Seahawks Sunday

Here we are again to root on our lovely though frustrating at times team the Seattle Seahawks. They play on Sunday night football tonight against the Philadelphia Eagles at Century link Field.

The Eagles are favored in this game having the best record in the NFL at 10-1. This is one of the rate times since Pete Carroll has been the coach of the Seahawks that they are not favored in this game at home. The Seahawks are 7-4 going into this game behind the Los Angeles by one who has a record of 8-3. The Rams will be taking on the Cardinals in Arizona and we will all know the outcome of the game before the Seahawks play this evening.

It is real important that the Seahawks win this game to keep not only contention for their spot in the NFC west division but for the playoffs as well. The history has shown that the Seahawks don’t do well when they have to go on the road in the playoffs and if they want to play in the Super Bowl.

The other day I heard Brock and Salk on 710 ESPN speaking about Russell Wilson being one of the favorites to win the MVP of the league. I am sorry at this point I would not consider him a MVP candidate. He has made up about 84 percent of the Seahawks and done a bang up job in the fourth quarter of the games they have won but unless the Seahawks win out and go to the Super Bowl there is no way I would consider Wilson for MVP.  Outside of the dramatic fashion winning in the fourth quarter the Seahawks offense has been horrible in the first half most of the games. In fact it has been a while since they scored in their first possession of the game. Just because he has thrown his magic wand and came up favorable in the seven games they have won doesn’t qualify him for MVP in mind anyway. The Seahawks have been a better second half of the season team since Wilson has come aboard so anything is possible and if they come out on top in the playoffs than I would say yes Wilson for MVP however right now I can’t say that at all. Did I just repeat myself oh well if I did.

The Seahawks will need the running game to come out in the beginning of this game and hopefully can score early. We all know that the running game has been awful so far this season except when Wilson scrambles. The combination of the offensive line and the running backs has made it that way. Now that he has been here a few weeks we hope that left tackle Duane Brown can help out the running game and that one of the running backs like Eddie Lacy can step forward. Speaking of running backs what has happened with Thomas Rawls. Is it the injuries that have kept him from realizing what he did two years ago for the Seahawks? It  sounds like the Seahawks will need to go out and get some other running backs during the off-season. Mike Davis who was on the practice squad and looked like he did a good job a couple weeks ago or so will be activated once again; we hope that he might be the answer for the Seahawks.

It looks like Chris Carson the seventh round pick of the Seahawks this last year who was playing the best ball from the running back position before getting hurt might be back in the next week or two. It would be nice to see if he recovers enough to do a good job for the remaining of the season.

In other local sports let’s congratulate the Seattle Sounders going back to the MLS championship and seeing if they can win two straight years. They take on Toronto who they beat last year and the best to the Sounders and to their faithful fans.

In baseball this week the Mariners didn’t tender contracts to either Drew Smyly or Shae Simmons. Both of them are now considered free agents. Smyly was hurt during last spring training and had to have surgery. He wasn’t expected back to play until the second half of the upcoming season at the earliest so not a surprise there. Simmons on the other hand was hurt most of the year however did pitch a little in September however the Mariners I am sure feel that he might not be ready to go either or at least no plans to be part of the bullpen. The Mariners have thirty-five players on their forty man roster right now so leaves room for free agents and trades. This coming week the winter meetings happen in Los Angeles. The Mariners are putting in all the stops to go after Japanese pitcher and player Ohtani. If you are a Mariner fan I am sure you know the Mariners interest in getting this young player. We do hope that he does decide come to Seattle. What the odds is right now it is hard to say. What other moves the Mariners make before spring training will depend on whether they are successful in signing Ohtani or not. Let’s go M’s on this one.