Sunday’s pivotal NFC West showdown against the Rams was a measuring-stick game for the Seahawks’ surging defense. Seattle had turned a corner defensively over the last five weeks or so, but that improvement had mostly coincided with a stretch of bad opposing offenses. So even as the Seahawks rattled off a string of strong defensiveContinue reading “Hawk Watch: Defense proves it’s for real in NFC West-clinching win over Rams”
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Hawk Watch: Defense rises to occasion, Russ rebounds, and more from the Seahawks’ pivotal win over Arizona
In many ways, last Thursday night’s showdown against the Cardinals felt like a season-defining type of game for the Seahawks. Seattle was reeling, having suffered back-to-back losses and three defeats in its last four games. The embattled defense was just 10 days removed from a debacle in Buffalo that was among the worst defensive showingsContinue reading “Hawk Watch: Defense rises to occasion, Russ rebounds, and more from the Seahawks’ pivotal win over Arizona”
50 stats — good and bad — that sum up the 5-0 Seahawks
For the first time in franchise history, the Seahawks are off to a 5-0 start. From Russell Wilson’s season-opening tear to the defensive struggles — and everything in between — here are 50 stats that place what’s transpired into context and help set the stage for what lies ahead: LATE-GAME DRAMA The Seahawks are 15-3Continue reading “50 stats — good and bad — that sum up the 5-0 Seahawks”
Hawk Watch: Storylines and takeaways after Seahawks reach 5-0 with yet another dramatic win
For the first time in franchise history, the Seahawks are 5-0. And my, what a crazy journey it’s been. There was the goal-line stop of Cam Newton as time expired in Week 2, which continued the trend of Seahawks-Patriots games being decided at the 1-yard line. There was the wild win over the Cowboys inContinue reading “Hawk Watch: Storylines and takeaways after Seahawks reach 5-0 with yet another dramatic win”