I hope we kick the crap out of Seattle

[dogunwo]

We need to be worried about Atlanta or NYG in the playoffs. We will smash every other team.

 

[_sturt_]

There's a whole half a season to go... almost certainly we're still about 4 weeks if not 6 from really understanding who is for real and who's not. For that matter, we still have some things to prove. They're not giving us a playoff slot just b/c we tore it up during the first half. There are injuries still to occur, too, and that makes a huge difference every season in who ends up in the big show.

 

[Blackspider214]

Their defense looked very soft last night. Now I know they were missing Bennett and Chancellor which are 2 of their best defenders, if not the 2 best but still. Buffalo moved up and down the field on them with ease.

 

[plymkr]

I can't really fault Sherman on that. He was offsides yes, but a smart football player doesn't stop just because they were offsides. The officials didn't stop the play. And Sherman went after the ball not the kicker. I don't see how that is roughing the kicker anymore than being offsides on a normal play and still going and tackling the QB so he doesn't launch the ball to the endzone on a free play (ala Rodgers).

The rules are pretty silly that the injured player would have to miss a play when the other team commits a penalty, but Sherman played it like he should have (beyond jumping offsides). The officials further bungled it with their not resetting the playclock.

I agree with everything you said, but the part about him going for the ball. I laughed when Sherman said he was just going for the ball. I've watched a ton of football games in my life and have seen about a million FGs and extra points. In every one of those when a player is trying to block the kick he sticks his arms out to knock the ball down. Sherman didn't stick stick his hands out and showed no effort to block the kick. He led with his helmet and shoulder right at the kicker's knee. Even the angle that he came into the kicker on makes it impossible to block the kick and he didn't even pretend to extend his arms or his hands to block the ball. From my perspective he looked like he had a free shot at the kicker and took it. he knew he was offsides and he could have let up and not injured the guy. But since he didn't hear a whistle he led with his shoulder and head right into the guy's leg. I agree he played it right by football standards but by moral standards that was dirty.

 

[Scotman]

Who roughs up a place kicker? Really Seattle? What's Sherman going to do next? Try and take out one of the cheerleaders knees. That'll impress everyone. LOB lowering themselves to taking cheap shots at PK now.

He'd have all of north Texas coming after him if he went after our PK.

 

[_sturt_]

It's America's team... he'd have some northwest Washington state fans coming after him, for that matter.

 

[Doomsay]

I agree with everything you said, but the part about him going for the ball. I laughed when Sherman said he was just going for the ball. I've watched a ton of football games in my life and have seen about a million FGs and extra points. In every one of those when a player is trying to block the kick he sticks his arms out to knock the ball down. Sherman didn't stick stick his hands out and showed no effort to block the kick. He led with his helmet and shoulder right at the kicker's knee. Even the angle that he came into the kicker on makes it impossible to block the kick and he didn't even pretend to extend his arms or his hands to block the ball. From my perspective he looked like he had a free shot at the kicker and took it. he knew he was offsides and he could have let up and not injured the guy. But since he didn't hear a whistle he led with his shoulder and head right into the guy's leg. I agree he played it right by football standards but by moral standards that was dirty.

It was garden variety roughing - there was nothing "incidental" about his contact with the kicker and the play was clearly dead by his own off sides. That * * * gets away with tons of contact penalties, why should this be any different?

 

[Kevinicus]

I agree with everything you said, but the part about him going for the ball. I laughed when Sherman said he was just going for the ball. I've watched a ton of football games in my life and have seen about a million FGs and extra points. In every one of those when a player is trying to block the kick he sticks his arms out to knock the ball down. Sherman didn't stick stick his hands out and showed no effort to block the kick. He led with his helmet and shoulder right at the kicker's knee. Even the angle that he came into the kicker on makes it impossible to block the kick and he didn't even pretend to extend his arms or his hands to block the ball. From my perspective he looked like he had a free shot at the kicker and took it. he knew he was offsides and he could have let up and not injured the guy. But since he didn't hear a whistle he led with his shoulder and head right into the guy's leg. I agree he played it right by football standards but by moral standards that was dirty.

