Seahawk Wednesday

Head coach Pete Carroll says a major problem with
the Seattle Seahawks defense is execution. This is
especially true in the backfield.

The Seahawks the worst team defensively in the NFL

despite having a 6-2 record there was concern about

how the team was not getting to the quarterback when

it came to sacks. The last couple weeks improved

on sacks but higher total of yards passing came about.

Does the Seahawks need to go back to the way they

were playing defense with less sacks but lower number

of yards though it wasn't great. We will see how the

team figures it all out.

The Seahawks having several injuries at the defensive

back position are expected to lose cornerback Quinton

Dunbar this week Dunbar didn't look good last Sunday

against Buffalo. We have to see who plays in his spot

this Sunday. 

The running back position hasn't been to good as of

late either with injuries mounting. The Seahawks added

former Seahawk Alex Collins to the squad last week.

Collins played a little against the Bills. In all the Seahawks

ran 57 yards in Buffalo. 

Though Russell Wilson has played well for the most 

part the Seahawks running game has to improve so

the turnovers don't amount further. There isn't any

word whether Chris Carson will be activated this

week.

The Seahawks added another former Seahawk running

back to the squad. This time Bo Scarbrough was added

to the practice squad for depth purposes. 

The Seahawks play the LA Rams on the road this 

Sunday followed by Arizona at home on Thursday.

With the injuries the Seahawks have had the question

I have what good is it for the Seahawks play on Thursday.

The only positive news they will have ten days off

after playing Arizona. So those who don't play on Thursday

will have chance to get back to action. 

The Seahawks schedule does get easier but do hope they

can get healthy at the same time. 

The Seahawks have a game lead going into Sunday over

the Rams and the Cardinals. If the Rams beat the Seahawks

and the Cardinals beat the Buffalo Bills at home on Sunday

there will be a three way tie going into Thursday's game.

Go Hawks!

Seahawks Lose Cougars Win

I mentioned before I wouldn't be surprised if the Seahawks
would lose in Buffalo against the Bills. Sadly I was right.

The final score was Buffalo 44 Seattle 34

The trouble was the Seahawks couldn't stop the Bills from

scoring and they had four turnovers that help the Bills score

as well.

The defense is still having trouble keeping the other team

from scoring. The Seahawks may have a 6-2 record at this

point but unless they can improve the defense they won't

win the Super Bowl most likely. 

The Seahawks probably will make the playoffs and win their

division; however, the ultimate goal is to win the Super Bowl.

They don't have to have the best defense but  they do need one

that can stop the other team to some degree. When the offense

is running well then they will win but when the offense isn't 

doing as well no win. 

The Washington State Cougars beat the Oregon State Beavers

on Saturday night 38-28. Both teams had a rough start  not able

to get going in the first quarter. The Cougars scored on their 

third time having the ball on a long pass by freshman quarterback

Jayden de Laura when the Beavers defense broke down. 

Jayden de Laura  ended up completing 18 of 33 passes for 227 

yards and two touchdowns. I expect he will do better since he

was making his college debut.  Often de Laura passed outside 

the pocket. This could have a lot to do with Beavers defense 

as well. 

The Cougars will take on the Oregon Ducks next Saturday 

afternoon. The Ducks are ranked # 11  beating Stanford on

Saturday 35-14. Oregon will be coming to WSU to take on

the Cougars.  Jayden de Laura will have to do much better

especially at the beginning of the game for the Cougars to

have any chance.

Oregon State will be going to Seattle to take on the Washington

Huskies. It will be the Huskies first game since the opening game

against California Golden Bears was cancelled because of  a

player being tested for covid-19 for the Golden Bears.

Oregon State will have to do better next week as well. They

will be taking on one of the best passing defenses in the Pac-12.

The Beavers best chance will be running the ball to start out

the game. If they can't run the ball it will be a tough game for

them to win. 

The Seahawks announced Head Coach has signed an extension

to his contract so it looks like he will be around Seattle until

2025. Good news to the 12th man. Go Hawks!

Washington Huskies and Cal Game Cancelled

It was announced on Thursday the Washington Huskies

game at Berkeley against the California Golden Bears
was cancelled because one of the players on California
was tested positive for covid-19.

At this point the game will not be made up. So the Huskies

will now be down to five games on the season. 

