Well the guys are supposedly as healthy as they have been all off season, everyone should be ready to go, and hopefully will be be rarin to go against Detroit this morning....I am hoping the Superbowl curse can and will be beaten this season. Lets GO SEAHAWKS!

Just be careful about dem Ford Field referees Tom....

A rather ugly somewhat uninspired win today, but a w nonetheless, and I will take it. Lions defense played really, really well.

My friend couldn't believe the baseball-esque score. I had to reassure him that the score reflected quite a hideous offensive showing by both teams. But, as local sportscasters have noted, this is how they started last year with that ugly disjointed loss in Jacksonville.

I see the Hawks improving by leaps-and-bounds against Arizona next week. If San Francisco's anemic offense can post 27 against Arizona, imagine what Hasselbeck, Alexander and Burleson/DJack are capable of (as they've displayed against the Cardinals the past few seasons).

Give Detroit credit, too, though; their new coach knows great defenses after spending the last few seasons under Jon Gruden and Monty Kiffin. I see Detroit surprising a lot of people, even if they don't make the playoffs. Perhaps I'm a little biased, having been a Hawks fan about 10 years now, but I've always felt Jon Kitna to be one of the most underrated QBs in the league. He certainly deserves to start.

Branch is on his way to Seattle and New England gets one of the 2 1st rounders they want for him.

Well thank goodness Seattle gets a bye week, and a week to work on many areas of problems that were so exposed during the thrashing at the hands of the Bears, Sunday. To a man, they all sounded like this was a learning experience, and something they were very eager to put behind them, in comments in my paper. Lets hope so!

What is this "paper" you speak of?

Too bad I had to work all day Sunday so I was unable to drink off the remnants of that disgusting loss. In every facet of that game they were pulverized. Hasselbeck didn't look Pro-bowl calibre at all; running game was pitiful, and I don't care HOW good that Chicago defense is, the points they scored off turnovers was appalling.

Thank goodness for a bye week, but then it's off to St. Louis where that team is quick-establishing themselves as a force to reckon with. I doubt they'll give a Seattle a run this year, but they're certainly doing better than I thought they were capable of doing. Plus, the addition of Jim Haslett as defensive coordinator is brilliant (I felt it was awful for New Orleans to get rid of him; he'll write a book on the experience, though).

Regardless, Holmgren better make them prove that this was a fluke loss to a very talented team. Luckily their schedule isn't too difficult (although I'm already dreading their trip to Denver near the end of the season), so hope is still alive...just a little shaky at the moment.

Jepson, the paper I spoke of is the Spokesman-Review.

Shaun Alexander even though his foot is recovering nicely will still not play on Sunday against the Rams....:-(

Eh, I'm not too surprised by that. Holmgren has never been one to let his players play hurt; he's more logical than that. I do believe, however, that he won't tolerate two consecutive losses by his NFC Champion team, even if the rival is 4-1 and the game is being played on their turf.

The slaying at the hands of the Bears should be a scab come Sunday and I expect a fine showing by our Hawks. The St. Louis defense has seemed surprisingly good this season, although Detroit did put up like 31 points against them in the Dome a few games back.

Regardless, I feel the coaches will have Seattle ready and they'll emerge victorious, maybe 28-24.

Really looking forward to this game this morning on Fox. It seems like an eternity!!! since our last Hawks game. The guys SHOULD be ready. Time to take care of business!

I think the Seahawks will take the Rams easily even without Alexander and Engram. The Rams defense is horrible and as long as our defense shows up we will be fine.

I would not want to be in the Hawks dressing room at the half. Maybe a good tongue lashing is what they need though as they don't look like a confident team who has had a bye week. The defense does not look good. The injuries are showing big time.

There's the problem, the D hasn't shown up since the 4th Q of the Vagies game, Seattle has been outscored 85-13 since then

This is a bad football team, I didn't think they were all that good last year. Shows what happens when you actually play a decent schedule.

Guess the Shams may have been lucky after all .... Seattle's stormed back up 24-21 now and in Shams territory again

phew, now I don't have to listen to the Shams fans. Brown's 54 yarder wins it

That was possibly the most bizarre, unbelieveable Seahawks comeback win I think I have ever seen. Two completely different halves to this football game. The first half all Rams, and the second half all Seahawks. But a "W", and we will take it!!!

I loved the comments from one of the Hawks about the little halftime chat they were given in yesterdays game. He said " I will keep it PG. We were told to, um, play better."

According to reports out of Seahawks camp, it appears it will be at least two more weeks now before Alexander is cleared to play. Holgren says they don't want to rush his return for fear of reinjury.

Exactly as I posted before: Holmgren doesn't play injured players. He believes in all the players on his roster and even though Morris didn't have a spectacular day against St. Louis, he's healthy and playing which is all Holmgren cares about.
What a win, though. I worked all Sunday so coming home and seeing the highlights was awesome. Now it's time for Minnesota, a team I believe is completely overrated. I've heard so much about them and have seen various highlights, but I don't see what the attention is for. Hopefully I haven't jhinxed anything, but I believe Seattle will handle them easily.
I still can't think of Minnesota in Seattle without remembering that incredible game Alexander had against them a few years back with five rushing TD's.