Actually, if you watch the replay he did go for the ball. He went to stick his arms up, but realized how close he was and went very low reaching his hand at the ball.

 

[ctrous25]

you guys and SB thoughts,,
not even going there yet,,
heads on Pitt this weekend, in their house.

Get better day by day, I like Jason G approach

 

[Kevinicus]

2:24 clearly shows Sherman's hand reaching out and on the ball while it is in the holder's hand and Carpenter is just starting his leg swing (As does the still image).

 

[jimmy40]

It's not the angle you take if you're trying to block the kick. Plain and simple. I've never seen someone launch himself over top of the placement and into the kicker's knees/thighs. That's just indefensible, imo.

I also thought that Graham's TD should have received a lot closer scrutiny than it evidently did. I'm not saying there was enough to overturn the call, but there may have been... if you could synchronize the opposite camera views side-by-side and raise the brightness and contrast to see what's going on underneath him with the ball, I thought there was just a moment there where the nose of the ball was certainly scraping the ground. I think he got away with one myself.

its exactly the angle you'd take if you have to reach back to block the kick because you over ran it. Refs should have blown it dead, they didn't. What was he supposed to do, run on by and let him kick it?

 

[jimmy40]

I agree with everything you said, but the part about him going for the ball. I laughed when Sherman said he was just going for the ball. I've watched a ton of football games in my life and have seen about a million FGs and extra points. In every one of those when a player is trying to block the kick he sticks his arms out to knock the ball down. Sherman didn't stick stick his hands out and showed no effort to block the kick. He led with his helmet and shoulder right at the kicker's knee. Even the angle that he came into the kicker on makes it impossible to block the kick and he didn't even pretend to extend his arms or his hands to block the ball. From my perspective he looked like he had a free shot at the kicker and took it. he knew he was offsides and he could have let up and not injured the guy. But since he didn't hear a whistle he led with his shoulder and head right into the guy's leg. I agree he played it right by football standards but by moral standards that was dirty.

why would he stick his arms out to block a kick that he knows isn't going to be where it would normally be?

 

[Beast_from_East]

Seattle getting some home cooking by the refs last night.............wow

I thought only Dallas got raped by the refs

 

[guag]

Seattle getting some home cooking by the refs last night.............wow

I thought only Dallas got raped by the refs

Isn't Seattle the least penalized defense in the league too? I think they're really onto something with the whole "commit holding/interference on every play and dare the officials to call it every time" thing.

 

[rwill784]

All I know, the way it's going Sherman will have a big penalty against us that won't be called.

Dude is getting away with a lot this year.

Yeah I said this to a friend earlier. Seems like refs are looking out for them this year. But they kinda have been for a while now if you look it up.

 

[plymkr]

Im thinking Superbowl/Draft bruh.

Me too, I'm already thinking about who we're going to draft at #32

 

[plymkr]

The Patriots are going to destroy the Seahawks Sunday night. And I'm going to witness it first hand.

Cool. You're going to the game? That's awesome. Have fun

 

[plymkr]

why would he stick his arms out to block a kick that he knows isn't going to be where it would normally be?

Well because ...shut up, that why. I'm just playing. You're right. Looking at the different angle and replay that ChildsPlay put up (thanks for putting that up BTW), I see that he was going for the ball so I stand corrected. Watching it live and from the other angle it looked more malicious than it was.

I think I saw it live and on other replays from the other angle it looked bad and with his non-nonchalant attitude about a fellow player getting hurt rubbed me the wrong way and I jumped to a bad conclusion. So props to ChildsPlay to posting the better shot and you explaining it.

But, but I still want Zeke and the fellas to a lay beating on them in the playoffs. My view on that hasn't at all. It's a special season guys.

We Dem Boyz!!!!!!!!

 

[DTown214]

Gonna have to wait til the NFC championship game for that. It's gonna be lit.