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Seattle 21-10
Dunno? First game of the season...
Hawks looked sharper in the preseason than any team I viewed...by a LOT!
The game in Denver really didn't mean a thing. I mean... most fans believe that none of the preseason exhibitions matter but in this new age of Pete Carroll's tenure my take on the significance has changed significantly.
For some reason not yet fully explained by Carroll he left not 18...but 19 presumed starters in Seattle for the exhibition in Denver. That's more than half of the first stringers. Denver played just about all of their number ones. Still even with the scrubs and wannabees the Hawks just about scored more and gave up less than Denver. So...seriously the outcome was less than nothing to the Hawks. The fact that the media reported it like it mattered was hilarious.
Fast forward to the second game with the Chargers both teams played their #1's for most of the first half. Clearly Carroll and the SD coaches wanted to see something in the starters even if it was bound to be a bit ragged. But that's not what happened. Seattle came out sharp and precise.
Then in last week's game Chicago clearly was trying to win the exhibition and for the Hawks it was more of the same. Blistering offense. It the last 4 qtrs of first string football in those two games the Hawks put up around 70 pts to less than ten from the other guys.
Russell Wilson's QB rating average was around 130. That's crazy good for preseason.
I don't see the game with Green Bay as the Hawk's opener. They have clearly already worked out any bugs they might have needed to work on before they took the stage for the last two exhibitions.
Having watched Green Bay ...it was a different story. They still had plenty to get better when their number one's left the field on Friday.
If GB doesn't step it up they will be blown out on September 4th.
THIS year the Hawks will be more than ready to take GB apart piece by piece play by play.
This game will embarrass the Packers.
Seattle somewhere near 50
GB no more than 10
Broncos for the Super Bowl. ( so I hear )
seeing how weak the AFC is and how the cheatriots lost yesterday which is no surprise since they are a horrible road team,I wouldnt be surprised if it was another rematch of last years superbowl with the same results no doubt.lol