It took 10 games, but the win over the 49ers suggested that the heretofore woebegone Seahawks defense finally has reported for the tough stuff.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is said to be fishing in NFL waters, wanting a team. Seahawks are said to be not for sale. But with a worth of $109 billion, what isn’t for sale?
Pete Carroll’s psychology skills paid off Monday in coaxing a clutch performance out of Jason Myers after the kicker had a bad game the previous week against Tampa Bay.
This one will be talked about for years, but the Seahawks will be the ones to brag about it after going to the 49ers house and hanging the season’s first ‘L’ there.
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WR Josh Gordon has said and done all the right things in practice to merit a shot Monday night against the 49ers. Thereafter, as with all addicts, it’s one day at a time.
The Huskies defense allowed Oregon State eight yards in the second half, but the 19-7 win was muted by another another mediocre passing game from QB Jason Eason.
He once helped sink the 49ers and elevate the Seahawks. Monday night, Richard Sherman has a chance to start reversing the account. He has the team to do it.
With a third MLS Cup appearance in four years Sunday, Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer can claim a rightful place among Seattle’s coaching legends. But he’s not buying it.
The Seahawks win Sunday included leaps forward for C Joey Hunt, TE Jake Hollister and WR DK Metcalf. But no one on defense has taken a similar hint.