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In today’s world, information is readily available and the media is so reactionary that there is no hiding or ignoring the chatter about national perception on which team is considered on the rise and which team is struggling. Case in point, Heath Evans gave a balanced perspective on this upcoming game. Ram fans were offended. Earl Thomas disagreed. The Seahawks are being told by the media they have to man up or admit the Rams have taken their place atop the division.
What scares me is that a similar perception preceded the Niner game and continues even though they played us tough through the fourth quarter. And that is with what most consider a Niner organization that is completely starting over.
My point is that often NFL games come down to the bounce of a ball on a turnover, a couple questionable penalties, or which coach is able to outscheme the other for explosive plays.
This game could be a blowout by the Rams and signal the kind of changing of the guard like the Niner game in ‘99. Or it could be the kind of struggle the Bucs gave the vaunted GSOT in the NFC Championship game we barely survived (thanks Ricky Proehl). Heck, even that Niner game saw them score 17 points in the first half and still in the game though nearly everything went our way.
Psychology though, today’s media access has thrown down the gauntlet on the Seahawks and you can bet we get all they have to give...as though it were their Super Bowl like we have done to them during the Fisher tenure. We may be a better team, but unless Brockers, Quinn, and Donald destroy what should be a very weak OLine of the Hawks and Goff doesn’t press too much and produce turnovers, we could be looking at 3-2 with the Hawks holding the advantage.
Count me nervous and cautiously optimistic
What scares me is that a similar perception preceded the Niner game and continues even though they played us tough through the fourth quarter. And that is with what most consider a Niner organization that is completely starting over.
My point is that often NFL games come down to the bounce of a ball on a turnover, a couple questionable penalties, or which coach is able to outscheme the other for explosive plays.
This game could be a blowout by the Rams and signal the kind of changing of the guard like the Niner game in ‘99. Or it could be the kind of struggle the Bucs gave the vaunted GSOT in the NFC Championship game we barely survived (thanks Ricky Proehl). Heck, even that Niner game saw them score 17 points in the first half and still in the game though nearly everything went our way.
Psychology though, today’s media access has thrown down the gauntlet on the Seahawks and you can bet we get all they have to give...as though it were their Super Bowl like we have done to them during the Fisher tenure. We may be a better team, but unless Brockers, Quinn, and Donald destroy what should be a very weak OLine of the Hawks and Goff doesn’t press too much and produce turnovers, we could be looking at 3-2 with the Hawks holding the advantage.
Count me nervous and cautiously optimistic
