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”
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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 hold on to beat Washington
In typical Seahawks fashion, they sure didn’t make things easy on themselves. But once again, Seattle came up with a last-minute defensive stand to escape with a nailbiting victory. The Seahawks built a 17-point lead and then fended off a fourth-quarter comeback by the Washington Football Team, using back-to-back sacks in the closing moments toContinue reading “Hawk Watch: Storylines and takeaways as Seahawks hold on to beat Washington”
Hawk Watch: 5 key questions for the Seahawks as they enter the final stretch
In recent years, the Seahawks have had a bad habit of playing down to inferior opponents. It happened just last week, when Seattle suffered a humiliating home loss to journeyman backup quarterback Colt McCoy and the Giants. The Seahawks made sure it didn’t happen again Sunday. Seattle took care of business and stomped the winlessContinue reading “Hawk Watch: 5 key questions for the Seahawks as they enter the final stretch”
Hawk Watch: What happened to the offense? Seahawks left searching for answers after Giant debacle
This four-game stretch against teams with losing records was a golden opportunity for the Seahawks to rack up victories and keep pressure on New Orleans and Green Bay in the race for the NFC’s top seed. Instead, it produced one of the most humiliating defeats in recent franchise history. Seattle fell flat on its faceContinue reading “Hawk Watch: What happened to the offense? Seahawks left searching for answers after Giant debacle”
Hawk Watch: DK dominates, surging defense shines, and more from Seahawks’ win over Eagles
It wasn’t the flashiest of wins, but the Seahawks took care of business Monday night in Philadelphia. Behind another dominant night from DK Metcalf and a shutdown performance from its surging defense and suddenly imposing pass rush, Seattle stomped the hapless Eagles for a 23-17 victory that wasn’t quite as close as the final scoreContinue reading “Hawk Watch: DK dominates, surging defense shines, and more from Seahawks’ win over Eagles”
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”
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”
Hawk Watch: Seahawks’ defense left searching for answers after demoralizing loss
Heading into Sunday’s game at Buffalo, there were reasons for optimism surrounding the Seahawks’ much-maligned defense. Seattle was coming off its best defensive performance of the season, having shut down San Francisco for three quarters in a dominant win the week prior. Star safety Jamal Adams was returning after missing four games with an injury.Continue reading “Hawk Watch: Seahawks’ defense left searching for answers after demoralizing loss”