Tough Loss for the Hawks Today

What a disappointing loss for the Seahawks today. It looked like they were driving for the game-winning field goal, then one of the most bizarre plays happened. On a broken play, Hasselbeck and Alexander both looked like they stopped, then a Arizona player hit Alexander, the ball got fumbled and recovered by the Cardinals. I can’t figure out what the hell happened. Why didn’t they continue to run the play? Did they think the play was whistled dead? It will be an interesting question to find out.

The game was definitely a tale of two halves. The 1st half could not have gone worse for the Hawks. They couldn’t run or throw the ball. The defense was getting beat in the secondary and not getting pressure on Leinhart. Alexander ran better in the 2nd half, the line gave Hasselbeck good protection, and Branch let us know that he was still on the team. You could see the major difference between two seasons: Last year the Hawks win the game on a Josh Brown field goal, this year they lose on a fumbled exchange. That doesn’t mean the team is going to be worse off this year, it just means those great finishes may be happening this year.

This could have been a huge win today. Start off the season 2-0, get a divisional win, and basically eliminate the Rams from the division title race in only Week 2. With two teams 2-0 and a two game lead, the Rams would never been able to pass both teams. Now the 49ers have the early lead. I expected the Seahawks to drop at least 1 road division game, but not in the fashion that they did today.