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2015 Seahawks Re-Watch: Super Bowl XLIX, The Catalyst.

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch: Super Bowl XLIX, The Catalyst.

On a team with a young core of super-talent, postseason experience, and a reputation for closing games, the wheels were coming off the wagon. Third down was an impossibility for the offense. Third down stops were an impossibility for the defense. At moments, the Hawks looked familiar, and any person could be forgiven the thought that this was when they would, “turn it on.” Slowly, sourly, the Seahawks tasted something they had not tasted in ages—desperation.

No one could know. Russell Wilson was about to go on a hot streak unlike any the NFL had seen.

Week Ten: Wilson’s Warming Up.

Week Ten: Wilson’s Warming Up.

After 9 weeks of silence, the media is finally coming out against Seattle’s offense. I think most people felt the Seahawk’s would figure it out sooner or later but you’re starting to hear things like, “The Seahawks are just now figuring out what they have in Jimmy Graham.” Translation: “They have no clue what they are doing with this guy.” (It’s not just if they use them, it’s how they use them–it’s weird). Or when Collinsworth said, “You know, it might be nice to see some timed passing routes once and a while.” Translation: “They have no clue on how convert first downs with the passing game.”