Marasim, Tebow is a blowhard. That’s why people don’t like him. Curry and Forsett both have strong faith and constantly tweet about it, but they don’t mention it and try to cram it down the publics’ throats EVERY INTERVIEW. Save the proselytizing for events not directly related to your football team. And you’re pretty ignorant if you think that it would be okay for him to talk about being gay every interview. Please name me ONE male that has been openly gay in an American team sport while they were still playing.

Soggy, obviously the couldn’t hit water from a boat comment was an exaggeration, but the due cannot even complete 50 % of his passes. Are you going to tell me that isn’t historically TERRIBLE???????

Good counter arguments.

I hope your predictons are closer to the truth than my “reality check”. I don’t mean to rain on the parade, but sometimes I have to stop myself from viewing everything Seahawk related thru rose-tinted lenses.

I’m excited about the season ahead, but then again I reckon 90% of all fans are excited about their team’s chances regardless of what has happened. It’s in our nature as fans to look at our team in the best possible light…. at least until reality slaps us in the face with a wet towel.

Hope springs eternal when you are 0-0….

What a realist! How dare you speak about the realist views that all to well could happen? Logically explain our season to a probably 8 and 8 scenario?

This is Christmas eve time in Hawksville, and we are going to go 16-0 with no problem.

We are going to beat AZ 38-10 (This I actually believe)
Our Defense hasn’t shown any preseason looks that will actually happen like special blitz and stunting packages.

RW is the real deal and his height will NOT be an issue, and he was a 3rd round pick only because other GM’s are stupid.

Our O-line will open freeway lanes for Beast and Nator

KWII, Baldwin, Rice, Edwards, Miller… If that isn’t a rediculous recieving crew I don’t know who’s is better?!

Top 3 Defense…

Did I mention RW ?

This team is better overall than the 2005 team. In 05, we faced what was supposed to be an insurmountable schedule too. Just because we face some teams that USED to be tough, doesn’t mean they are STILL tough. We will CRUSH these other teams

Right now, TODAY, this team is better than anyone else, and to believe that is my right as a native Seattlite, My right, as well as my duty as a 100% lifelong Hawk fan. There is no other possibility.

I like your doom-and-gloom reality check. Mostly because I like to see someone overcome the urge to cheer in a vacuum. But let’s look at a few of these…

1. We have a third-round rookie QB starting. there will still be LOTS of mistakes.
(I’ll give you that one, even though we are in better shape at QB than anytime since Matt got injured in 2008.)


2. our back-up QB is almost entirely unproven
(Flynn is ‘lightly tested’, and likely the best #2 in the NFL.)

3. Our OL still has a very patched-up look and feel to it.
(Our O line has a SYSTEM feel to it. When a guy goes down, Cable plugs in the next guy and the line doesn’t miss a beat. This is a proven scheme coached by the best in football and IT WORKS. Every O lineman has bought-in and looks ready.)


4. Potential suspension of Marshawn Lynch.
(Can’t happen until 2013)


5. Sidney Rice has to stay healthy otherwise we are relying on Doug Baldwin repeating the performance of his rookie year.
(Agreed. We are depending on those two things and more, including Golden Tate developing route and release skills and Edwards regaining his once-high potential. This is the team’s weak unit.)


6. Can Bevell develop a gameplan to get Zach Miller and Winslow involved more often?
(Bevell calls the plays, but Cable built this offense and the TE opportunities are predicated on the O line schemes and execution, and this is working. Wilson will be difficult to blitz since he’s so quick and mobile, which means TEs need not stay in to block often. Kellen Winslow has never failed to produce throughout his career.)


7. Pass-rush. Still missing in action as far as I’m concerned.
(Interior pass rush is the biggest upgrade on the D this year. Jones is the biggest addition, and Irvin only need help bother blockers while Jones and Clem get to the QB. Also Wagner and Toomer are the fastest LBs we’ve had in years and will be threats to blitz.

8. Linebacker: a rookie starting in the middle. Can Wagner play as well as Lofa did in his first season?
(Before joining the Seahawks, Lofa has 25 college starts and 202 tackles. Wagner started over 40 games and had 445 tackles. To improve on last year, Wagner simply needs to be as good at hawthorne, and Wagner is much faster.)

9. Secondary: we have some real nice talent back there but I’m not entirely convinced about Browner and Kam.
(For real? Both Kam and BB support the defensive scheme perfectly. Neither need be an all-pro, just do their jobs and the D works. Bonus -both are huge impact playmakers.)

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not all doom-and-gloom,
(yeah, I think maybe you are.)

I reckon the ‘hawks are an 8-8 team this season,
(I reckon they were very nearly 9-7 last year, but the we lost the final two games by 2 and 3 points when the 2nd and 3rd string WRs let the team down, and we lost to Cleveland in the Whiteworst Debacle 3-6. In other words, 2 more TDs and 1 FG and this would have been a 10 win team last year. Now, we are much stronger and deeper and healthier. Take heart.)