So far the Rams have posted abymal defensive stats: ranking dead last in pass defense and 27th in rush defense.  So weekend warriors, which way can the Seahawks dominate in Qwest Field on this given Sunday?  It is doubtful if any reliable receivers will be out on the field, and Koren Robinson is utterly unpredictable at this point.  Julius Jones is predicted to do fairly well representing the run game, but that is not who I am choosing this week.

The Outsider's fantasy choice against the Rams is:

John Carlson

The Golden Egg winner from last week?  Ya, you betcha.  He was good last week, and is looking just as good for this week.  The Hawks have a lot of holes in the lineup right now, and they need someone out there who can plug those holes.  We are talking about flexibility on the field, someone who's role in a play can't be easily read by the defense until it's already in motion.  If he is still not snapped up in your league, and you are looking for a Hawk on your lineup, go get him while the getting is good.

Alright folks.  In the inaugural Madden 09 kickoff at the Outsider's coop, I already played the forthcoming matchup versus the 49s.  If that game is any predictor for today, we are going to see a thorough trouncing ending in a Hawks victory of 21 - 7.

Apparently Shaun Alexander's god does exist, and he is mad as hell at the Hawks for letting his Holy Runner go.

There is bad luck, and then there is divine intervention, and the later is about the only thing that can explain the current injury situation. Think about it, its like we are being guided to run.  Just look at our WR injuries:

• Bobby Engram 
• Nate Burleson
• Deion Branch
• Ben Obamanu

And now it looks like our best receiver this Sunday is going to be our backup QB?

Then just to make sure we get the hint, he goes and takes out our starting RB.  Then a couple days later, when we still don't listen to what the gods are telling us, one of our starting offensive linemen goes on IR and Pork Chop (apparently Alexander's god isn't Jewish) becomes our man at right guard.

Seems to me like it's about time we resign Shaun and get back into good graces before the almighty starts picking on our defense.

Where do we go from here?

The Seahawks press release today annouced the loss of both the Seachicken's punter and one of the rooks.  With Burleson now on IR, joining Branch and Engram(and Tatupu) on the injury reports, the offensive strategy is going to have to do a complete 180 from last season.  Since the Seachicken run game was dominated by the "Shaun Show" in 07, most of the major gains were made by effective passing.  Now with those premier receivers out of the picture, Hasselbeck(if his back situation isn't as bad as has been hinted) and Co. are going to have to shift focus to the hand-off and work on protecting those runners behind the o-line.  Morris/Jones can bring home the bacon, provided they realize their role in the grand show and play it right.  The best way to avoid a hit(tackle): don't be there when it comes.  Finess is the keyword here; the ability to out-play the opponent, anticipate where they will attempt to bring you down and shift your footwork to not be there when they execute.

Easier said than done, right?  

This may seem like an unusual pick (especially to those of you that don't have this position in your leagues), but I think the high fantasy scorer for the Hawks this week will be:

DST

 

 

 

Huh?  DST?  For those unfamiliar with the acronym it stands for Defense and Special Teams.  The Chicken Royale's fantasy football league (South Alaskan Fantasy) uses the standard free-bee nfl.com/fantasy league system which has this as a player, and it seems that most fantasy leagues have support for this option now.

 It may seem odd that on a team that has historically been known for its offensive prowess that I would not choose any of them, but our defense rocked last year and all the starters have all returned.  We will be without Rocky Bernard the first game, true, but they will be without their stud Pro Bowl offensive tackle Jason Peters.  The Bill's have some weapons on their offense, but they are young, and I expect them to not be polished for Sunday's game, and I expect the Hawks D to chew them up.  Ye Haw, I can already smell them Buffalo Burgers grillen!

 And lets face it, I don't expect any of our offensive player's fantasy stats to exactly sizzle Sunday. Hasselbeck has not been playing or practicing for weeks, plus we are probably going to be trying to establish our new running game, so he probably won't score high.  And if he ain't doing his thing you can bet our receivers won't be doing theirs.  I also don't expect any of our running backs to have break out games because they will probably all be splitting time while they get evaluated.

Who knows, maybe Forsett can one run back and give the DST a little boost.

In the more old news department. We wanted to officially congradulate the Seahawks on being the NFC West champions for the 4th straight season in a row.

That is an amazing feat. Wish I could find the article I read a while back talking about it, but suffice to say, we keep some pretty elite company with that sort of accomlishment.

 

I know is is old news (like 4 month old news), but the Hawks are entering the new Molgren Era.

I was hoping this was the plan of action when they brought Mora on board, I really enjoyed watching him in Atlanta and always found myself rooting for the guy. I love the Hawks keep finding folks that are from here, have ties here, and/or want to be here. Its great having that home town feel with our team.

 

Keep up the good work Hawk front office :)

 

 

 

 

Great game boys! Thanks for a hard run and another Championship award! Incredible job.

Your 12th Man Loves You!!

 Found this on NFL.com today.