I will have a write-up on the Vikings pre-season game on the blog on Friday (it’s a 3am kick-off over here) and on Sunday we’ll do a live stream debating what we saw. Feel free to use this as an open thread to discuss the game.
In the meantime here’s a video fleshing out my thoughts on the Seahawks D-line and why Jadeveon Clowney would be a positive (albeit unlikely) addition:
So, no babysitter tonight.
https://www.seahawks.com/news/seahawks-injury-updates-ahead-of-their-preseason-opener-vs-minnesota
English translation: they’re still not fully recovered and are far from in football shape. The recovery will continue and it will take months, maybe more, to get them in playing shape.
This team needs Austin Ekeler’s trainer.
And Austin Powers’ tailor
Oh behave!
Or Austin Butler’s from the Elvis movie.
Thank you, thank you verrah much.
Hey, who was it that wore that weird gold shorts-suit to the White House?
Tharold Simon?
Walter Thurmond?
I think you’re right. Imagine if Rob found THAT at a thrift store.
Cha you’re the Carroll whisperer.
Pete could twist any narrative into a dichotomy of short stories nobody would understand. How can anyone play for such a douche?
So no rookie nose tackle because he’s possibly injured. Our fifth overall CB has a second Achilles injury. And we our down at least 2 or 3 running backs if I remember right. Damn rookie class is down quite a bit already and they need the preseason more than the vets.
Hamstring not Achilles.
But your point is well taken
Can you prove that?
Finally! Live football. Let’s Gooooooooo!
Am I the only one with Women’s World Cup instead of Seahawks football on the channel that’s supposed to be showing Seahawks football?
At the least the Swedish team is easy on the eyes.
Im getting the jets/browns instead of the seahawks.
I believe you can watch it free on YouTube as part of their NFL Sunday ticket promotion.
Thanks for the clarification. My bad but yes I don’t like the trend already. Anybody else’s feed go out?!
Reply fail to Big Mike
I finally got it but I missed the kick off and the apparent injury to Eskridge.
FOX 12 PDX suuuucks!
I left less than pleasant messages without being a complete Dick they won’t care but I felt better
I’m on the home feed with King 5 in Seattle and I missed the same amount. Eskridge is hurt already?…..oh no that’s a shame…everyone take a shot
Hello Mike Morris
You had me at hello.
Give it to Boye Mafe. he took two blockers on and pushed them back!
The coaches won’t forget that.
Waste of good field position
Relatively poor punk
*punt
Evan Brown moves his man well out of the way and yet Deejay Dallas can’t see the cutback lane my grandmother could run through, just plows into the pile.
Please get better ASAP K9. You too McIntosh.
You too Zach
He’s playing tonight.
At least he’s in pads.
I know this is the first preseason game but I see stopping the run is in mid season form.
Rhattigan flailing.
Interior LB and Dline depth is so razor thin.
Coby Bryant is having himself some
Bryant is laying the wood and looking like he is taking the Safety role well.
Had him 😞
Tre Brown dropped his head and missed the tackle
Correctable.
Yeah, that’s the Boye Mafe I saw at Senior Bowl practice.
Aaaaand tackling 😞
That’s not tackling, that’s takkling.
Wow King 5/NBC way to drop the ball on a the first game.
The key grip is a rookie.
Did the vikings get a fg? I have the same issue again with all of a sudden a black screen and then Women’s World Cup soccer
Is that what happened to you Kyle?
Yeah it went black then we got commercials bright and clear then back to the technical difficulties screen again.
My NFL Network feed is all f’d up too
I’ve got a rerun of Jets versus Browns on NFLN
Try adjusting the color and tint
Three’s Company!
Yay a first down
Came back just at the end of Trey Brown’s kick return.
Same here
Charbonnet’s first touch
That was a catch by Addison earlier.
Time of posession:
MIN: 8:09
SEA: 4:48
🙁
If Abe Lucas doesn’t miss seeing the block on that guy that made the tackle that play goes for huge yardage
Tyreke Smith!
I hate going up third long
Seahawks blitz didn’t get there and that’s what happens if you don’t
Spare me the “unfair” bullshit MRob.
