What the heck???

...is going on with our Seahawks. I know the Cleavland Browns are an up and coming team that has had a potent offense over the last 5 weeks...but we should not have lost that game yesterday. Not just for the fact that we were winning 21 to 6...or that we couldnt get 1/2 yard to get a first down...but we are a better team than we have shown lately.

This kinda carries back to last year and I know it is a cliche...but we should be a better team than we are. We have way more talent than our Superbowl team a few years back...and we cut out the negative attitude players since then. So what is going on?

I thought alot about this over the last 24 hours (i know...im a nerd and have no life) and am trying to figure out why we seem to not play to our potential. I didnt want to look at stats or anything logical to explain this. Rather, i wanted to take a personal perspective and give my opinion on what is going on. First...its obvious that our running game SUCKS but I am starting to come to the conclusion that its not just Shaun's fault. Yesterday i examined our running plays and there really isnt much place for Shaun to go. Our offensive line is not only missing blocks...they are just plain out getting run over. Shaun has never been a back to run outside and get by people. His big chunk of yards is find the hole and explode thru it. But there truly isnt a hole to run thru this year. Morris hasnt really been effective this year either. But one thing im having a hard time understanding is why we keep playing him the majority of the game...when he already has a cast on his arm (which is obviously effecting him) and he has knee and leg injuries as well. As Melina said to me yesterday... why not rest him a game to help him get better.

Second...a more general perspective is...we just cant play consistant. And by that i mean...our offense, defense and special teams dont seem to play well at the same time. Our offense will suck but the defense will rock. And then our offense will roll and then the defense seems to play softer. (yesterday we didnt get to the quarterback once). And sometimes we get huge plays from our special teams...but then do nothing to capitalize on it. If all parts played well at the same time...i honestly think we would be "patriot like" team to beat. Not to say we would be as good as New England...but we have one of the best offenses and defenses in the league and would be tough to beat if both sides of the ball were playing good at the same time.

And third...which is the mosts intriguing...is play call. We have one of the best coaches in the league...yet we seem to keep making odd calls. I know Mike doesnt make all the calls now...but I would think he has influence in it. For example...three weeks ago when we are down two scores and need a field goal and a touchdown to tie (which probably wouldnt happen anyway) instead of kicking a fieldgoal on 4th down and getting one of the scores we needed...he opts to go for the touchdown. When that doesnt work...we then have NO shot at tying the game. And last night...with our running game being as atrocious as it is...when we need 1/2 a yard...why not do a quarterback sneak. Matt had just run for 9 yards and dove for the first...he obviously was playing hard and I think he could have muscled for 1/2 yard. There just seems to be a few times in the game where we have something going well and then we go away from it. Hopefully this can be worked out soon. We probably will still make the playoffs since our division sucks, but if we want to make it anywhere once the post season comes...we better start playing better and make smarter decisions.