The Seattle offense didn't play the third string QB of the Cards. They played one of the best defenses in the NFL. Peterson believes he is the best corner in the NFL. He had his hands on Lynch right on the sideline halfway on the 80 plus TD run and Lynch flicked him off like a mosquito. Contrarily Sherman wraped up the Cards top RB several times with textbook tackles twice for losses. The LOB slapped around Fitzgerald and the Cards RBs like a little red headed stepchilds. Cardinals ran for 29 yards. The refs gave AZ more yards on phoney interference calls than they earned with completions. They called 11 penalties on the Hawks to only 2 on AZ. AZ gained less than 200 yards and was awarded around 100 against Seattle plus over 100 on the PI calls.
Dude thats because the cards defense was on the field all night long because of so many three and outs.the greatest defense in the world is going to get tired when it has to stay on the field all day long. Look back at my post on my prediction of the game on your cards/seahawks thread.
You'll see that i said it would be close in the first half because of the cards defense.But then in the second halfd because of so many three and outs having a third string quarterback,the defense would be on the field all day long and get tired and thats when the hawks would pull away and blow them out. was it close in the first half? yes.
Look what happend in the FIRST game when they had a reliable quarterback dude as their backup,.much closer game.hardly impressive.
Not true...Seattle had the ball only 6 minutes longer than AZ so it wasn't all night. Arizona also got 17 first downs so it wasn't three and out that often, but the Cards did punt 9 times.
I under stand that Arizona will start Thomas against the 49ers next Sunday.
i take it back what i said,i thought about this later and I STILL dont see what the announcers are so impressed with on the seahawks offense. Did the seahawks control the clock in the first half and be on the field most the time? no. it wasnt till late in the game they were able to score touchdowns and take the lead and it was a close game at 14-3 at half time just like i said it would be.
the touchdowns they had in the second half when they started to pull away from the cards came late in the game.the long run by wilson,the long run by Lynch,and the long pass to willson,all happened very quickly,they did not eat up and control the clock when they scored those touchdowns,thats why the cards were not on the field all night long was because the seahawks were able to score so quickly on them and that of course is because the cards had so many three and outs that they got too tired to cover people which is why they could not tackler Lynch,Wilson or could not cover willson since they were so tired as i knew they would from so many three and outs.
as i said,had carson palmer not been hurt and was healthy and they blew them out in the FIRST half and it was over by halftime like it was with the donkeys last year?okay THEN i would say I can see why the announcers are impressed with their offense but since it came against a third string quarterback and it wasnt till the second half when the pulled away,i still remain unimpressed with that offense.