Seahawks Embarrass Eagles
Last night on Monday Night Football (with the whole naiton watching), the Seattle Seahawks absolutely crush the Philadelphia Eagles. It wasn't even close. They made the Eagles look like a Pee Wee team. The Seahawks improved their record to 10-2 (an NFC best) while the Eagles went backwards in the standings to 5-7.The Seahawks had 3 defensive touchdowns in this game (2 interceptions returned by Dyson and Tatupu) and a fumble returned for a touchdown by Dyson. Dyson ended up spraining his ankle on the fumble he returned for a touchdown, but was able to walk off the field and should be fine. The quesiton has to be asked... are the Seahawks that good or are the Eagles that bad? The Eagles had been on a roll (sort of) without T.O. and McNabb, but man did they hit the wall tonight.
The Seahawks are clearly the best team in the NFC and should have home field advantage rapped up in a week. This is great news for Seattle fans everywhere, but horrible news for fantasy owners! Tonight I got a mild scare when Alexander was taken out after halftime. Luckily he still scored 2 tds in the first half which was enough to put me over my opponent. If the Seahawks rap up home field advantage or start scoring a lot, they will be sitting their starters. Remember last year when Alexander was 1 yard short of the rushing title and Holmgren sat him? Well this year Alexander already has the rushing lead and is shooting for the touchdown record. It'd be awful if they started sitting him and ruined his chances of getting the record. I know football is a team game first and you don't want him to get injured, but records mean a lot too (to everyone except Barry Sanders).
Now the Jaguars did beat the Seahawks in week 1. In fact, we dominated them holding Alexander to about 60 yards rushing on the day.. and that was a day he actually played the whole game. Seattle might very well end up in the Superbowl representing the NFC. BUt who will they play? Jacksonville I hope.
posted by David Lithman at 9:06 AM
4 Comments:
I didn't think (and still don't quite think) Seattle's defense is good enough to win the NFC. But last night came very close to making me a believer. The defense made all the plays, and that was a dominating performance.
As a fellow Alexander fantasy owner, I hope he doesn't sit the last couple games of the season, either. But I think losing out on the rushing title last year still eats at Alexander, so he'll want that touchdown record - especially since it's a contract year for him.
Alexander will probably still get some touchdown opportunities, but I wouldn't expect him to get a lot of high yardage totals. Still, he'll be in for at least the next two games, and since the Seahawks face the 49ers and the Titans, that bodes pretty well for you guys.
The Eagles stink on ice. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on this game.
Let's see the Seahawks play the Bears. See how good their offense is then.
Here's the problem with the Bears. Kyle Orton is going to have the worst-ever season for a QB of a playoff team. If they have to go on the road (and even if they don't), they're gonna lose. Remember, they were 13-3 in 2001 with a great defense, got a first-round bye, and lost in the divisional round at home anyhow.
If the game is in Seattle, there's almost no way the Bears win. They won't score more than 7 points, and while the Bears defense is very good, it's not that good.
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