Re: I shouldn't get joy from this
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There were some acknowledgements that the Rams were the better team, but those were few and far between. Here are a few from the Seahawks.net fan forum:
1. "We didn’t lose to Jets at home...we lost to the #1 defense in the NFL, with no home field advantage. We didn’t play our best and they didn’t beat us with their offense. A couple plays put us behind and a short field TD put us away."
2. "Everyone can be salty if they want to, but we got taken behind the woodshed today. It wasn’t a fluke. It wasn’t a team that played waaaay above their head. They made us look bad and were completely dominant on the defensive side of the ball. Defense wins championships and the Rams are the class of the league this year. If they had an average QB they would run roughshod over the league."
3. "Their defense is the class of the league, absolutely. However, we didn't even TRY to run offensive plays that are designed to beat un-blockable pressure for almost the entire game. It gets so damned frustrating. Someone needs to stamp this on Pete's forehead:"
4. "There's no shame in losing to a better team, and the Rams were clearly the better team today. But there is shame when your team comes out with no intensity, no passion, no heart, no will to win..... in a damn playoff game! With a few exceptions, the Hawks players looked like they were just going through the motions. That's the most frustrating and embarrassing thing for me about todays game.
The Rams completely dominated the LOS on both sides of the ball. I know the Rams DL can be dominant at times, but this was the worst performance of the year from our OL. And we had all our starters today. And defensively, we never came close to slowing down the Rams running game, even when we knew going in that they were going to lean on that because of their QB situation. Everyone knew it!
Russ, the offensive and defensive lines, the coaching staff...... it was just a very poor effort from the Hawks in all phases of the game, and there's enough blame to go around. But bottom line, the Rams came out and took the game to us from the get go. They were passionate, they were intense, they played every play like it was their last. We never came close to matching their intensity, and as a result, we got run over on both sides of the ball.
So yes, in this instance, there is absolutely shame in losing. It was a pathetic effort by everyone involved on the Hawks side of the ball and I'm embarrassed for them."
5. "The Rams wanted us.
They knew exactly what we were.
A team with an overrated QB that played not to lose. Would come in with substandard gameplans, and give you every chance to win the game. We would even spot you multiple scores by halftime.
And all you had to do was take a lead while they drained their own clock down, never bothered adjusting, and eventually a fumble or bad call would give you the game.
They never expected to lose their QB or best defender, but even then...Carroll was going to do everything he could to give them that game by not even coming in prepared to create effective matchups. Carroll would go in lazily trying to do what they always did, making it easy to prepare for.
The Rams were right and easily beat us. Even without an effective QB and their best defender.
Our 12 wins were smoke and mirrors. We were never that good because our coach was always the problem and our coordinators were never really that good.
They did whatever they wanted. Caught us completely off guard and knew exactly what we would do, because we always do that. And so they easily stopped us.
They were probably dancing they got the matchup with us because they knew it would be a cakewalk to prepare for us."
1. "We didn’t lose to Jets at home...we lost to the #1 defense in the NFL, with no home field advantage. We didn’t play our best and they didn’t beat us with their offense. A couple plays put us behind and a short field TD put us away."
2. "Everyone can be salty if they want to, but we got taken behind the woodshed today. It wasn’t a fluke. It wasn’t a team that played waaaay above their head. They made us look bad and were completely dominant on the defensive side of the ball. Defense wins championships and the Rams are the class of the league this year. If they had an average QB they would run roughshod over the league."
3. "Their defense is the class of the league, absolutely. However, we didn't even TRY to run offensive plays that are designed to beat un-blockable pressure for almost the entire game. It gets so damned frustrating. Someone needs to stamp this on Pete's forehead:"
4. "There's no shame in losing to a better team, and the Rams were clearly the better team today. But there is shame when your team comes out with no intensity, no passion, no heart, no will to win..... in a damn playoff game! With a few exceptions, the Hawks players looked like they were just going through the motions. That's the most frustrating and embarrassing thing for me about todays game.
The Rams completely dominated the LOS on both sides of the ball. I know the Rams DL can be dominant at times, but this was the worst performance of the year from our OL. And we had all our starters today. And defensively, we never came close to slowing down the Rams running game, even when we knew going in that they were going to lean on that because of their QB situation. Everyone knew it!
Russ, the offensive and defensive lines, the coaching staff...... it was just a very poor effort from the Hawks in all phases of the game, and there's enough blame to go around. But bottom line, the Rams came out and took the game to us from the get go. They were passionate, they were intense, they played every play like it was their last. We never came close to matching their intensity, and as a result, we got run over on both sides of the ball.
So yes, in this instance, there is absolutely shame in losing. It was a pathetic effort by everyone involved on the Hawks side of the ball and I'm embarrassed for them."
5. "The Rams wanted us.
They knew exactly what we were.
A team with an overrated QB that played not to lose. Would come in with substandard gameplans, and give you every chance to win the game. We would even spot you multiple scores by halftime.
And all you had to do was take a lead while they drained their own clock down, never bothered adjusting, and eventually a fumble or bad call would give you the game.
They never expected to lose their QB or best defender, but even then...Carroll was going to do everything he could to give them that game by not even coming in prepared to create effective matchups. Carroll would go in lazily trying to do what they always did, making it easy to prepare for.
The Rams were right and easily beat us. Even without an effective QB and their best defender.
Our 12 wins were smoke and mirrors. We were never that good because our coach was always the problem and our coordinators were never really that good.
They did whatever they wanted. Caught us completely off guard and knew exactly what we would do, because we always do that. And so they easily stopped us.
They were probably dancing they got the matchup with us because they knew it would be a cakewalk to prepare for us."
