{"id":749896,"date":"2026-02-13T19:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749896\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:07:29","slug":"the-f-k-you-that-saved-the-seattle-seahawks-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/749896\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018F–k You\u2019 that saved the Seattle Seahawks season"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember this press conference vividly as I had it streaming live in the background while writing my postgame recap<\/a> for the Seattle Seahawks\u2019 21-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Once I heard Ernest drop the first \u201cF Bomb\u201d, I did a double-take. After the second one, I was grinning from ear-to-ear and backed up the stream so I could hear it a few more times.<\/p>\n

THIS was the attitude I wanted to see for this Seahawks team. Ernest Jones IV put the blame on the defense\u2019s shoulders after they played a hell of a game (actually, their best performance in the three-game series with the Rams by a long shot). He stood up for his quarterback and doubled down on it. Jones was pissed off and annoyed that they lost, probably more than most given Los Angeles was his first NFL home. He let his emotions show in a genuine way that all of the fans connected with. It wasn\u2019t a stunt. It wasn\u2019t forced.<\/p>\n

Instead of backpedaling and sweeping it under the rug, the Seahawks social media posted the unedited version for all to hear. That in itself was a statement. Mike Macdonald\u2019s version of the Seattle Seahawks are a passionate crew who hold themselves to the highest standards. The day following the loss, the Jones sound clip was picked up and all over the media. Were they still talking about Sam Darnold\u2019s four interceptions? Yes, but likely not as much as they would have if Jones hadn\u2019t said what he did.<\/p>\n

And you know what? That became a rallying cry for the team. At a time when the defense could\u2019ve thrown the offense under the bus, Jones\u2019 comment galvanized the team. They knew how good they were, even in the loss. They had just lost the turnover battle 4-1, didn\u2019t capitalize in the red zone, and were still in position to win against one of the best teams in the NFL. The Seahawks players and coaches knew that they had the talent to be the best team in the league if they could rein in the turnovers.<\/p>\n

Seattle ripped off 10 straight wins en route to their second Super Bowl championship. Ernest Jones and the rest of the Dark Side defense flipped the double birds to the rest of the NFL as they choked their opponents out one by one. The Seahawks defense stood behind Sam Darnold and he repaid them in kind against the Rams, dragging them back from behind in their second regular season matchup and outdueling Matthew Stafford in the NFC Championship game to put the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

I truly don\u2019t think Seattle makes it that far if Jones hadn\u2019t said that now-famous quote. His feelings represented how the rest of the team and coaches felt. The raw emotion with which he said it caused the turning point for the Seahawks season, and led to a Super Bowl title. What better way to commemorate that feat than giving Jones the mic again at the celebration?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I remember this press conference vividly as I had it streaming live in the background while writing my…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,52201],"class_list":{"0":"post-749896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seattle-seahawks-analysis-and-opinion"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116064894703330672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}