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I can honestly say that any shut out in the NFL is hard earned. Chicago hadn't been shut out in over ten years.
The Hawks first half Offensive production is still abysmal. I was encouraged that we took care of the ball in this game. Rawls has improved his running style.
Lynch basically took himself out of the game which was the smartest call anyone made on offense. He hasn't been getting anywhere near his normal production so far this season. He has always had nagging injuries but his timing and judging where the holes are developing seems to be lacking thus far. It could be that this season the pain he endures or the specific nature of his ailments are effecting him mentally. Fortunately this rookie Rawls has stepped up even if it has taken him three games to start running like a professional. Kudos(I hate that word) to Schneider and Carroll for getting rid of Michaels and Turbin and starting to prepare this new kid for the job of taking the pressure off of Lynch. It has been a very long time since someone in a Seahawks uniform besides Marshawn has run for over 100 yards in one game.
Jimmy showed some better glimpses of what he is capable of with his 7 catches for 87 yards and a TD.
Kearse came up big several times this afternoon as did Baldwin.
The Defense still looked disjointed at times , especially in the first half allowing Da Bears several 3rd down conversions that should have been shut down. Tackling in the first half was worrisome. I don't think having Chancellor in on this game really improved the Defense's effort. It will probably improve but today it seemed he was more in the way than not on several occasions. Overall tackling has improved over the first two games as Forte and their other backs were pretty much shut down in the second half.
Our backs and receivers had trouble catching some VERY catchable passes on several occasions. Even the usually sure handed Lynch juggled one pass for several steps before gaining control of the ball before going out of bounds for a big 3rd down(I believe) gain.
6-0 in the first half spoke for it's self and the 20-0 second half was a welcome outcome.
Watching Detroit this evening gives one plenty of hope we will be 2-2 after the next game. With the improvement shown today and the expectation that a similar dialing in and metamorphosis should occur next week the Hawks ARE shaping up to once again to becoming a very formidable opponent.
We did improve in several areas such as Bennett's off sides penalties that helped keep the Rams and the Packers drives alive when previously they were very costly. Just without those brainless screw ups the Hawks could easily be 3-0.
Now about my "honesty"....
The Hawks first half Offensive production is still abysmal. I was encouraged that we took care of the ball in this game. Rawls has improved his running style.
Lynch basically took himself out of the game which was the smartest call anyone made on offense. He hasn't been getting anywhere near his normal production so far this season. He has always had nagging injuries but his timing and judging where the holes are developing seems to be lacking thus far. It could be that this season the pain he endures or the specific nature of his ailments are effecting him mentally. Fortunately this rookie Rawls has stepped up even if it has taken him three games to start running like a professional. Kudos(I hate that word) to Schneider and Carroll for getting rid of Michaels and Turbin and starting to prepare this new kid for the job of taking the pressure off of Lynch. It has been a very long time since someone in a Seahawks uniform besides Marshawn has run for over 100 yards in one game.
Jimmy showed some better glimpses of what he is capable of with his 7 catches for 87 yards and a TD.
Kearse came up big several times this afternoon as did Baldwin.
The Defense still looked disjointed at times , especially in the first half allowing Da Bears several 3rd down conversions that should have been shut down. Tackling in the first half was worrisome. I don't think having Chancellor in on this game really improved the Defense's effort. It will probably improve but today it seemed he was more in the way than not on several occasions. Overall tackling has improved over the first two games as Forte and their other backs were pretty much shut down in the second half.
Our backs and receivers had trouble catching some VERY catchable passes on several occasions. Even the usually sure handed Lynch juggled one pass for several steps before gaining control of the ball before going out of bounds for a big 3rd down(I believe) gain.
6-0 in the first half spoke for it's self and the 20-0 second half was a welcome outcome.
Watching Detroit this evening gives one plenty of hope we will be 2-2 after the next game. With the improvement shown today and the expectation that a similar dialing in and metamorphosis should occur next week the Hawks ARE shaping up to once again to becoming a very formidable opponent.
We did improve in several areas such as Bennett's off sides penalties that helped keep the Rams and the Packers drives alive when previously they were very costly. Just without those brainless screw ups the Hawks could easily be 3-0.
Now about my "honesty"....