Boye Mafe only defender playing any kind of defense
Even though I know the statistics don’t bare this out. It feels 3 and long for the Seahawks is like men on 2nd and 3rd for the Mariners and no one out. You just know it won’t end good.
💯
This was meant for dand393
And of course fucking technical difficulties again!
Aaaaand we have women’s soccer again
Good Lord
The ads still work okay…
Of course they do
My friend’s brother who is a huge seahawk fan is up in British Columbia and hes getting women’s soccer too. This is obviously a national feed problem
Guess they still want to cash the ad revenue checks.
All I’m getting is thw Playboy channel.
You’re still getting less penetration than the Vikings are getting on the Hawks Defense.
Post of the day.
It was low hanging fruit but I took the dump off pass.
*rimshot*
Brilliant 👏
And we’re back just in time to see that The Vikings went 80 yd in 11 plays ate up another 5 and a 1/2 minutes off the clock and now lead ten to nothing
Looks like the defense hasn’t changed a whole lot
But we got to see NED score a goal…so there you go!
Come on Robinson how about they actually run the football effectively
Seeing as we haven’t seen the actual scoring play on either of them for the Vikings I choose to believe it’s still 0-0
This is where the ostrich meets the groundhog.
Tre Brown getting tested… Blown tackle on a 3rd down and then giving up a TD.
Well didn’t we draft corner with the fifth overall pick in the draft this last April?
Who (I know it’s early) went to the school of CJ Prosise/Dee Eskridge health so far.
It is early but so far you are not wrong
JSN is going to get murdered out there tonight. He’s the only one doing anything in offense. Taking a lot of tackles so far…
Missed more plays in favor of commercials
Utterly and completely amateur broadcast tonight
You watching the Playboy channel too?
I said “amateur”
Takcling?
There we go that’s a run I want to see.
Every year I get roped into the first pre season game….and I always turn it off mid 1st quarter, hit record on the dvr, and go do something else
Smart!
Back to women’s soccer
Where utterly being clowned here
I’m done
Maybe there’ll be a replay at some point somewhere like NFL network
Aaaaaand, we got see a reply of the NED score from 15 minutes ago.
Wait a minute. He didn’t Coug it?
Great timing to wake up, touchdown.
So we scored sometime between the soccer match. Who and what?
Lock to Easop Winston Jr. Made a nice catch in traffic while being a victim of PI
Thanks Max
Bobo had a good catch somewhere in that drive. Before my tv went black and I missed the TD.
I noticed that too. I’m really pulling for him to take over the 4th WR spot.
I am also having trouble watching this game. The “Fox Viewing Position” is not working. The dog is cooperating but the 4 year old keeps moving around.
Can the Seahawks play six pre-season games? I think they need it.
Hey they scored! Maybe only five.
They were really awful last preseason also and the team turned out decent. The bad tackling is a bit concerning though.
“Shar-bo-nay”
Is that a wine?
Might be Cade Johnson. Hope they’re just being extra careful.
Sure we get caught up with everything on the field but damn I hate seeing injuries anytime but especially preseason.
I’m liking all this mix and match running and passing with the running back on these last few plays
Bradford just took a man’s soul on that block.
Can he play nose tackle?
Not a bad idea, LOL. Lets get some use out of him this year.
Zero sacks sounds about right. This team lacks any depth on defense
Let us be thankful we finally get to see Lock play a whole game. I’m strangely excited to see football again!
He’s been very good this game.
Taken a step forward. A very healthy one.
First preseason over reaction hot take. Bobo and Winston Jr are 4 and 5 on the WR depth chart at the start of the year.
Agreed, a receiver in hand is worth 5 on suspension. har har.
I agree with that overreaction. Hopefully this is last game we see Dee Eskridge is healthy and never in a Seahawks uniform again.
Not to mention you can never trust his health.
Meant to be a reply to AlaskaHawk
My gut feeling is that the offense will be better than the defense this season. No big revelation there! lol
I think Bobo is making the team. I think he’s more than just a pre-season flash.
