Will easy stretch pass shorthanded Hawks by?

September 22, 2023 cc Leave a comment

The Seahawks are starting a stretch of very winnable games – if only they weren’t in even worse shape than some of these upcoming opponents.

Other than a pick-six and correct call on a coin flip (the main reasons they are not 0-2), pretty much everything has gone wrong for the Hawks so far.

Their defense is one of the very worst in the league, their running game is still stumbling along and their roster is torn up with injuries that give little confidence that they will turn around their weaknesses any time soon.

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Will the defense hold the Hawks back again this year?

September 10, 2023 cc Leave a comment

We usually are more bullish on the Seahawks than most.

Examples: In 2018, many picked them to struggle (as few as four wins) after the Legion of Boom was dismantled, but we projected 11 wins and they finished with 10. Last year, as Vegas put the O/U at 5.5 wins, we predicted eight– and they finished 9-8 and made the playoffs for the 10^th time in Pete Carroll’s 13 years.

This year, we are not as high on the Hawks as many seem to be. Some think they will win as many as 12 games, but those people have a lot more faith in the defense than we do.

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