That's what I admire about Holmgren. he will not rush an injured player back no matter how good he is. I'd rather Alexander heal 100% than come back too soon and be hurt at the end of the season. We can win without him as we did against the Rams. We would have lost to Chicago with or without him. Morris is a decent Back and Jeremy Stevens is back this week thank goodness. With Jackson and Branch healthy and having good seasons we wil beat the Vikings.

Looking forward to some home cooking, and the 12th man from Qwest.

Looks like Hasselbeck can be expected to be out from 2-4 weeks based on what knowledge we already know about the knee with the mri coming today. 2006 so far has definitely been the season of the injury.

Perhaps a nice meal out and a few more than 12 men were required yesterday.

Hmm.. this sounds familiar, a season of injury following a Superbowl loss, sounds like the SI jinx to me.

Well Hasselbeck has a second degree sprain of the knee, and will likely miss 3 games. He said other than the knee he is feeling pretty good. Just will miss playing, obviously. Said he has confidence in Seneca Wallace, backup quarterback. He has his work cut out for him, as the Hawks do not exactly have a winning record playing at Arrowhead Stadium, whom their next opponent is. I know I would feel alot better about Wallace if he were to be a bit more, well alot more, scrambly in my opinion. He needs to be able to run around more!

The Seattle Seahawks have a big game vs KC tomorrow. I wish we weren't so banged up.

Yeah, and the Hawks record in Arrowhead is not good. I would feel alot better if Wallace was more of a scrambler, which he didn't do when he was called upon during the loss to the Vikes. I think he is going to have to. If we can survive this week, we should get Alexander back for next week, and maybe the week after that, Hasselbeck.

Somebody forgot to tell the Hawks defense they had a game in KC today.... But at least Wallace did some scrambling....

Well it looks like its going to be yet one more week for Alexanders foot to heal, so he will NOT be in the game against the Raiders, but should be ready for the game after that.

This team is definitely searching for its identity amidst their plethora of major injuries. The strength of the team that enabled them to reach the Super Bowl last year, their defense, has given up 28+ points the past FIVE games. That is emBARRassing. What happened? The personnel on defense is nearly identical to last year's. Nothing frustrates me more than a bad defense; as in baseball, a slugfest is not as comforting as a pitcher's duel. Watching two football teams blast one another offensively just isn't impressive, even in a win. A defense is much more reliable than an offense, in my opinion.

So where is Seattle's???

Josh Brown for Presdient is all I have to say after the Hawks beat the Rams again.

So when is it time to panic? Yes, the offense hasn't had the opportunity to gel because of injuries to key players. However, depth is important (not as much as in basketball, but still) and the depth the Seahawks have isn't all-too-convincing (Morris is a horrible rusher and Wallace has been unreliable, though understandably). Again, yes, SF has proven a difficult place for opposing teams to play this year, but yesterday's loss was ugly. While watching Gore tear off that huge chunk of rushing yards after the Hawks scored their first TD, then Holmgren's angry reaction, I shook my head and thought, "Teams that can't stop the run don't win games."

On the Mike Holmgren Show later last night, he admitted, "we dug ourselves too big of a hole." They cannot continue to do that. It's that simple. At 6-5 right now, the division still seems quite attainable for the Hawks to win, but what happens after that? True, the entire NFC is a mess currently, but is it enough to get to the playoffs anymore? I don't believe it is. And I'm not even comparing this season's results to last season's. As is, this season has been tremendously underwhelming, even considering the injuries. This team has entirely too much talent to be sitting at 6-5 with the third easiest schedule in the league.

And although I'm not panicking yet, I am also not too hopeful for the near future.

After that pathetic underestimation of an opponent type game, the Hawks have NO BUSINESS even thinking about anything other than playing a good game against their next opponent, and nothing else! They stunk, and the 49'ers played inspired football. My hats off to them. They showed up, Seattle didn't.

Huh?

The Seahawks have a disturbing trend of giving up the big plays on Third and long this year. Gore is a good runner. I wanted him as my running back for my Fantasy team but someone else snagged him first. But 212 yards? Are you freakin' kidding me?

Even with all the turnovers, I really thought the Hawks were going to pull this one out at 21-20. I didn't agree with the 4th & 1 call. I mean, everyone in that stadium knew that Alexander was goign to touch the ball. Why not give it to Mack Strong instead? Alexander wasn't very effective so why give it to him on a 4th & 1 play?

And the run call with 37 or so seconds left...what the hell was that? Throw the damn ball downfield.

I expect them to win big this week against the Packers. If they can get Tobek, Locklear and Engram back soon, they could be the team that you don't want to face in the playoffs. Jepson, I'm with you. I'm not panicking yet, I'm just.....maintaining. Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Let's face it. Every good team throughout their season has a dismal, surprising loss and for the seahawks it was against San Fran.

I expect us to beat the Packers soundly and with Hasselbeck and Alexander back at full speed the rest of the season should be fine. I am hoping we get that #2 seed spot though. That is huge to have a bye week in the playoffs.

