Colts 34, Seahawks 17
Sometimes watching the Seahawks is a beautiful thing, like seeing a gorgeous woman bringing you an ice cold beer on a steaming hot day. Sometimes it’s bad like seeing your great aunt’s granny panties when she bends over to get in her wheelchair.
And then you have games like yesterday against the Indianapolis Colts. Going in, this had all the hallmarks of a great aunt game. With the start time of 10 a.m. Seattle time, a Peyton Manning looking like he was back on his game and a battered Seahawks offense missing Matt Hasselbeck, out for a second game with a rib fracture, and a patchwork quilt for an offensive line, Seattle found out that dear auntie is actually wearing a thong.
Seattle received to start the game. A three and out later, Indianapolis took their first drive straight down the field. Seattle took possession and started well. The drive stalled after eight plays netted a total of nine yards and Seattle punted again. The Seahawks defense made some adjustments and Indy to a three and out. That was the last three and out Indy had until much later in the game.
Down early, Seattle managed two drives that looked very good. Both times the Seahawks were knocking on the door of the end zone like a Fuller Brush Salesman at a vacant house. The end zone was like a family turning off the lights and hunkering down behind the couch.
The play of the game was actually not a play but a drive right before halftime. No, not the Seahawks drive that got them on the board with a field goal to make the score 14-3, I’m talking about what the Colts did in 1:19 seconds between the field goal and the halftime whistle, driving 78 yards in nine plays and torching the Seahawks defense repeatedly.
The Seahawks were looking to go into the locker room with a little momentum and Manning took that away like the Grinch going into Whoville. Coming out of the locker room, the Colts drove down the field again, going 80 yards for another touchdown to basically ice the game. Two late Seahawks touchdowns only make the score look a little more respectable. In reality, it wasn’t ever that close.
The good:
1. T.J. Houshmandzadah. Housh looked good, catching eight balls for 103 yards. His best catch didn’t count after Seneca Wallace threw the pass past the line of scrimmage.
Article comments
1 - Baritone
Good article Russ.
You are obviously a true Seahawks fan. It's quite an adventure going from season to season with a team following the ups and downs - the good years and bad.
I live in Indy. Obviously, things have been good here over the past several years primarily and undeniably owing to the presence of Peyton Manning. While it hasn't exactly been great watching the Colts more often than not folding like a cheap tent in the playoffs, the Super Bowl win a few years back was certainly sweet.
I suppose it could be said that the Seahawks are suffering from some doldrums. Injuries take a toll certainly, but they happen pretty much across the board. There is likely not a team anywhere in the league which doesn't have at least one or two key players out owing to injury. Of course, some players are more "key" than others. If Manning were to go down, the Colts would quickly revert to that cheap tent stage.
But even in yesterday's game, the Colts had 3 defensive starters out including pro-bowler Bob Sanders. We lost our starting left offensive tackle mid-game and of course, our #2 receiver went down in the first game of the season.
I venture to predict that the Seahawks will rebound, if not this year, sometime soon down the road. Anyhow, Seattle is a great place to live, so you should be able to put up with a not great Seahawks team.
B