RENTON — Ever since the Seahawks dropped to a dismal 1-3 record a couple of weeks ago, they’ve been pinning their hopes on this bye week being a physical, emotional and psychological bridge to brighter outcomes in the final 10 weeks of the season.
When there was still time to salvage something of the game, Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, sensing the urgency, dropped back to pass on a third down.
RENTON – Players don’t last long in the NFL if they don’t go hard and play with a great deal of energy.
RENTON – Jim Mora hadn’t coached a win in 28 days. It had to feel like a month of Sundays.
If somebody had told Seahawks fans on Sunday morning that Seneca Wallace would enter the day’s game against Jacksonville to replace starter Matt Hasselbeck, they would have groaned – certain that Hasselbeck had been injured again.
So, why does an Oct. 11 game against a 2-2 Jacksonville team seem like such an important referendum on the future of the Seattle Seahawks of 2009 ... and perhaps seasons beyond?
RENTON – This is not exactly a professional medical assessment, but Matt Hasselbeck looked a little creaky as he ran around during Seattle Seahawks’ practice Wednesday.
Given the diversity of postgame entertainment options these days, the phrase has fallen into disuse, but football coaches once praised remarkable effort from certain players by saying: “He didn’t leave anything for the dance.”
After losing a “winnable” home game at home against Chicago, and now having to face a very “losable” game today at Indianapolis, Seahawks coach Jim Mora was asked whether a coach can allow himself to consider the grim possibility of starting the season with a 1-3 record.
RENTON – It’s difficult for a man as intelligent as Lawrence Jackson to play dumb.
RENTON – To be honest, after Seahawks coach Jim Mora finished his postgame debriefing Sunday, a number of us in the media volleyed a question: Do you remember a coach around here skewering a player as specifically as Mora did placekicker Olindo Mare?
Back in the early days of alternate-jersey use, quarterback Rick Mirer tossed a throwback uniform into the laundry bin following a loss and told the equipment man: “Burn those.”
In the process that is an NFL season, teams sometimes develop their identities in increments.
By the time Donald Butler showed up to deal with the media on Monday afternoon, he’d been wearing the same smile for nearly 48 hours. Of course, he hadn’t had much call to use it for most of the past three seasons, so it had been well-rested.
Sure, the winner of today’s Seahawks at 49ers game reaps many tangible benefits.
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