Comments on: A few interesting NFL notes

By: Dukeshire

Dukeshire — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:56:40 +0000

Spencer is listed with a back injury, he’s questionable for tomorrow. Wrotto may somehow find his way in there, if there is shuffling on the line. That should make BobbyK happy.

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By: OutSydeDog

OutSydeDog — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:23:20 +0000

Duke, agreed. Outsyde ~ of the 9′ers, that means we had no sacks on 3rd down against Buffalo, Giants, Cards, and sheesh…the Rams.

Go Seahawks!!!

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By: Dukeshire

Dukeshire — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:55:20 +0000

25% sound okay on the surface but the 49ers are so bad at protecting the qb, it seems skewed. Again, for me, take those two games away and it’s pretty bad.

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By: OutSydeDog

OutSydeDog — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:40:38 +0000

Thanks Duke 25% on third down was more than I thought.

Go Hawks!!!

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By: Dukeshire

Dukeshire — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:16:58 +0000

You asked about 3rd down sacks, you got it. (I didn’t spend much time on this, so it’s brief) Of the Seahawks 24 sacks, 6 have come on third down. 4 of those have come against the 49ers alone. Eliminate the 49ers and the 13 sacks they racked up on them, the ‘Hawks sack totals are a dismal compared to recent years. Of the other 2 sacks on third down, 1 caused a fumble vs the Packers and the other was a fumble overturned by replay vs Miami.

I noticed a couple other interesting things on third down. The Giants weren’t forced into a third down situation until the second quarter. The Seahawks have also given up two touchdowns on 3rd and 21. (Bills and Rams) Anyway, there you go.

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By: BobbyK

BobbyK — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:46:47 +0000

They took Dorsey.

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By: jibo1

jibo1 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:45:05 +0000

Oh no,we could not have Jared Allen.He can’t even come to the state of washington,or to the city of seattle.I heard someplace he drinks.Mr Ruskell wouldn’t let him into the state,or the city of seattle.
Didn’t KC draft Dorsey from LSU,or was it (can’t think of his name) the DT from USC?

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By: BobbyK

BobbyK — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:44:59 +0000

Duke – you do get bored. I appreciate the info though.

On a side note, part of the reason they can be so bad at getting to the QB is that their run defense is bad (as I already stated in an earlier post — but there’s more).

BUT perhaps there’s a lot of play action that the Chiefs defense must respect since they suck so bad against the run.

That would automatically put their pass rushers in a “stop the run first” mode.

Then the opposition receivers are more open since the Chiefs need to stop the run an honor that first.

Which means the QB needs less time to throw to its receivers.

Either way – their pass rush sucks. Doesn’t really make too much sense to trade a young pass rushing DE away when you’ve got 6 sacks through over half the season. AND he is/was the best pass rushing DE in the NFL. I can’t think of any DE in the NFL I’d rather have for the ‘Hawks than Jared Allen.

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By: BobbyK

BobbyK — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:44:18 +0000

OutSydeDog – Exactly! I thought that too!

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By: oceanic

oceanic — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:52:19 +0000

If anyone wants to know why Hass is completing just half of his passes watch the replays and count how many passes bounce of the receivers hands.

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