If I were the Huskies I would not play a single freshman

on the team in any of the five games to keep their eligibility

for four full seasons.

I wonder if another game is cancelled and they only play

four games whether all the players who wish to play will

be granted another year if they haven't redshirted before.  

The NCAA rule you can redshirt players who have played 

in four or less games. 

Next Saturday Night the Huskies will be at home to take on
the Oregon State Beavers. The game starts at 8 pm. The

Beavers take on the Washington State Cougars on this Saturday 

night. We will see how that goes.

In other sports news locally, First baseman Evan White and

shortstop JP Crawford were both won the gold glove in the

American League for their defense at their perspective position.

Not a big surprise for White though I was surprised by Crawford

winning the award. I  am sure we will see  more awards for

gold glove from White. We hope the same for Crawford. Shows

how improved the Mariners defense was over this last season.

Now next up see who general manager Jerry Dipoto can snag

in free agency and who he can pick up in trades. 

Seahawk Wednesday

This coming Sunday the Seahawks play the Bills
in Buffalo. We hope there isn't any snow like it
would be if we were playing in another month
in Buffalo.

The Bills are 6-2 leading the AFC East division.

Their division maybe the worst in the NFL or

close to the NFC East anyway. 

The Bills beat the New England Patriots at home

24-21. This isn't the Patriots team you know and

love. lol

The Seahawks had seven inactive players against 

the 49ers one more than the required six because

of injuries. The Seahawks hope someone will be

able to play this week who didn't last Sunday.

There is a good possibility rookie DeeJay Dallas

will have to start again with Chris Carson and

Carlos Hyde probably still out. We hope that

Jamal Adams can return to safety this week.

Rookie Stephen Sullivan was activated off

the practice squad and took 22 snaps at 

defensive end. Oh by the way he was drafted

as a tight end. 

Carson could play this week if he is able to 

respond on practice by Friday. Adams is the

only other player they hope to return this week.

We hope the Seahawks defense can respond by

getting a little better. It would be nice so when

playoff time comes they will be ready. The 

Seahawks being champions will come from 

the offense for the most part but becoming 

somewhere in the middle for the defense as

far as the NFL goes would be nice.

Seahawks Back On Track

The Seattle Seahawks beat rival San Francisco 49ers
on Sunday November 1 at home 37-27.

The game was close in the first half the Seahawks 

leading 13-7 on two touchdowns by DK Metcalf.

The 49ers had the first possession of the second 

half, however, the Seahawks defense were able

to stop them so they had to punt.

The first possession of the second half the Seahawks

were able to score a touchdown on nine plays.

Rookie running back DeeJay Dallas scored his first

career touchdown on a two-yard pass from Russell

Wilson.

The 49ers ended up fumbling the ball on the kick off

where the Seahawks recovered the fumble. The 

Seahawks scored on the sixth play of the drive on

a touchdown pass for six yards by David Moore

from Russell Wilson making the score 27-7.

The Seahawks ended up kicking a 48 yard field goal

by Meyers near the beginning of the 4th quarter making

it 30-7.

49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo had to leave the

game so he was replaced by backup QB Nick Mullens.

The 49ers ended up scoring on the fourteen play of the

drive on a running play making it 30-14. Mullens threw

11 passes during that drive. 

The Seahawks were not able to go far having to punt

after six plays. The 49ers got the ball back after the 

ball went into the end zone.

It took the 49ers six plays to go down the field to score

a touchdown to make it an interesting game They attempted

a two-point conversion but was not converted after a

replay was shown as it was ruled a conversion before hand.

This made the score 30-20.

The 49ers tried an onside kick however, the Seahawks 

recovered the ball. Will Dissly recovered the ball on the

San Francisco's 47 yard line. It took the Seahawks eight

plays to score another touchdown. DeeJay Dallas ran

for a yard to make his first running touchdown of his

career after scoring on a pass earlier for his first touchdown

of his career. 

The 49ers would not give up scoring another touchdown 

on the 8th play of the drive making Seattle 37 San Francisco 27.

Russell Wilson completed 27 passes on 37 attempts for 261

yards and four touchdowns. Receiver DK Metcalf led the

Seahawks with 12 receptions 161 yards and two touchdowns.

DeeJay Dallas led the Seahawks in rushing with 41 yards.