Well right now, SEA, CAR, and NYG are all tied at 6-4 for the #2 slot in the NFC, which still could be a good spot, given the Bears proclivity in the last 5 years to biff at home in divisionals.

Nice win by the Seahawks but how weird did it look with snow on the ground in Seattle? It looked more like the game was in Green Bay. First time ever for a snow game in Seattle.

Alexander. Run baby, run. Matt looked rusty, but the second half was much better than the first half. Luckily, they were playing Green Bay. It could have been a lot worse. Also, it didn't help that Stevens dropped three passes and a couple of others also dropped passes. Concentrate, Jerremy, concentrate. If this guy doesn't drop passes, he would be a valuable weapon because he seems to always find in getting open.

Burleson rocked on returns last night. He pretty much set-up te Seahwaks in excellent field position in all of his returns.

It will be nice to see Hasselbeck & Branch hook up on more passes, but they really haven't had that many games together. By the end of the season, I bet we see more Hasselbeck to Branch touchdowns. If Bobby Engram can return soon, watch out for the offense.

The game in Denver is crucial for the Seahawks. I feel they need this game in order to stay in the hunt for the #2 seed. After the Broncos, they visit Arizona, a rematch at home with the Niners, then a home game against the Chargers and finish the season on the road at Tampa Bay. They need to go 4-1. If they go 3-2, they won't get the #2 seed.

With Alexander back, their running game returns and the defense won't have to be on the field as long. It still bugs me that the defense still can't finish off plays. Way too many missed/poor tackles. Wrap the guy up for Chrissakes. And they also give up too many third and long conversion plays. What. the. Fawk?. I thought this problem would be fixd by now, but apparently, it's still a problem and that concerns me. Maybe now that the Seahawks have the running attack back and Hasselbeck back, the defense won't have feel like that it's up to them to keep the games close. With the offense back, perhaps it will loosen them up a little and not make them play so tight. Tackle boys, tackle.

I feel a lot better about the team, but a win next week will make me feel even better!

I was watching a hockey game, and when I switched over to the game I would have sworn it was being played in Green Bay myself. Pretty unreal. Nice win. Not pretty, but a nice win indeed.

So at 8-4 with a 3-game lead in the atrocious NFC West, looks like the Hawks can coast through the remainder of the season (they can clinch this weekend with a win over Arizona combined with an SF loss). BUT, teams aren't validated with regular season performances. I'm worried about their chances in the playoffs. Seattle sports teams have long been known for fading out in the playoffs, if and when they get there (Mariners, despite a record-tying most wins in 2001, can't get past the AL Championship series; Sonics, under George Karl, consistently made the playoffs yet never won the main prize. And don't use the Jordan-led Bulls as an excuse for that).

So what will the Seahawks do and what are their chances?

Otherwise, I expect a competitive game in Arizona; Hasselbeck admitted this week that the Cardinals always give them trouble down in the desert. And as of yet, the first-string offense has yet to gel.

But still, I expect a 21-17 Hawks win. Go Hawks!

Thats true about the Cardinal, esp. down there. It won't be easy. I am waiting for Hasselbeck and the Hawks to get their rythim back. They just still don't look completely in sync. They are finding ways to win, which is good, but lets see how the next 4 games play out......... I will be optimistic about their chances. If we get home field, really good.

Maybe the sloppiest game the Hawks have played all year. I lost count of dropped balls, and fumbles. Good Lord. They are gonna have to step it up considerably between now and the playoffs. Arizona played inspired, Seattle, did NOT!

Ugh, I have a feeling it will NOT get better this year! Even when the Chargers come to town, they'll most likely be playing their second-string team (much like the Colts did last year; and I went to that game expecting starpower and got nothin!), so that won't be a measuring stick for the Hawks.

At this rate, they'll open the playoffs against one of the "better" NFC teams. Who knows how this season is going to end...but I feel it will be sooner than later.

Its time for the Hawks to show they want it, and they want it bad, beginning TONITE

What can you say. The Niners showed up, and the Hawks did not. This team in my opinion has just not recovered from all of their injuries earlier. They are not in sync, and I am not too optimistic about the remiander of the season needless to say.

For God's sake, I hope the game today does not get ugly, or become a total lop sided blowout. I have my fears though. Lots of talking all week long from the Hawks. Its time to put that talk into action today guys......fingers and toes are crossed......

Finally, the Hawks play a pretty decent game, except they lose 2 more key players to injuries against the Bucs, but Seattle gets Dallas on Saturday. Should be something. Go Hawks!

Talk about laying an EGG yesterday. Good Lord..if I am the Hawks defense I would sue the offense for total NON-SUPPORT!!! That was just plain horrible....Seattle got their butts kicked and licked. Not even ready for this re-match. They said in comments I read this morning, the heat just wilted the defense which was just totally wore down and out bu the 3 rd quarter. Time to come home and totally re-group!

I am a huge Steelers fan and I dont mean to rub it in.

However, you should have known you were toast when they had a makeshift sunscreen being held on the defense on the sidelines. That was pretty darn wimpy.

Also, Holgrem threw in towel replacing Hasselback with so early in the fourth.

But I still think you are better than Green Bay and just behind Dallas.

Good Luck the rest of the season.