The Mariners season is on the line Friday night against the best pitcher in the American League and I'm so sick in the head that I'm actually excited about this and the rest of the weekend.
The quarterback sure looks good, but the Seahawks defense has a concerning tendency to cake its pants. Also: How has Seattle gone four weeks without even forcing a fumble?
I know I should be tearing into the Seahawks defense given what happened Sunday, but between all the injuries and Julio's heroics, I'm finding it hard to be too critical.
Instead of paying a premium for that new-car smell at quarterback, the Seahawks and Bucs have found it more efficient to sign guys who've already been around the block.
The defense has been absolutely great ... until the fourth quarter rolls around and as much as I hate searching for silver linings there was one in this UW defeat.
The quality of Seattle's defense is not surprising to me. The performance of starting quarterback Sam Darnold, however, has been better than expected.
Before we get to Russell Wilson being benched in New York, I've got a confession to make about my actions during last night's Mariners game.
Special teams was exactly that, the penalty parade has been halted and the single biggest strength of this defense can be found in the middle of the D-line.
A $15 spell saved the Mariners' season, which is great. College football's "Great Reshuffling" ruined the Apple Cup, which is not great.
Turns out Seattle remains totally capable of playing utterly insane, absolutely non-sensical games. How exactly did all that happen?
The Seahawks secondary is deeper than we thought and Seattle's top receiver is playing as well as anyone could have hoped.
Russell Wilson is leading the NFL in passing yards while Geno Smith has been intercepted more often than anyone.
