So, the Seattle Seahawks are not robots. Good to know. I’m not exactly certain where that rumor started but we have no less of an authority than Washington unfortunately-and-offensively-possibly-in-tribute-possibly-not-named-after-indigenous-people-nicknamed-team (or UAOPITPNNAIPNTs) offensive tackle Trent Williams, who definitively cleared up this (apparently) circulating misnomer. Thanks, Trent.
Letting Williams speak for himself, he made it clear that the flesh-and-blood and mortal-like-the-rest-of-us Seahawks are thus, therefore, ergo … beatable. From The Washington Post: “They’re (the Seahawks) not robots. They’re human beings and nobody’s perfect. Nobody plays perfect every Sunday. They have been beaten before. It’s not like they’re unstoppable. They’re a great team, no doubt about it, but anything is possible in the NFL.”
It’s fair to question his logic, but he has a point. It’s also equally fair to point out that this next game is not being played on a Sunday, but rather on Monday Night Football.
The San Diego Chargers will have you know that Mr. Williams is right. Lest anyone forget, the Chargers handed the Seahawks a sound thumping on the road in the baking heat of San Diego just last month. While Williams’ bravado may ultimately end up ringing false, it at least has a bit more resonance in the context of the Redskins hosting the traveling Seahawks, as opposed to visiting the Seahawks and their boisterous 12th Man. In October 2014 the Seahawks remain a different kind of beast at home vs. on the road.
That can all change next Monday night, an interminably long time to wait for the Seahawks to kick off their fourth game of the season, after sitting out last weekend’s contests with a bye week. The UAOPITPNNAIPNTs won’t have the searing heat of almost-Mexico to help them along the road to victory. They also won’t have the resurgent Philip Rivers and crew.
Can I get a do-over?
What they do have is right now causing me to issue a mea culpa. In my last article, I gave the Seahawks a roughly 50/50 shot at a win in Washington this week. That was before we all watched the UAOPITPNNAIPNTs melt into a puddle at the hands of the not-exactly-scorching heat of the New York Giants. Now I’m liking the Seahawks’ chances much more.
Reason number one: the UAOPITPNNAIPNTs’ quarterback situation. What happened to Kirk Cousins? What had appeared to be a blessing in disguise when RG III, the team’s previous starting quarterback, was predictably shelved due to injury, Cousins assumed the mantle of “the man.” Up to the start of the Giants game, Cousins was clearly the better quarterback — statistically and anecdotally — between Griffin and Cousins. Then the UAOPITPNNAIPNTs kicked off against the Giants. Whereupon Cousins set about earning himself a new nickname: Really Gawdawful Third-stringer (also RG III, for short).
That’s reason number one. And Cousins was so bad, I don’t think we even need a reason number two. Just re-read reason number one and remember who the UAOPITPNNAIPNTs are about to play.
Good luck, Kirk
In the Washington evening, before a national audience, Cousins’ previous poise and efficiency vanished against the Giants. As coincidence would have it, Cousins will next square off against a blue-and-white-colored opponent in the Washington evening, before a national audience. It’s a chance at redemption … I guess. If Cousins has not learned to keep the ball away from the blue team (four interceptions, one lost fumble against the Giants) then the Seahawks will fly away from Washington doubled over in laughter.
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