First things first, I want no part of any of these late kickoff games during the regular season. It’s bad enough that they have them during the preseason, we don’t need them when the games actually count.
The way the Seattle Seahawks played against the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football didn’t help. Yes, Seattle walked away with a 27-19 victory, at home nonetheless to move to 5-2 with a bye week on the horizon. This was a very stupid game that should have been an absolute ass whipping. Instead, here I am with another tension headache from this got dang team trying their very best to give the game away. Really, besides the defense and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, I’m having a hard time finding too many positives to write about. Had Seattle actually lost this game, it would have been devastating.
Going into the bye with a win is good, you’ll never hear me complain about that. I just get frustrated because I can see how good this team could be if they just clean up the turnover issues and learn how to close out a game. This the best, flawed team in the league with a defense different from the LOB era, but every bit as physical and fun. Seattle has a week off to work out the kinks and come out firing in the second half of the season. If they can make a few adjustments on offense and get healthier on defense, the rest of the NFL should be on notice.