W3: Home opener- Seahawks Prediction thread

[Meks]

Its pretty fuckin rough aint no doubt about it. Every year. Every..... year.

2024 was a fluke and I never will admit that to anyone else but... yea... its starting to finally make its way into my headcanon ��

[88Commanders00]

Next great year after 2012 and 2024,2036 baby!

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Looking at the schedule again …. This team’s ceiling is 5 wins. Are we drafting a Quarterback in 2027?

That's how I saw it. Tops 5 wins but maybe more now that Dart is out. That could be 2 wins right there.

I hope we are not drafting a QB in the first few rounds of the draft. This elbow thing is a freak injury. But you will always need to invest in a top back-up.

The team isn't good enough to win a lot of games without him. You have to keep building up the rest of the roster. You can't waste another what could be a top 5 pick on a QB. They need a corner and a few o-linemen badly. They can fix a lot of their issues next off season if AP can pick the right guys.

[WCommandersfan99]

If we truly suck this year (likely) and win only a few games or none, it'll be interesting to see what Harris does with Quinn/Peters. I could see him getting new guys in there or retaining them due to all the injuries. Harris can be difficult to get a read on. It's truly crazy to think he owns the Devils and 76ers also. Would love to know what is going through his head currently about this team.

[rocnrik]

even with a healthy JD with this D i'm not sure we would have won many games .. Maybe 6-7 .

[WCommandersfan99]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

even with a healthy JD with this D i'm not sure we would have won many games .. Maybe 6-7 .

With a healthy Tunsil and JD5 I was optimistic. 9-10 wins was attainable. Losing both wrecked this season so far. Peters doing nothing after the Tunsil injury ensured oline would not be good. SMH.

[calia]

Maybe the weather will bail us out as our run game is going reasonably well: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...ent=&utm_term=

Grasping at straws here (and Seattle has run the ball pretty well too).

[BaltimoreSkins]

AP just had a presser no definitive answers on JD but did say surgery is not on the table and not putting him on the IR

[rocnrik]

The NFL refs are a damn joke and until the league understands this the games are not Legit...it's bad enough to pull for a team that is struggling with injuries and questionable talent but then have to watch the zebras take over then it becomes unwatchable ..

[calia]

Looks like we will be without Okonkwo, Luvu, Cross, and Cosmi. That's pretty rough (on top of the others we all know are out). I am not expecting this game to be competitive.

Having said that, as bad as the back end of our defense has been, and as mediocre (at best) as the O-line has been, we were competitive against the Eagles (in their stadium no less). We also had chances to tie Dallas going into the half and should have tied them in the 3rd quarter but for the appalling incompletion call by the officials. Obviously, the wheels came off after that and giving up big plays has been a massive problem.

But our running game and run D have been stout, and our passing game has showed some potential (Diggs and Williams have been real bright spots). And before his injury, Cross was playing well on the back end (the only one, really), and Styles looks like he's going to be very good too. There are bright spots (although not enough of them), and it's still pretty early. I'm not quite ready to give up on the team or the season yet, even though we have a rough initial stretch, particularly with all the injuries. But I'd really like to see what this team can accomplish if we can get Amos, Cosmi, Luvu, Okonkwo, Cross, and, of course, JD5 back and healthy. And no more injuries, please!

[MTK]

Wouldn't surprise me at all if we somehow pull an upset.

Also wouldn't surprise me if we get our asses handed to us.

[BaltimoreSkins]

I’m looking forward to it. Defending champs coming, good news on the JD front. The way I see it kind of playing with house money. Some many people thinking we were starting 0-3 anyways so… worst case out come is the expectation?

[skinsfan69]

We have played 2 games and it seems like half the team is already hurt. Here we go again. Now two starters out on the oline and it's the two best guys.

This to me is a blowout. The only saving grace is it's a long trip for Seattle.

They don't even miss Darnold... and besides, he's a lower tier starter anyway. He and Lock are the same guy basically.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

We have played 2 games and it seems like half the team is already hurt. Here we go again. Now two starters out on the oline and it's the two best guys.

This to me is a blowout. The only saving grace is it's a long trip for Seattle.

They don't even miss Darnold... and besides, he's a lower tier starter anyway. He and Lock are the same guy basically.

buddy and i at work talk about this, is SEA the blueprint? everyone chasing unicorn QB's that even if u find them become a major single point of failure

food for thought

[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by mredskins

buddy and i at work talk about this, is SEA the blueprint? everyone chasing unicorn QB's that even if u find them become a major single point of failure

food for thought

There are pro's and con's to that argument. Of the teams that played in or even won the SB without a star QB, there are enough to say it's not essential. But they still need to be a good QB. Even recently there are good examples of average or above average QB's winning it (hell, Hurts won one).

But, there's an argument for a) a HoF QB being more likely to lead you to the SB and b) getting there more than once. Only 2 non HoF QB's (Roethlisberger and Plunkett) have won more than once.

Note, these numbers will change upwards assuming some of the non-HoF QB's become HoF, like Brady and Mahomes. But they won't go up massively.

HoF QB wins - 29 (48%)
HoF QB losses - 20 (33%)
HoF QB's to win SB - 16 (44%)
HoF QB's to lose SB - 10 (22%)