> Ed wrote:
>

>> Stephen Trapani wrote:
>>

>>> Ed wrote:
>>>

>>>> Stephen Trapani wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> These Seahawks can hang with the best team in the league; would
>>>>> have beat them except for a fluke play.
>>>>>
>>>>> This team is contending for the Superbowl this season. Anyone who
>>>>> writes them off is a moron. Time to get back on board!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>> (what, I had to change "pussies" to "pansies" to get past some kind
>>>>> of filter??????????)

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure I know what "on board" means. But what I learned from
>>>> this game was that the Seahawks are still making the kind of
>>>> mistakes that lose games.
>>>>
>>>> Anything's possible, including a playoff run back to the SB. But
>>>> anyone who can't see that this team has problems, or who thinks that
>>>> talking about those problems is "writing them off", is the real moron.

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But almost everyone was saying the Chargers were way better than the
>>> Seahawks and that the Seahawks would get dominated by the Chargers.
>>> Why didn't you learn that that wasn't true? The Seahawks basically
>>> dominated the game, didn't you notice?

>>
>>
>>
>> Held scoreless and trailing 7-0 at the half.
>>
>> Trailing 13-7 at the end of the third.
>>
>> Took the lead 17-13 in the fourth quarter, but the "STO" left enough
>> time on the clock for the Chargers to score the winning TD. (Note: a
>> team that was truly dominating the game would have gained a first down
>> or two on that critical drive.)
>>
>> Six sacks, two interceptions, a QB rating of 39.1. Lots of drops and
>> hurried throws.
>>
>> The defense gave up a 62-yard running play and a 37-yard game-winning
>> TD with 29 seconds on the clock.
>>
>> Two mistakes by the punt returner, one which almost resulted in a
>> costly turnover and one which pinned the team inside the 10-yard line
>> at a critical juncture.
>>
>> Somehow that doesn't look like domination to me, and it didn't feel
>> like it while I was watching the game. It never felt like a win was
>> secured, not the way it does when a team is truly dominant.
>>
>> However, if you want to argue that the Chargers didn't dominate
>> either, and that this defied expectations, I won't object.
>>
>>
>>
>>

>
> The only thing crappani can argue is how much of a football-illiterate
> fool he is.