list. The only
team that the Hawks could beat the second time around was the team so bad that
they finished the season 3-13, fired their head coach and hold the first pick in
the draft this year. And even in defeating the worst team in the NFL while
playing at home in the regular season finale, it took a game ending field goal
from Sebastian Janikowski to secure that victory. So, hopefully it’s just an
anomaly and not an indication of things to come, but at this point it’s
impossible to rule out the idea that the reason the Hawks have trouble beating
an opponent a second time around is because the offense is shockingly
uncomplicated and highly predictable. No one had more influence on professional
sports in the Pacific Northwest than Paul Allen.But though he was the owner of
the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and partial
owner of Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders, Allen usually shied away from
the spotlight sought by others in his same position. As an owner, he didn't have
the same visibility as the Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban nor was he an
omnipresent figure on the sidelines like the Cowboys' Jerry Jones.Allen would
leave the locker rooms before cameras arrived, shuffling down hallways and out a
side door to avoid taking attention from those he believed deserved it.The
65-year-old Allen died Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma
Barkevious Mingo Jersey , according to his company, Vulcan Inc. His death leaves a big void in the sports landscape in the upper left corner of the United
States, and questions are likely soon to follow about the future of the Seahawks
and Blazers.He was a revered figure in Seattle for his entrepreneurship,
philanthropy and for keeping the Seahawks from moving to Southern California in
the mid-1990s. In Oregon, he was the billionaire who bought the Trail Blazers at
age 35 and grew them into a small-market powerhouse with a pair of NBA Finals
appearances while keeping them rooted in Portland.He was also part of arguably
the most successful expansion franchise launch in pro sports history with the
arrival of the Sounders in 2009."He was a visionary second to none who changed
the world but also changed this city which he loved," said Tod Leiweke, who was
chief executive of the Seahawks in the 2000s. "He left as big an impact on
Seattle as any person on any city. His legacy here in Seattle will be felt
forever."Allen's passion was basketball, leading to his purchase of the Blazers
in 1988. Within a few years, the team was playing in the NBA Finals with Allen
regularly sitting baseline to watch his team on the floor.But it was the NFL
where Allen got the most attention, first for saving his hometown team from
relocation and later as the team developed into one of the league's elite
franchises. Then-owner Ken Behring was set to move the Seahawks in 1996. Moving
trucks had cleared out the team's facility and players did offseason workouts in
Southern California until the league threatened hefty fines against Behring and
lawsuits halted the attempted relocation. Allen then purchased an option to buy
the franchise and he became full owner once voters approved the construction of
what is now CenturyLink Field.After Allen became the owner, the Seahawks had 12
playoff appearances, three NFC titles and the only Super Bowl victory in team
history. The team had made the playoffs only four times and had reached a single
conference title game before him. Amid the success, Allen's most public moments
came when he raised Seattle's "12 Flag" before each of the NFC title games the
team hosted."His passion for the game
Cheap 12th Fan Jersey , combined with his quiet determination, led to a model organization on and off the field," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
said.Allen saw the Seahawks reach the Super Bowl for the first time in the 2005
season when they lost to Pittsburgh. Eight years later, he finally raised the
championship trophy after Seattle's 43-8 thumping of Denver to conclude the 2013
season, and that night he performed at the celebration party at the team's
hotel.When Seattle celebrated its title in February 2014 inside CenturyLink
Field, the normally reserved Allen took a moment to address the crowd. He spoke
for less than four minutes, but his words carried weight for the fans."I can't
say how proud I am that the Seahawks are able to bring the Vince Lombardi trophy
home to Seattle," Allen said that day. "Now we are all Super Bowl champions,
each and every one of us."
