Seahawks upset back-to-back by underdogs

12/05/06 Yahoo sports的Charles Robinson寫了一篇文章說到
More than likely, there is another one lurking among the bunched up, good-but-not great teams mired in playoff fights in the AFC and NFC. Or, it might just be last year's Super Bowl loser – a Seattle team that has risen to 8-4 despite being dinged with problems from the first game of the season. But with running back Shaun Alexander and quarterback Matt Hasselbeck healthy again, the Seahawks look like as a good a candidate as any to catch fire and run through the playoffs this year.

對於這個評論我當時的想法是寫文章的人應該沒有認真的看過Hasselbeck今年的表現
Hasselbeck去年的確很好 是個rating 98.2的QB (NFL第四,NFC第一)
但是對照他生涯的表現 或許去年是他的career year
而他今年不但無法複製他去年的成績 甚至不如比生涯水準
或許有傷勢在拖累他 但以他他傳球的準確度來看的確不是一個能帶領球隊贏得super bowl的QB
不只是Hasselbeck有問題 整個球隊的攻防都不理想
連續兩週被勝率不到四成的球隊擊敗
對手分別是Arizona Cardinals以及San Francisco 49ers
這兩隊的功守都不怎麼樣大概都是pass defense 230yds, rush defense 120yds的能力
Hasselbeck這兩場的成績分別是243yds與220yds 不過是這兩隊的對手的AVG成績
而以Alexander為主的backfiled戰力只跑出了113yds以及90yds
可見Seahawks的地面攻勢在這兩場表現十分的不理想
完全不是Charles Robinson所言 有了健康的Hasselbeck與Alexander,Seanhawks會是大黑馬
而Seahawks的防守在這兩場也都讓對手拿到了超過他們這個球季的平均碼數50以及100碼

儘管因為分區不強的原因讓連敗兩場的Seahawks仍然是NFC West的領先者
進入playoff也是最早出局的球隊之一