The Seahawks are playing dominant football right now — following up a blowout of Washington on Sunday Night Football last week with a 44-22 blasting of Arizona this week.
This sets up a monster matchup with the also 7-2 Los Angeles Rams in Week 11.
Before we look at that game, let’s look at the best numbers from the big win over Arizona.
Continue reading By the numbers: Hawks put together back-to-back blowouts
As the Seahawks take a week off to rest, self-evaluate and prepare for the final 10 games, they are in great position – both for this season and beyond.
At 5-2, they are one of seven NFC teams with a winning percentage over .700 – and right where we thought they would be, positioned for a second-half run into the playoffs.
By DVOA, they actually are rated the best team in the league – thanks to the top-ranked special teams and the No. 2 defense. Their net point differential (plus-57) is fifth.
The Hawks are blowing away Vegas projections, which had the Hawks finishing with seven or eight wins (a 7.5 over/under). We had predicted at least 11 wins. Well, this team is on a pace for 12. Looking at the rest of the schedule, the Hawks look capable of a 7-3 finish – thus a 12-5 record for the season.
This is clearly a playoff team. The bigger question: What happens once the playoffs arrive? Do the Hawks have what it takes to go all the way?
Let’s look at what they have and what they might need to make a Super Bowl run this year and beyond.
Continue reading The promising future of the Hawks this year and beyond
The first 10 days of Seahawks training camp have been full of a lot of excitement, but also not without their disappointments.
John Schneider received a big extension, Sam Darnold has taken command of the offense, a couple of rookies – Nick Emmanwori and Tory Horton — have really stood out on both sides, and the defense appears to be in midseason form.
The latter is despite the absence of Uchenna Nwosu (PUP) and Ernest Jones IV dealing with the death of his father. The biggest injury loss has been at running back, where Kenny McIntosh suffered an ACL injury.
Continue reading 10 days in, what are the Seahawks doing and saying?Summer is still going strong in Seattle, which means there are more good times to be had before football season starts. But, for the Seahawks and the rest of the NFL, the preparation for football season starts this week.
It’s Year 2 of the Mike Macdonald era – with high expectations after his 10-win rookie season. The Hawks have a playoff-amenable schedule and an odd juxtaposition on offense and defense. The latter unit – a top-five defense — returns entirely intact, with two or three additions on top of that. The offense, meanwhile, is being rebuilt almost from the ground up – with just four definite returning starters (after Noah Fant was released this week) and a completely new staff.
It likely will take a while for the offense to jell. It starts with the line, which thankfully has a very solid left side in Charles Cross and rookie Grey Zabel but also has work to do at center and right guard. In the passing game, Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp need to get synced up. Ideally, Klint Kubiak and his familiar staff can work some magic with the running game early on, to take pressure off Darnold.
The schedule lines up for 11 or 12 wins, by our estimation. That would mean a playoff spot and a shot to do even more.
Continue reading Year 2 of Macdonald era starts — with playoff expectations
The Seahawks are stoked about their 2025 draft and are getting rave reviews from fans and media as well. That’s great, but is this really the transcendent group so many seem to think it is? Will these guys help this team become a Super Bowl contender?
The Seahawks obviously aimed for explosive athletes — they apparently put together the most athletic Day 1-2 draft since 2003. But there is a lot more to playing winning football in the NFL than just being a great athlete.
Continue reading Will this class be as good as the excitement around it portends?John Schneider made the expected move up early in the second round, giving up 52 and 82 to Tennessee to get 35.
The Seahawks drafted South Carolina safety Nick Emmanwori, a first-round-graded guy who figures to fill the Kyle Hamilton role in Mike Macdonald’s defense.
At 50, the Seahawks selected Miami tight end Elijah Arroyo.
At 92, Schneider drafted a QB for just the third time, adding Alabama’s Jalen Milroe.
Continue reading NFL draft Day 2: Schneider makes big move for EmmanworiWe’re just days away from the NFL draft, and the Seahawks and the rest of the teams are finalizing their draft boards.
NFL.com has a new tool called Draft IQ that projects the top eight on the big board for each team, using a combination of pre-draft interest, team needs and draft philosophies.
If they stay at 18, who are the Hawks most likely to pick? Which guys in that top eight might still be there? We used the Draft IQ boards to walk through the first round and see how it might play out.
Continue reading Draft IQ shows how it could play outFor a month now, mock drafters have loved matching the Seahawks with a wide receiver at No. 18 — assuming the team naturally would use its top pick to replace the traded DK Metcalf.
And there is scuttlebutt that the Hawks might indeed be leaning that way. The guy who keeps coming up now is Emeka Egbuka, former Ohio State teammate of Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
But do the Hawks really need to force a receiver pick high in this draft?
Continue reading Draft notes: WR at 18? No O-line until Round 3?
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