That’s a way to start, fumble on first play, 30 yds touchdown on last. Good job Ahlers.
He is fun. Give him a practice roster spot
Don’t have to give him a practice squad spot. Every team get 3 quarterbacks now
Yeah the offense will carry this team. Let’s just hope the defense can be middling and not a total anchor like last year.
Maybe the most fun from these preseason games is seeing the players who are just trying to make the team, or any team. Watching them getting their chance to play. A third string QB throwing to a receiver I’ve never heard of and it’s a success!
Vikings number 16 needs to go work in a shop or something. He’s got no idea what he’s doing out there.
That’s Jaren Hall, former BYU. Well it’s his first taste of NFL action I suppose but that didn’t suggest he can amount to much. Quote this back at me in 5 years when he wins his third Super Bowl, I guess.
Jordan Ferguson has some chops!
Levi Bell and Christian Young looked good too
If nothing else, one big positive takeaway from this game is seeing the young guys noticing, reacting and taking advantage of opportunities when they present themselves.
I’m also liking the enthusiasm that I’m seeing
My biggest take away from this game was the defensive line run fits went away from the Fangio principles. They didn’t do very much mirroring on the line. There were moments where you saw LBs meeting RBs in the hole. That’s encouraging. We’ll have to see what it looks like with the first team plays and the season starts.
Liked:
-drew lock. Very good performance. Calm, in command and accurate. Used his athleticism and arm at appropriate times. Big confidence boost.
-Mafe and Hall. There’s the future right there. Bookend pass rushers to go with bookend offensive tackles. Mafe is showing his ability in real games now.
-JSN. He’s going to dazzle. Soon.
-the centers. Both had no major blown plays and both seemed competent. Olu had a couple plays firing off the snap I really liked.
-bottom roster guys. Bobo, Easop and Jordan Ferguson all put good things on tape. Robert Cooper too.
-Bradford looked very solid. Tell me why he hasn’t been able to get up with the ones?
What I didn’t like:
-first half defense. Gaps not maintained. Assignments behind the LOS vacated. Poor tackling. What is this, 2022???
-John Rhattigan is the new Cody Barton. The textbook definition of a replacement level player. Collects meaningless tackles in bunches and cannot make plays when called upon. Getting duped by a big particularly fast QB in the flat was embarrassing
-Tre Brown had a bad missed tackle and was out of position on the TD throw.
Agree with all.
Morris had a lot to like.
Char looked really good running and receiving.
Bryant was not bad, had some good plays.
Park was encouraging.
I need to watch Bush again to see what was up
Brown really had a rough outing.
Backup tackles played on skates.
Bush looked fast like a DB out there. It might have been his number messing with my head, but he was seriously flying around. What a steal if he ends up being good.
Also noticed in the 2nd half they were running behind Bradford on every play, and he was making big holes. Not amazing at pass pro, but the man finishes every block even if he gets beat off the line
Brown looked bad both on the TD and on the play before, he lost his assignment.
Am I the only one to see a bit of Kearse in Jake Bobo?
I think he could be better than Kearse
I see Joe Jurevicius
My takeaway (from only watching highlights) is….do we finally have some depth? At least athletically? From the highlights (which are obviously the best plays), towards the end it looked like we were clearly more athletic all over and it was really getting to Minnesota. Could also be Hall crumbling too. Kind of reminds me of the early 2010’s: might not be the best overall, but damn that raw talent.
I’m going to be watching Lock closely. I’m a little worried about how they view the position overall. But he made some throws.
The announcers are going to give me headaches with Jake Bobo, thinking that they are being cute or quirky. I’m just going to call him “the Muffin Man” because I’d rather hear the Gingerbread man from Shrek yell that over and over than “Bobo! Uh-oh it’s BOBO!!!”
I really want to watch the full game. Glad to have football back, even if it is just preseason.
THE MUFFIN MAN!!
Are we talking Drury lane or Utility Muffin Research Kitchen muffin man?
Oh, Drury Lane. Idk why, but watching the td on Instagram, that was my thought!
Zach Charbonnet absolutely trucked Cine not once nut TWICE. Stole his soul…LOL