Seattle Times: "This is going to be one hellaciously tough matchup against the Carolina Panthers."

[panthers55]

The best part of beating Seattle on Saturday is imagining all the smug Seattle fans crying in their coffee. Likely will cut their bandwagon in half as folks jump off. I doubt anyone of them posting here will return to eat some well deserved crow.

[Lumps]

i think we get blown out and im sad about it

You already got blown out week 16

Suck it Falcons fan

[Chief_Chokeaho]

 

 

He needs to hook up with Russell Wilson to finish his personal growth after the Hawks and the 12's open his eyes to the benefits of a first class Professional Football Operation.

 

 

 

[SCP]

"Russell Wilson and the 12's"? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Wilson Is A God]

The best part of beating Seattle on Saturday is imagining all the smug Seattle fans crying in their coffee. Likely will cut their bandwagon in half as folks jump off. I doubt anyone of them posting here will return to eat some well deserved crow.

 

Will you be so welcoming if the game doesn't go as well for you as you now imagine?  

[Mol3m4n]

Wilson dumped that skank last Spring.  Word is that she was banging Golden Tate behind Russell's back.  The dumb biatch got the boot and apparently NO moolah in the divorce.  

 

Russell Wilson makes the smart play  AGAIN!

 

I swear that Keyshawn Johnson is gonna appear at your house. C'mon man.....

[Chief_Chokeaho]

Will you be so welcoming if the game doesn't go as well for you as you now imagine?

As long as the Panthers leave it all on the field and their best wasn't enough I will be fine.

[O-Ther]

Will you be so welcoming if the game doesn't go as well for you as you now imagine?  

 

We aren't like 49er fans if that's what you mean. We deserve some benefit of the doubt there, since we are being decent enough hosts to you.

[Wilson Is A God]

We aren't like 49er fans if that's what you mean. We deserve some benefit of the doubt there, since we are being decent enough hosts to you.

 

True That!  

 

I appreciate the good football talk and all.

 

So far so good.

 

Some admin was talkin crazy about alternate accounts and some nonsense but you regular posters are top notch !!!

[SammyPapaki]

There is no amount of information available to make a determination of how a playoff game will pan out.

Stats and records don't mean anything in a one game season, as a Seahawks fan I know this better than anyone after taking out the Saints in 2010.

I understand the confidence from both sets of fans, both Seattle and Carolina ended the season strong on win streaks, both teams needed every one of those games to get where they needed to be in the playoffs. Seattle fans are confident that the Hawks can win because the team has been very tough to beat for several years now. They have proven time after time that they can win big games, under pressure, regardless of the score.

There appears to be the notion that the fans don't know the Panthers, this may be true of some but there are plenty of Seahawks fans that know you Carolina. We know about the insertion of youthful players and the excitement it brings to see them develop.

For Seahawks fans, it really isn't what we know about Carolina, it is what we know about the Seahawks. It isn't anything personal, the fans have seen this team rise to the occasion when we had doubts. The team has earned our confidence over a long period of time.

Ultimately what we know means zero, it is what the team knows and how they prepare for this game. Seattle fans expect a win on Saturday, but it doesn't come from blind homerism. That said, I totally get why Panther fans have that same confidence. They are in the playoffs, where there are no bad teams.

I expect a well fought game on Saturday, if Carolina were to leave Seattle with a victory it would not be surprising, but they will have certainly earned it if they do. In the end, it won't matter what anyone thinks will happen.

[gettlemanjack]

interesting comment on a Seahawk forum:

"I never feel uneasy about any game. Not with this team [who started off 6-4 but went 6-0 down the stretch]. The fact is that they are likely to beat anyone they play, but if they don't it won't be for a,lack of effort.

I don't worry about them losing because it happens so infrequently since Wilson took over the QB job [Wilson in SEA this season: 6 TD, 6 INT...4 TD, 1 INT in 1st two in SEA, then 2 TD, 5 INT in last six in SEA]. It may not look perfect at times, but these guys get the job done whether it is a blowout or a tight game.

There isn't a single Xs and Os concern from Carolina. This team doesn't have to do anything special to win this game, they only need to do what they know. Carolina is capable of making big plays, but they are not capable of stringing enough of them together to get a win against this team in an elimination game on national TV during Prime Time in Seattle.

I expect that the intensity will be at levels we haven't seen all season. Those games in Carolina were worst case scenario games for Seattle and they still won."

[gettlemanjack]

Sports Illustrated, Doug Farrar on the SEA OL:

Jan 6, 2015

"It could be said that the Seahawks won the Super Bowl last season in spite of their offensive line, not because of it, and that's been just as true this season. ... Overall, it's a decent run-blocking line with some unique challenges given Seattle's schematic constraints, but in a general sense, this line hurts more than it helps. Rookie right tackle Justin Britt has allowed 49 total pressures this season, second-most among any lineman on the remaining playoff teams."

[SammyPapaki]

It's true, the Hawks do seem to play at a different level in prime time at home. I don't know if it really matters in this game, but without looking I can't remember the last time the Hawks lost a home prime time game under Carroll. In fact it seems like they usually have blowouts. I don't think they have had a playoff game in prime time.

[d-dave]

I've been thinking about this since we won this weekend.  This is a game that no amount of speculation, no number of stats, or any prior records matter.  This will be decided by the teams this weekend.

 

Honestly, they are very evenly matched.  Both very good defenses.  Both like to run the ball, and are among the league's best.  Both have dynamic play makers for QBs.  In a way, they almost mirror images of each other.

 

This is game is going to be decided by want and grit.  I'm glad the Panthers are HUGE underdogs.  The national media is setting them up for the draft already.  Seattle is the team with the pressure on them.  While they have risen to the occasion many times, they still have the pressure.  Carolina is going to come out and play like it's the last game of the year.

 

Seattle better bring it because I have a feeling this Panthers team is going to throw everything out there.  The Panthers could still very easily lose because this will be a close game, but it won't be because of a lack of effort or heart.  

 

If we see a total of 30 points scored between both teams this weekend, I'll be really surprised.  Now watch it be a 44-42 game or something like that....