If final week was embarrassing, this week was exhilarating.
The Seattle Seahawks weren’t given a lot of an opportunity to beat the Detroit Lions on the highway, not particularly when Seattle appeared horrible on opening day and had each backup offensive tackles beginning, whereas Detroit had simply overwhelmed the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on the highway. However soccer is a humorous ol’ recreation, and the Seahawks survived some rocky moments (a few of them self-inflicted) and pulled off a exceptional 37-31 win in extra time to silence the Detroit devoted at Ford Area.
You realize what meaning, proper? Enemy Response. For these of you new to the location, each Seahawks win (with only a few exceptions) takes a glance again on the key moments of the sport by means of the eyes of our respective workforce website recreation threads. I juxtapose the Area Gulls thread with the opposing workforce’s thread (on this case, Satisfaction of Detroit) and we get to see the contrasting views of pleasure and despair. We additionally scan the native opposition media to see what they’re saying in a extra level-headed viewpoint, and look forward to the following opponent. Right this moment is Monday so I’ll in all probability embody our “Enemy Preaction” for the Carolina Panthers in post-publish, as a result of they play later this night.
Received it? Let’s go!
Kenneth Walker walks in for first landing (7-0 SEA)
Jared Goff, Josh Reynolds shortly reply (7-7)
Devon Witherspoon forces 4th down cease (7-7)
Jason Myers badly misses 45-yard area aim (7-7)
Trickery will get the Seahawks, Kalif Raymond scores on flea-flicker (14-7 SEA)
Jason Myers misses from 56 (14-7 SEA)
Uchenna Nwosu forces fumble, Jarran Reed recovers (14-7 SEA)
Kenneth Walker will get his second landing (14-14)
David Montgomery bounces again from fumble and scores (21-14 DET)
Seahawks cease the Lions on 4th down once more (21-17 DET)
Refs discuss to America and provides the Seahawks intentional grounding penalty (21-17 SEA)
Ball don’t lie! Geno Smith throws a dime to Tyler Lockett (24-21 SEA)
Tre Brown’s first interception is a pick-6 (31-21 SEA)
Josh Reynolds will get one other landing (31-28 SEA)
Geno nooooooooooooooooo (31-28 SEA)
Lions tie it up and drive extra time (31-31)
Geno to Lockett as soon as extra, Seahawks win!! (37-31 SEA OT Ultimate)
Put up-Sport: Possibly the Lions don’t have a superb cross rush in spite of everything (Kyle Meinke, MLive.com)
You keep in mind these tales out of camp, proper? About how deep the Lions’ cross rush was? A lot so, they saved 12 linemen and edge gamers on their unique 53-man roster? But by means of two video games, they’ve only one sack — and even that sack was produced by a linebacker, Alex Anzalone. Aidan Hutchinson has three quarterback hits by means of two video games, however the remainder of the entrance combines for 3 total. Now they’ve misplaced Josh Paschal and Julian Okwara to injured reserve, and James Houston will be part of them imminently after fracturing his ankle in opposition to Seattle. Sure, the secondary must be higher. However efficient cross protection is at all times a wedding of protection and rush, and proper now, the push isn’t holding up its finish of the cut price, hanging everybody else out to dry.
Put up-Sport: Aaron Glenn is going through the new seat (Jeff Risdon, Lions Wire)
Glenn has to combine issues up. He’s from the Invoice Parcells teaching tree. He was a Professional Bowl cornerback in a number of Parcells defenses. Parcells wouldn’t stand pat and hold failing by making an attempt the identical ineffective strategies and schemes again and again. It’s time for Glenn to both channel his Corridor-of-Fame teaching mentor or discover a totally different place to teach.
Campbell has been down this highway as soon as earlier than, sadly. His preliminary alternative of offensive coordinator, Anthony Lynn, was disastrous again in 2021. Campbell had no alternative however to drag the plug on Lynn after an 0-8-1 begin. It’s getting perilously near time for Campbell to make one other powerful however vital resolution, this time on his defensive coordinator and longtime colleague, Glenn.
Subsequent week’s recreation in opposition to Atlanta is a direct problem for Glenn, or reasonably it needs to be. The Falcons are a run-based workforce with an inconsistent younger quarterback in Desmond Ridder who doesn’t assault downfield nicely. Detroit’s run protection has been a brilliant spot; the Lions are permitting beneath 2.8 yards per stick with it non-QB runs by means of the primary two weeks. The linebackers and safeties are doing nice at snuffing out the oppo
sing working backs.
Now it’s time for them to do this to the opposing passing recreation. If not, Glenn’s seat needs to be on hearth.
Put up-Sport Video: The coaches outcoached themselves (Between The Whistles Detroit)
Enemy Response Bonus: Denver Broncos
Enemy Preaction: Carolina Panthers
Coming after the Saints recreation is over!
I assumed the Seahawks didn’t have a lot of an opportunity to win, however actually not zero likelihood. A detailed loss would’ve been encouraging, then I used to be dreading throwing a chance away after they have been 31-21 up. After they really received the rattling factor? Simply pure pleasure.
There are nonetheless legit issues about this protection and even with the turnovers it’s onerous to name {that a} good efficiency, however they are going to be enjoying worse offenses (in principle) within the weeks to come back so if you issue within the return of Devon Witherspoon and the upcoming return of Jamal Adams maybe we’ll see issues steadily enhance. The a lot greater story is how the offense responded after their shocking struggles in Week 1, as a result of I don’t assume Seattle has any shot to make the playoffs except they’re a top-10 unit.
Now it’s time to honor the Tremendous Bowl workforce on their big day with a win over the identical opponents they beat to start out their journey to the title: the Carolina Panthers.
Thanks for studying and go ‘Hawks!
