Hawk Watch: Seahawks suffer another early playoff exit with ugly wild-card loss to Rams

Just like that, the Seahawks’ season is over. A roller-coaster ride filled with so many ups and downs and dramatic twists and turns came to a crashing end as Seattle faceplanted into another early playoff exit. In one of the ugliest and most disappointing postseason losses of the Pete Carroll era, the Seahawks suffered aContinue reading “Hawk Watch: Seahawks suffer another early playoff exit with ugly wild-card loss to Rams”

Hawk Watch: Seahawks rally past 49ers, turn attention to wild-card rematch vs. Rams

The Seahawks entered the final weekend of the regular season with an outside shot at the NFC’s top seed and lone first-round bye. Seattle ended up taking care of its business, rallying for three fourth-quarter touchdowns to erase a 10-point deficit and earn a 26-23 comeback win over the 49ers on Sunday afternoon in Glendale,Continue reading “Hawk Watch: Seahawks rally past 49ers, turn attention to wild-card rematch vs. Rams”

Hawk Watch: Defense proves it’s for real in NFC West-clinching win over Rams

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”

Hawk Watch: Storylines and takeaways as Seahawks’ struggles continue in loss to Rams

One month ago, the Seahawks were riding the high of their first 5-0 start in franchise history. They were the NFC’s only remaining unbeaten team. And they were in firm control of the NFC West. My, how things have changed. Seattle’s midseason slide continued Sunday with a 23-16 divisional loss to the Rams in LosContinue reading “Hawk Watch: Storylines and takeaways as Seahawks’ struggles continue in loss to Rams”