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Photo- Stephen Brashear, Associated Press There is so much good news this week! Yesterday, Damar Hamlin was released from the ICU at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and went back to Buffalo. He was admitted to the Buffalo General Medical Center, where he’s undergoing tests. His recovery continues to go remarkably well. On Sunday, the entire league honored him at each and every game. Damar watched his Bills team beat the Patriots from his hospital room and tweeted to his fans and teammates.…
First things first, Damar Hamlin is showing “remarkable improvement” according to his doctors. He’s breathing on his own. His neurological function appears to be intact. He’s even FaceTimed with his teammates. He still has a ways to go in terms of recovery, but there is much reason for optimism. Exhale. According to reports, he regained consciousness on Thursday. At the time, he was still on a breathing tube and communicated through handwriting. His first question was, “Who won the game?” His doctor answered, “Yes,…
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is fighting for his life in a Cincinnati hospital. Yesterday, in the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Damar made what appeared to be a routine tackle on Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. After bouncing to his feet after the play, Damar immediately collapsed on the field and went into cardiac arrest. Medical personnel performed CPR for roughly 15 minutes, after which time he was placed in an ambulance and rushed to UC Medical Center. The game…
It’s Week 17 of the regular season, and the Seahawks take on the Jets at home. This game is pretty much do or die for the Seahawks in terms of playoff potential. With a 7-8 record, their chances for post-season play are hovering around 22%. A win against the Jets would bump up to 53%. This season has made me a master at tempering expectations. That said, I’d love for the Hawks to make the playoffs. Why not? There are a lot of storylines…
Photo, Charlie Riedel, AP Although the Christmas Eve loss to the Chiefs was not a surprise, the reality of the Seahawks losing five of the past six games is sobering. I’m not frustrated or angry anymore. I’m also not going through a huge heartbreak and all that attendant drama. My feeling about this team and this season could best be described as a dull ache. Let me start by saying that the Seahawks receiving group looked ridiculous when they showed up shirtless to warm-up in…
Week 16. Seahawks vs Chiefs, Christmas Eve at Arrowhead Stadium. Well, shit. I don’t know that it gets any harder than this. Our beloved Seahawks, a team struggling on so many levels, take on the Kansas City Chiefs, red hot champs of the AFC West led by the ever mighty Patrick Mahomes. Adding to the difficulty, the Hawks will be down three of their best weapons with Tyler Lockett, Ryan Neal and Al Woods all out with injuries. If all that weren’t enough misery,…
The Seahawks fell to the 49ers in a distasteful smackdown at Lumen Field on Thursday Night Football last week. Since that loss, procrastination's had a grip on me. Coming up with post-game thoughts has been an uncharacteristic struggle. We’ve been running over the same old ground–or not running to be more accurate–for weeks now. There comes a point where there is nothing lest to say, or at the very least, no new way to tell the story. But here we are. Most of the game…
Week 15. Seahawks vs. 49ers, round two. Alrighty then. Quarterback injuries notwitstanding, the 49ers have been firing on all cylinders this season. With a 9-4 record, they currently hold the top spot in the NFC West. They’ve got a mean and nasty defense, arguably the best in the league. They also have an extremely strong running game, a bane of the Seahawks front seven. Because of the aforementioned injuries, Brock Purdy has taken the reins as signal caller for the team. However, he too is…
Seahawks 24- Panthers 30 Pull out your whiskey. Tune up your guitar. Shore up your tender hearts and let the hounds moan. The Seattle Seahawks got the blues, straight up. More specifically, the run blues. This score might suggest a closer contest than it really was. Pay it no mind. I follow a lot of different sports writers, football analysts and Seahawks podcasters. Usually, in the evening after a game and the next morning, I pour over their takes and commentaries. Interestingly, several of my…
The Seahawks return home this week to take on the Carolina Panthers at Lumen Field. I feel a little uneasy about this one. It probably doesn’t help that I’ve spent a lot of time this week studying up on the problems with the Seattle run defense. More on that later. Coming into Week 14, the Panthers are at 4-8. They have a smashmouth run game, aggressive in-your-face pounding that can exhaust a defense. Since Christian McCaffrey was traded off to the 49ers, running back…
