Across Enemy Lines - Seattle Seahawks

[pantherj]

It's nothing new for an arrogant Seahawk DB to run his mouth off too much, but in this game Sherman upset the wrong person. 0:49

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrLCDqVU56Y

 

[CLTPanther]

Well all ths poo talking aside, only 15 hours to go till we show the fuggers whats up

[K-Hawk]

You guys have, what?, Five different posters?

 

Will you avoid the blackout?

 

LOL....

 

Meow.

 

[CarolinaPride5]

Sherman will know better than to try and do that poo with Smitty. 

[Jakob]

I've been waiting to argue with this guy but he is yet to say anything to argue... Just accidentally backing up what other panther fans say.

[2plankingpanther]

I was already pumped because its week one, but I just read over on that Seahawks.net forum and holy mother of god I've never seen a group of fans that so quickly and so completely buy in to what the talking heads say. It's kind of a trip. These guys are so cocky over there I hope we smash them so bad that the entire section of southwestern Canada goes on suicide watch.

Yeah lets knock em back to 93',wearing flannel being all mopey listening to Nirvana(good band though)!

[2plankingpanther]

Nah. I was only eleven at the time. I do creak just a little, tho.

 

So you are around my age,10/14/64!

[Pantherman]

Listen I know I ain't the most like guy on this board. But we are officially a few mins from it been game day. It is football season and I'm glad as a Panther fan. I like talking junk to the other team fans as much as the next person. But for just this week, the first week of NFL football. Can we all just get a long. Atleast until after the game on Sunday. :cam1: ^_^

[K-Hawk]

So you are around my age,10/14/64!

 

Yup. About a month later. (But that's probably fake too since I'm lying about being a fan! :)  )

[Mother Grabber]

hey, Ironman...what will the Panthers do to the Seahawks on Sunday?

 

[KendrickPanther]

You guys have, what?, Five different posters?

 

Will you avoid the blackout?

 

LOL....

 

Meow.

 

Well we have you so technically it's 6.

[CLTPanther]

4 more hours bitches!

[ickmule]

You can barely raise your arms above your head for the pain. No batted down passes from him this year, bank on it.

You got that right. I've lived with both of mine jacked up for over 10 years. Easy for your typical civilian to tolerate and function somewhat normally, but not an athlete.

[Hawkscanner]

Good Morning Panthers Fans,

 

As you can see by my handle, I'm a Seahawks fan, but I'm far from one of those obnoxious trolls (that we've unfortunately seemed to have picked up since circa 2005) who's here to troll or just stir up trouble.  I'm a respectable Hawks fan who's covered the Hawks faithfully since my family and I moved to Washington in 1977 -- so, I'm pretty steeped in it and have actually written some Seahawks pieces for places like Yahoo in the past.

 

Anyway, the reason that I popped in here was because I've read some of posts over here this week and there seems to be some confusion regarding the Seahawks and exactly what it is that you might see today.  I tried to pop in here yesterday, but was unable to because the system hadn't processed my account yet.  I tried starting my own thread on this, but since the system won't let me, thought that I'd go ahead and post what I've got to say over here.

 

One thing that I particularly shook my head over was a post by someone over here claiming that Russell Wilson was nothing more than a mere game manager.  I write weekly previews on each of the Seahawks opponents and this week, I decided to dedicate a section of that to Panthers fans who might pop over and happen to read it.  Here is a snippet from that piece (that I've augmented some/added to here) on the Seahawks and their offense ...

 

 

If you Seahawks fans will bear with me a bit, let me take a minute to talk about some aspects of the Hawks and their offense for those Panthers fans who might not be in the know and are reading this.  So, I read a preview on a Panther site this week in which the author contended that QB Russell Wilson (5’11” 206 pounds) was merely a “game manager.”  Nothing could be further from the truth (and shame on those NC State fans among you who ought to know better.)

 

During the first part of last season, Pete Carroll freely admitted that he was keeping things under wraps as far as the offense was concerned, as he didn’t want to overwhelm a rookie QB in Russell Wilson (whose head he figured was already spinning) with the complexities of a full NFL playbook.  So, he dumbed things down a bit, simplifying the offense and not giving him the full reigns. That changed really following the Panther (and especially) the Patriot games.  After Carroll removed the training wheels, the Seahawks offense really became to take off, so much so that by season’s end it was downright scary.

 

Through the Seahawks first 5 games (so including the Carolina Game), Russell Wilson’s QB Rating was 78.5833. (he completed 63.2% of his passes)

 

From Week 6 (the Patriots Game) on through the end of the season … Russell Wilson had a QB Rating of 111.5827. (he completed 64.55% of his passes)

 

So, it’s not at all hyperbole to say that the Seahawks are a vastly different offense now than the squad that faced this Panthers team in Week 5 last year. 

 

Over their final 8 weeks of last season, the Seahawks offense averaged 34 points per game … and the team went 7-1 down the stretch. 

 

The Seattle Offense could be called a veritable junk drawer.  The basis of the offense is the West Coast Offense … but as last season progressed, fans saw the Zone Read Option some (they really only utilized it about 10% of the time last year) … the Pistol Formation (developed at Nevada and used by Colin Kaepernick there) … halfback passes, flea-flickers, and all manner of interesting formations.  Unlike Mike Holmgren who ran the purest form of the West Coast Offense and focused more on out-executing people, it’s become abundantly clear that Pete Carroll and his staff will use/incorporate anything that they believe will give them a tactical advantage.  He gets almost giddy when talking about these surprise plays and has said that he loves making opposing coordinators think.  Additionally, Carroll and his staff are among the very best I’ve ever seen in:

 

1. Identifying a team’s weaknesses and coming up with an effective plan to exploit them.

 

1. Identifying what an opposing team is doing and in making in game adjustments to compensate.

 

By Carroll’s design, the Seahawk Offense is a RUN FIRST offense.  The two bedrock foundations of a Carroll system are the running game and playing hard-nosed tough in-your-face defense.  Seattle ran the ball more than any team in the NFL last season (536 times) simply put because Pete Carroll believes that’s what championship teams do. 

 

Here is how the play calling broke down for the Seahawks last year...

 

The Seahawks ...

ran the ball 536 times (57%)

passed the ball 405 times (43%)

 

And those passes that they choose to throw are often completions on mid-range to deep patterns.  The Seahawks offense is a bit of a big strike passing attack, as they averaged 12.5 yards/reception (Carolina, I know was #1 at 13.8 yards/reception.) 

 

 

Anyway, I'd love a little quid pro quo if you guys don't mind here.  Feel free to ask whatever questions you like regarding the Hawks and their offense or defense.  I'll try to answer them as best as I can given the time I have.

 

Here are a couple of general overall questions that I have at the moment for you Panthers fans ...

 

1) It's my understanding that Ron Rivera was looking at going away from the Zone Read Option and installing a more traditional running attack.  From what you can tell, has that happened?

 

2) What are your overall thoughts on Amini Silatolu and Mike Mitchell most likely being out for this game and on their replacements?