On the defensive side Bobby Wagner led the Seahawks with

11 tackles including two sacks. The Seahawks now go next

Sunday to Buffalo to take on the Bills. Go Hawks!

The 49ers tried another onside kick since it was the only chance

they had to win the game however the Seahawks recovered this

one as well. The Seahawks ran out the clock.

Another good victory by the Seahawks thought the defense 

again showed they need more help. They did improvement

on rushing the quarterback. Much of San Francisco's passing

yardage happened when they were down.

 

Seahawks vs 49ers and more

Sunday afternoon in Seattle the Seahawks will be
taking on the San Francisco 49ers. Second week
in a row the Seahawks take on a division foe.

Last Sunday night the Seahawks lost in overtime

to Arizona in a game they should have won but

lost in overtime on a field goal.

This week the 49ers will look to run the ball over

the Seahawks. The Seahawks defense will have

to be ready to be tough in stopping the 49ers offense.

It makes sense the 49ers in running the ball since

they have a better running attack then passing the

ball plus it will allow them to keep the ball out of

the hands of the Seahawks.

Usually when they do the coin flip the Seahawks 

win the flip they allow the opposing team having

the ball initially then the Seahawks will be able

to have the ball at the beginning of the Seahawks.

I wonder if they will do the same this time when

winning the flip or take the ball first so the offense

can score first before the 49ers have the ball.

The idea might be to lose the flip. Of course, the

49ers could do the same thing allowing the Seahawks

with the ball first. We will see won't we.

In baseball, the Mariners released Dee Strange-Gordon

this week. Kendall Graveman the Mariners declined his

option as well, however, they turned around signed him

to a new deal. Graveman will be back next season being

in the Mariner bullpen.

The Mariners are close to their rebuilding so it will be

critical to have a good bullpen. It was a part of the team

this last season not doing well while the starting pitching

was fine along with the position players. Of course, the 

starting pitching needs to continue improving along with

the position players 

 It is time to bring in at least three relievers by either free

agency or trade. Also, bringing up a couple relievers from

the minor leagues.  With the signing of Graveman means

one or two relievers from last season's team remaining.

The Mariners plan to go with a six-man rotation again so

it means seven or eight relievers. The Mariners will need

to add to their outfield as Kyle Lewis was the only true

outfielder with success this past season. Mallex Smith was

a disaster so he won't be  returning. He isn't on the 40-man

roster so he will sign with another team or be invited as

a minor leaguer to training camp. 

The Mariners should be making a move today to add 

Mitch Haniger, Tom Murphy and Andres Munoz to 

the 40-man roster as they are all on the 60-day injured

list. Currently the Mariners have 32 players on their

roster.. 

Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Schedule

This week the schedule came out for the Washington
Huskies men's basketball team for the upcoming season.

The schedule right now only shows who they will be

playing in the Pac-12. The original non-league schedule

was cancelled because of Covid-12.

The Pac-12 schedule usually starts at the beginning of

the year. They have had 18 games on the schedule, however,

now have increased to 20. This allows them the opportunity

to play most of the teams in the league twice once at home

and once on the road.

I thought the schedule would begin as usual at the beginning

of the year, however, the Huskies will begin the schedule 

on December 3 at Utah followed by Oregon on December 12

at home. They look to be the two additional games. The rest

of the schedule shows who they play and what week but not

the exact date. This will be determined by the television 

schedule since all the games will be on television.

The rest of the schedule will begin on the week of December

30 thru January 3 when they take on Arizona and Arizona State

at home. The following two weeks they will be on the road

playing the California Golden Bears and Stanford Cardinal

in the bay area followed by UCLA and USC.

The two teams they will not play twice on the season will

be Colorado who partners on each week's schedule with Utah

and Oregon State partners with Oregon.

Since there will be a gap after the Oregon game in December

the likelihood is the Huskies will have  non-league games.

There is an indication they will play Portland State, Fullerton,

and Seattle University at home along with a unknown team

at this time. The dates haven't been determined as of yet.

So it looks like Huskies men's schedule will be 24 games on

the season. Whether there will be any fans in the stands will

be determined where covid-19 is at the time and what each

state has determined. Right now at home the Huskies will

probably play without fans or a very few.

Like all the other sports and our lives right now it will be

different for sure.