This first blog will be several reasons why the Seahawks should have purposely lost the last game of the season against the St. Louis Rams. Before I get into this, I would like to say that I am a huge Seahawks fan and am proud of the way they are turning the team around. But getting back towards my reason, the Seattle Seahawks are in a rebuilding stage...meaning they need new talent. If the Seahawks finished the season with a record of 6-10, they would be drafting around the 10-12 spot in the upcoming NFL draft. The draft order is determined by that teams record. But when a team reaches the playoffs, they are automatically send to the bottom third draft. To illustrate this point, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are drafting with the 20th selection with a record of 10-6, and the very best draft pick the Seahawks could get is the 21st pick, with a record of 7-9. And there is a very large difference of talented players coming out of college when you are drafting from the 11th spot, compared to the 21st spot. The Seahawks have a lot of holes on their team, and now they just missed out on drafting an elite quarterback, a shut down corner, or a dominating defensive linesmen. Now there will still be amazing talent where the Seahawks draft in the first round, just nothing of what they had potential to have gotten.
The second reason is that the in the first round of the playoffs, the Seahawks are playing the New Orleans Saints, the defending Super Bowl Champs. It is true that we are playing at home in Quest Field, and we do have some of the loudest fans out there, and there is always an easy way for an upset game in the NFL. But lets be realistic, we are playing the Saints. Their best weapon is their passing game, oh and what is the Seahawks biggest weakness? ....Our pass defense. I have a bad feeling that they will just light us up.I dont know what would be worse, not making the playoffs, or making the playoffs with a losing record, then getting destroyed in the first round at home. It just sounds like such an easy way for the entire NFL fan base to laugh at our team.
For my last reason, the NFC West will still be just as bad next year. Even if every team improves their roster, they will still bad. The Seahawks will have the same odds of winning next year as they did this year....except with better and younger talent.
Well there is my little rant. I have several other big reasons on why they should have lost the game, but I didnt want to make this first post too long. So I will leave it at those three reasons.
....and in case you were wondering, I will still be rooting for the Seahawks to pull the upset as much as the next fan tomorrow afternoon.
Sounds like a certain Kipper is a Grumpsaur
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