Katy's Blog
Before jumping into football, I have to give a shoutout to the Seattle Mariners for a fun season and for breaking the 21-year drought for post-season play. The brought this city a lot of excitement and joy, something we can all use more of. And god knows, they did not go quietly. Grinding it out for 18 innings takes grit. Thank you, fellas, for all of it. And here’s to next year. And now on to football. For week six, the Seahawks take on divisional…
Things weren’t so easy in the Big Easy last Sunday, and the Seahawks lost to the Saints 32-39. It seems our beloved team just can’t get its Yin-Yang in alignment. While the offense is playing beautifully and is a lot of fun to watch, the defense continues to struggle mightily. And for this game, special teams only made it worse. Here’s the ugly, the bad and the good. UGLY Rashaad Penny’s injury is a soul crusher. He’s broken his fibula and will be out for…
Week Five: Seattle Seahawks vs New Orleans Saints. Saints are predicted to win by five points. We’ll see about that. My wish list isn’t long this week, but I’ll be happy if these boxes are ticked. Let’s go: Improved play by the defense. To drill that down a little more, I’d like to see two things: a nasty pass rush and stronger defense against the run. Andy Dalton is in at quarterback for an injured Jameis Winston. I would love to see him menaced and…
Image from Sports Illustrated The Seahawks beat the Lions in a 48-45 shootout at Ford Field in Detroit. To best describe my feelings about this win and this team, I’ll borrow from the words and wisdom of Ram Dass: “Be Here Now.” The Seahawks offense continues to improve, and Geno Smith continues to defy expectations. Of course, the skeptics and naysayers are out in full force. They note that Smith and the offense were up against a terrible Lions defense. They say that Geno has…
Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs Detroit Lions. Lions are favored to win by 3.5 points, for whatever that’s worth. Here’s my wish list for this game: Win or lose, I simply want to see better play, across all position groups and every aspect of the game. I’d like to see the defense contain the Lions running game. The Hawks have already been struggling with run defense, and the Lions are number three in the league for rushing yards per game. There’s no time like the…
The Seahawks are now 1-2 after losing to the Atlanta Falcons in a lackluster game last Sunday. We’d barely shut the door on Week Three when all the impassioned narratives started. For some, there are no wins in sight, and the season is already over. At the other end of the spectrum are the sunny optimists who believe in their hearts that a competitive team is about to bloom, save for cleaning up a few mistakes here and there, and that we just need to…
Week three. Today’s game pits the Seahawks against the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons are 0-2 right now, so maybe the Hawks have a fighting chance. Here’s my wish list: Points. More specifically, I mean offensive points. Aside from the special teams touchdown last week against the 49es, the Seahawks offense has not scored any points in six quarters, since the first half of the Broncos game. Points are the point, right? Fewer (or no) penalties. Last week, the Seahawks had ten penalties for something like…
We all saw it. But for anyone who might have been lucky enough to miss it, here are a few things less painful than witnessing the Seahawks’ performance against the 49er’s last Sunday: Slamming your hand in a car door A root canal without anesthesia Passing a kidney stone Multiple paper cuts and canker sores, all infected Hanging out in a honey bucket on a sweltering day Possible panaceas for the pain: Face plant in a vat of melted chocolate Drown yourself in music Relive…
It’s week two, and the Seahawks take on divisional rivals the San Francisco 49ers. The win against the Broncos on Monday night has definitely infused the 12’s with more hopeful enthusiasm and perhaps bolstered the Seahawks’ reputation nationally, or at least shut up the haters for one week. Can the Seahawks continue to surprise, delight and maintain the lead in the NCF West? Only Sunday will tell. Here’s my wish list for the game: A bold run game. On Monday night, Rashaad Penny had a…
My mind has taken me to some pretty strange places over the years. But never in my wildest imaginings could I have envisioned sitting in a packed Lumen Field, with the crowd thunderously chanting “Geno! Geno! Geno!” again and again and again. This certainly wasn’t on my bingo card for 2022. Yet there I was. Of course, I’m talking about the Seahawks season opener against the Denver Broncos, a Monday Night Football smackdown, featuring the return of Russell Wilson and the vengeance of a scorned…
