It was great fun watching Sir Peyton of Manning come forth in his mighty castle at Denver only to run smack into the New 2012 Seattle Seahawks. My Hawks managed a win of 30-10 and they did it with 3 quarterbacks, none of which was Tarvaris Jackson.
This was sad to me. He deserved a chance to get on the field with this team. He was at the helm last year as they were learning. He took a lot of very painful hits while they were learning and played almost an entire year with a partially torn pectoral muscle. During the broadcast season, I heard more than one sportscaster say that they didn’t know how he could play with that much pain. This is Tarvaris, T-Jack.
I understand that Pete has the Quarterbacks he wants to use from now on, and I know they are planning to trade him or just release him, but it seems only fair for them to show how good he can be. The sportscasters seem unified in their opinion that they are keeping him off the field to prevent him being accidentally injured which would totally devalue him as a trade. But I still think it is a cruel way to treat him. I would make a pitiful manager, I can see.
For the 2nd time in a row, Matt Flynn, #15, got to start the game and play the first half. He made several excellent passes, many of them to T.O., that were either off-target or dropped. It appeared that TO was not running the routes that Matt expected, and the final one would have been a touchdown. It appeared to hit TO right in the chest, and it just went right through his hands. He made another really excellent very l-o-n-g pass that sailed over the head of one of the tall receivers—in the end zone. Matt must have felt incredibly frustrated.
When Russell Wilson, #3, came in, the game seemed to speed up. While Matt had successfully escaped a sack or two with his legs, he didn’t run as much or as far as Wilson. I like the way Matt handles his huddles. He squats or half-way kneels down so the guys can all see him clearly. He throws a beautiful tight spiral pass, too. But I have to admit that watching Russell is more fun, in a way. It just seems like a faster game.
The ironic thing is that most of the guys who made the great runs and caught the best passes tonight are guys who are going to get cut because they are too small or are 3rd or 4th best at the position they play, and Pete is facing a huge cut in numbers of men he can carry on the full time roster. Warren Moon was one of the broadcasters tonight, and he commented on all of the scouts who were in attendance, checking out the players they want to steal from us after we release them. I am feeling that same regret. I don’t want to lose them.
Our first choice guy this year wears #51. He is a very slender and speedy End who is great at rushing the passer. I saw one play tonight where the very thing happened that the sportscasters on NFL network said would happen. The other team knew about his speed, and they had put a very heavy guy opposite him. The camera was right on them as the big guy was just standing up and stopping Bruce like an annoying child. But then, in a later play, I saw him come toward the ball from the right and he sped in and hit the ball carrier who was running on the opposite side of the field. He may be slender, but man, he is FAST. This is Bruce Irvin, #51.
Number 24 is Marshawn Lynch. When he runs, he runs as if his life depended on it, and he says he is in “beast” mode. He was picked up for erratic driving this summer in California, and at present the League has not assessed his penalty, so he was able to play tonight. He runs a little like a Sherman Tank! This is Marshawn.
In this year’s draft, we picked another guy who is built like Marshawn and runs like him. I think they plan to use him if/when Marshawn is hurt and/or to give Marshawn a break. He went to a small school and was not highly ranked by the experts, so many were surprised that we got Robert Turbin. His team mates call him The Turbinator.
We also chose another guy from the same school. He is a defenseman. In fact he will be playing in Lofa Tatupu’s position and it is his responsibility to see to it that the defensive line players are in the right formation prior to the start of the play. That means that when they are at home, he has to communicate over all the noise that the 12th man puts out to create false starts on the Offense. This is Bobby Wagner,
One new guy I am happy to see come aboard is the son of one of my very favorite players from the seventies when the San Diego Chargers had Dan Fouts (from the U of O) as their QB. His name was Kellen Winslow, and he was a Wide Receiver. I rememeber the play-off game in Miami where they beat the Dolphins with Griese as the QB and Larry Czonka (sp?) was one of the main men. I have forgotten all the rest, but not how good that game was. It is still the most memorable game in my lifetime! The kid we got looks a lot like his dad in build and he is coming to us after suffering serious problems with his knee or knees. He doesn’t take part in the practices in full, but only in the plays he is involved in. This is Kellen Winslow, Jr.
There are many more players I want to record in this blog, but the one I love most is a little guy, at least on this team. We have many, many men who are well over six feet, and this little dude is shorter than six feet. He is very soft-spoken but when he is on the field, he just FLIES around. Where ever you find the ball, Earl is somewhere near. This is number 29, Earl Thomas from Texas! He just intercepted a pass.
Now I am going to see if this will post to my blog spot site. Wish me luck! Goooooooooooo SEAHAWKS!!
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