Game Thread: Week 17: Cubs come to Town. Prime/KCPQ/TSN 4/ CTV2. 8:15/5:15

[flyerhawk]

mercifully the game only lasted 2 hours and 45ish minutes, that must be a record.

Yeah it was a remarkably quick game. I can't remember a primetime game ever ending at 11:00 pm EST.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

Brian Nemhauser (@hawkblogger.com)

The Seahawks defense totaled 37 pressures against Chicago, a season-high. Their next highest came in Week 1 (29) vs Denver.

bsky.app

 

[JMR]

The one thing I would say is that the offense is more or less the same as it was last year. If we score 19 points on Sunday we will have scored the same number of points this year as last year.

According this...

NFL Football Stats - NFL Team Plays per Game | TeamRankings.com

NFL Football plays per game, by team.

www.teamrankings.com

we are 22nd in plays per game this year. Last year we were dead last in plays per game.

So I would prefer that we don't get rid of Grubb given it was his 1st year on the job and he was still mostly working with someone else's toys.

The short yardage stuff is super frustrating but, IMO, that is mostly a player execution problem rather than a play calling problem. We don't have the personnel that can push the point of attack in a scrum. IMO, that has been our BIGGEST problem all year.

Yeah, I dunno.... maybe I heard the announcers wrong but I do acknowledge what the stats say on the link provided.

I look at where we are now compared to where we were at the beginning of this year, and I see zero improvement. Is Grubb working largely with someone else's toys? Sure. But they are still NFL players and I suspect we are at least average at the skill positions and probably a touch better. It's not the end of the world if we give Grubb a 2nd year, but what we've been doing for 4+ months isn't working. Maybe he'll improve with a full off-season and a year of experience at this level, but my expectations will be fairly measured if we just sort of run it back with him.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Grubb has had his issues no doubt but the ineptness of the offense lands on JS for duct taping the o-line for years and Geno making horrible decisions at the worst time during the games.

 

[Screamin12th]

Grubb has had his issues no doubt but the ineptness of the offense lands on JS for duct taping the o-line for years and Geno making horrible decisions at the worst time during the games.

Yeah those 5 Redzone/Endzone INT's have lowered the point total by as much as 35 points. I think this isnt 100% Grubbs offense yet as i feel they might have kept a lot of stuff close to the same to help transition in the first year. Grubbs play calling has been BAD but so has the execution so I dont mind to see how things go next year. If its pass happy and shot gun 80% of the time next year where they end up sticking Geno under center for only running plays 95% of the time then it makes NO SENSE to bring him back for a 3rd season. I am so SICK AND TIRED of how telegraphed our running game is. You can tell almost EVERY time when they are going to run the ball damn near. If i see it so can NFL Teams.

 

[flyerhawk]

Yeah, I dunno.... maybe I heard the announcers wrong but I do acknowledge what the stats say on the link provided.

I look at where we are now compared to where we were at the beginning of this year, and I see zero improvement. Is Grubb working largely with someone else's toys? Sure. But they are still NFL players and I suspect we are at least average at the skill positions and probably a touch better. It's not the end of the world if we give Grubb a 2nd year, but what we've been doing for 4+ months isn't working. Maybe he'll improve with a full off-season and a year of experience at this level, but my expectations will be fairly measured if we just sort of run it back with

I'm not sold on Grubb. But I think if you are going to hire a first time OC you have to give at least 2 seasons to prove himself. I also think that OCs tend to get blame for the sins of the offense far too much.