Congrats and good luck from a Seahawks fan!

[saintmatthew]

Also a Seahawks fan, also rooting for you guys... The Ravens been my second favorite for a while because of my hatred for the Steelers.

Don't blame you. You guys got robbed in '05

[LEGIONofBOOM]

Richard Sherman - 5th Round
Brandon Browner - UFA after playing in CFL for a few seasons
Kam Chancellor - 5th round

How do Seahawks find these guys?

Doug Baldwin- UDFA
JR Sweezy- 7th round DT converted to RG
KJ Wright- 4th round

Pete Carroll, John Schneider, Tom Cable, and the rest of their talent evaluators just have a unique way of looking at players. They look at players that have a unique skill set and instead of asking "Does this guy fit into our scheme?" They ask "How can we implement this guy into what we're doing?" And they design their schemes around the strengths of the team so the can let the players do what they're best at, instead of forcing them to do something they aren't comfortable with.

[BeastMode]

Seahawks fan here as well. Always liked the Ravens. Been a fan of Ray Lewis for a while. He deserves another ring and hope he gets another one. I can't stand the whiners and their HC, and do not want that franchise to get another ring for a very long time lol And yes, them whiners fans are very big headed. They're already putting Frank Gore and the HOF in the same sentence.

[Paintballguy]

Thanks. I must say I was rooting for you guys to beat Atlanta. The Seahawks do have a bright future. They are going to be a force in the NFC.

[Hammerhead]

Marshawn Lynch put the team on his back, doe! So much determination! (I won't link to the YouTube video as it is NSFW and not safe for kids, but if you are a Seahawks fan or have seen that Greg Jennings Madden YouTube, you know what I am talking about.)

[Ravens44]

Thanks. I must say I was rooting for you guys to beat Atlanta. The Seahawks do have a bright future. They are going to be a force in the NFC.

That's the thing right there.
You look at their team and see how young they are.
That team came so close and have a bitter taste in their mouth.
There are two ways to respond to that...go back to work with a HUGE chip on your shoulder and come back better or you crumble and give up.
I know they will come back stronger. That defense will be even better next year.
They need to get Wilson more big weapons...maybe a huge TE or WR or both.
Matt Ryan does so well in the passing game because he has two number 1 WRs and a HOF TE.
He can almost always count on Jones going up and making a great catch at anytime.

Anyway, thanks goes out to the Seahawks for their support!
In the meantime...GO RAVENS!

[admartian]

To stop Kaepernick you will need to stop the run first. Frank Gore has the potential to rip off 15 yard runs all day and a lot of it is thanks to their o-line. However, if your linebackers over pursue on the run they will get burned by that read option play and before you know it Kaepernick just ran for 30 yards.
(See GB v SF game). Your d just needs to stay deciplined and remember their assignments.

They also like to run trap plays sending a lineman across to pin a defender. They stopped doing that to us when we simply trapped their trapper.

Kaepernick seems to panic under pressure, so if your pass rush has a good day you should be in good shape.


Their defense is tough, especially up front. Not much to offer here, other than your run game will be important. Lynch gets 100 yards every single time we play them, Rice should be able to do the same. Their d-line is nasty and the strongest part of their defense. If you want to see just how nasty their line and linebackers can be, watch them against the bears this year. I know Flacco is a pocket guy so I'd say if your pocket holds up and Rice has a good day you'll be fine. Their secondary is good but definitely beatable, as Atlanta demonstrated.

Good analysis.

Always loved the 'Hawks, especially in the Shaun Alexander days.

Richard Sherman - 5th Round
Brandon Browner - UFA after playing in CFL for a few seasons
Kam Chancellor - 5th round

How do Seahawks find these guys?

Using Madden cheats Draft Guide - they know the stats of each player well ahead of the draft.

[Ravenswintitle]

Love the Seahawks, was hoping they would beat Atlanta and they should have. That's the way it goes sometimes (as we know only too well).

Thanks for the props

[alien bird]

Seattle is one of my favorite cities, and the Seahawks are my favorite team in the NFC. I was hoping for a birdbath in the Superbowl. With the Ravens prevailing, of course.

PS: Do something about the neon uniforms.

[CincyCat]

The Seahawks definitely have a bright future. I had read so many good things about Russell Wilson early in the season I picked him up on my FFL team. Never got a chance to play him but when Romo floundered for my wife's team I advised her to pick him up. She ended up winning her Super Bowl.

[LEGIONofBOOM]

Seattle is one of my favorite cities, and the Seahawks are my favorite team in the NFC. I was hoping for a birdbath in the Superbowl. With the Ravens prevailing, of course.

PS: Do something about the neon uniforms.

We already did man.

[wickedsolo]

well, I guess Jaworski would know about Polish quarterbacks......

[AirFlacco]

Thanks, man and your team had a great season and will be back next year.

Pete did a great job and should be a candidate for coach of the year.

[BeastMode]

We already did man.

Yup, we've replaced them with the wolf grey uniforms that they wore in Toronto for the Bills game. And as a matter of fact, Jim Mora retired the lime green uniforms in the same season they've worn them. The reason? "We didn't win in them," he said.

[akashicrecorder]

Richard Sherman is such an agitator, I love it, hahaha ... Man, I wish he were a Raven! Can you imagine!

[GirlsKickButt]

Thanks for the well wishes Seahawks fans. When the Colts left, I adopted Seattle as my team, since I loved Steve Largent and the team colors. Your D is amazingly young and talented. I wanted the Ravens to draft Bobby Wagner. Thanks for the insight to the 9ners.

[saintmatthew]

I liked the Lime Green...

[codepurple]

I lived over on Mercer Island during college. Rooted for the hawks during that superbowl year. Love the way you guys play defense. Tell Marshawn to hold on to the damn ball.

[AirFlacco]

Yea, man.

That was another SB the Refs gave to the Squeelers. They cheated fair and square.

That was also the SB Tom Matte's record for most yardage in a SB was broken by Seattle. Matte's
record stood since SB 3 and he still holds the record for the longest run in a SB.

[Ravenblue]

Seahawks have the best secondary in football, and I can't think of any other team that comes close.

Not a weak link in there.