I feel like I keep getting taken in by this team. They do just enough to give me hope, and then they tear it away from me again. You’d think we would know better as Seahawks fans.

Here are the Facts:
1. This is only year 1 of a rebuilding process. This is the year that the Seahawks do the best with what they have. A bunch of patchwork players, a few rookies with great potential, and a couple of aging veterans with a little left in the tank. Is it all that much different than Holmgren’s first year when the Hawks made the playoffs only to get bounced by Miami at home in the first round?

2. If the Hawks can secure a home playoff game, this year will be a success. Regardless of how bad the NFC West is, winning it is still a big enough deal to get a playoff game. I wouldn’t look too much farther than that right now.

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I just got off the elevator with a minimum of 8 Kansas City Chiefs. 8 of them, and me and my friend.

I jumped the line hoping to be the last guy to get into the elevator. I was, and then … [visit site to read more]

Carlson has had only 2 games with at least 5 catches. In fact he only has 25 receptions so far and a meager 254 total yard. The most troubling stat is 1 touchdown. That touchdown needs a friend just like John Carlson does right now.

I have to be careful because I do like the guy, and keeping up with Williams, Butler, and Obomanu can be tough, but as of the last few years, he really has been about average at best. I associate him with more drops than the occasional big play.

He’s not the go-to-guy you’d like him to be, but you still like having him on the team. I wanted John Carlson to be a leader, but he is not. He’s a great guy and a tight-end who still has to live up to his potential. Can he get there by the end of this season? I hope so for his sake. Pete Carroll has shown that he’s not afraid to replace a guy who is better than what he’s got, and there are a lot of tight ends better than Carlson out there. … [visit site to read more]

It is appropriate this holiday weekend to acknowledge those things that we should be thankful for. On that note, as a Seahawks fan, I am thankful for the following:

I am thankful that the Denver Broncos tanked in the second half … [visit site to read more]

Besides being the day in which I will be coming out of my ill-advised (by Mrs. Prognosticator who has the over/under of embarrassing New Year’s moments for Mr. Prognosticator at eight) two-days of rest, January 2^nd is week 17 for the NFL, and also the Rams/Seahawks final game of the season.

A quick look at the ESPN Power Rankings shows why week 17 could be the entire season for the NFC West (Seahawks 21 Rams 22). We all know that there will be no wildcard out of the NFC West this year. So, we are stuck with looking at the remaining season schedules for two teams (I don’t care how much is written by the 49er faithful about Troy Smith. Troy Smith is NOT going to save this awful 49ers team. How in the world does Singletary still have his job? Oh yeah…the stare…the eyes). The Seahawks and the Rams (do we need to mention the Cardinals? No. We don’t).

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Look at this crazy group of knuckleheads from section 211.

Another Guest Editorial by Joe Okabe.

Despite the loss to the New Orleans Saints, Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll has to be pleased. The Seahawks have a one game lead in the division with six games left to play. When the 2010 schedule first came out, the first thing I noticed was that Seattle would play four of their final six games at Qwest Field. It’s time to take advantage of that situation.

Everyone is aware that the Seahawks are not a good road team. Yet their two wins on the road this season are more than the rest of the NFC West teams COMBINED! Arizona has only one road victory, while San Francisco and St. Louis have yet to win away from home. (I’m not counting the 49ers’ victory over the Broncos in London, even if San Francisco weren’t the “home team” in that game.)

Seattle owns the tiebreaker over Arizona due to their season sweep. The Cardinals aren’t mathematically eliminated, but they realistically have to win out to have a chance to make the playoffs, since they now must total more wins than the Seahawks to be eligible. (I don’t think I’m going out on a limb by saying that neither Wild Card team will come from the NFC West.) … [visit site to read more]

Hasselbeck quieted his critics for the second week in a row throwing for more than 360 yards with a qb rating of 104.9. Mike Williams looked great until suffering an injury. Williams still finished with 6 catches totaling over a hundred yards. Obomanu continued to impress collecting 87 yards and 1 td. Obomanu made a great leaping catch that demonstrates just how truly far this seventh round draft choice has come.

Unfortunately absent was the running game… again. Marshawn Lynch looked to come on strong early, but fell victim to 2 dropped passes, one of which may have been big, and worst of all 2 fumbles. This was hard to take. Especially when one capped a 9 play drive.

The Defense was hard to take. The Saints went 11-15 on 3rd down. Most of which seemed like they were right up the middle. It should be noted that Trufant went down early with a head injury. His replacement W. Thurmond III got burned more times than there are guys he’s been named after. Although, sometimes Thurmond has been known to make really amazing plays, you are first defined by the number of mistakes you make. Nobody notices the great plays until you eliminate the bad ones. … [visit site to read more]

One weekend the Hawks protect Hasselbeck like the Secret Service, and on another afternoon in Oakland they looked like the paper a high school team runs through as they … [visit site to read more]