I remember it often said in team sports that the best teams will find a way to win, even when they do not play particularly well.
That seemed apropos for the Seahawks in this game. Seattle is one of the best teams in the league, and quite possibly, still the very best. But you sure wouldn't know it watching them play last night at Washington, against a relatively weak opponent.
The Seahawks looked mistake prone, and hardly the picture of efficiency that they looked in their other nationally televised games in 2014, from last winter's playoffs, to the games against Green Bay and Denver this season.
James Carpenter, Seattle's Left Offensive Guard, was responsible for nullifying two touchdowns with silly penalties. The latter one involved him essentially diving onto a Washington defender that was already down, in what really was a boneheaded maneuver. It cost the Seahawks a touchdown scored by Percy Harvin, who had another touchdown called back because of a James Carpenter mistake, as well. Harvin, incredibly, would have a third td called back later for an offensive false start.
Still, Seattle was good enough on this day. They did not dominate like perhaps some (myself included, admittedly) had expected them to, but they had enough to really leave no doubt. Russell Wilson completed 18 of 24 for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also rushed 11 times for 122 yards and another touchdown on the ground, a very solid day for Seattle's QB. Wilson was actually Seattle's rushing leader on this day!
Kirk Cousins went 21 of 26 for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns in a losing effort for Washington.
Seattle raised their record to 3-1, while Washington sank their record to 1-4.
Will the NFL Be Bringing a Team to LA Within Two Years?
In other NFL news, there is talk, once again, about bringing a franchise to Los Angeles, much like there has been such talk for years now. The teams that are a real possibility are the Rams, the Raiders, and the Chargers.
Nothing really new there.
Of course, if you click on the link below and read the article, it will become clear that this might just be a ploy by the NFL to strong arm communities into building nicer stadiums for those teams in their current cities. I guess I can see San Diego, since that stadium is kind of old - although I should note that I'm not really a fan of the emphasis on new, very expensive stadiums.
But Oakland's stadium I thought was okay. And as for St. Louis, didn't they just build that dome in the mid-nineties? Is that all that we can expect stadiums these days to last, maybe two decades, tops?
It's ridiculous, and quite frankly, disgusting.
The NFL might need to take a lesson from the Olympics, where apparently, everyone seems to be in a hurry to drop their bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, because of the overly high standards, demands, and price tag by the OIC.
Speculation of NFL returning to L.A. at least has a new twist this time around by Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports, October 6, 2014:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/speculation-of-nfl-returning-to-l-a--at-least-has-a-new-twist-this-time-around-212654771.html
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