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Game Thread: Cutting through the crap

I’ve recieved a number of notes from my “Faithful Two” readers asking where I’ve been this week. “Mack Strong has retired!” “Deion Branch is out!” “We were shut out and looked terrible!” “Our running game is horrible!” “Our defense can’t got off the field on 3rd downs!” Count me in...
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Power Rankings

Power Rankings Week 5

No surprise the see the Hawks tumble after that performance. .nobrtable br { display: none } Team Team Rank New England 26.78 Pittsburgh 20.14 Dallas 19.63 Indianapolis 17.4 Washington 11.14 Tennessee 6.83 Jacksonville 6.22 Green Bay 6 Tampa Bay 5.66 Philadelphia 4.06 Houston 4.01 Minnesota 3.46 Seattle 1.96 Arizona 1.51...
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Gameday thread: Seahawks at Steelers

I’m Brian’s wife, filling in for Hawkblogger as he endures a 3 hour roadtrip home from Grandma’s house with our 3 year old. Nobody panic – he’ll be here soon. I’ll spare you my take on today’s game, since all I know is that if they win Brian usually wants...
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Preview

Things to look for against Pittsburgh

I’ve done a little bit extra for everyone this week. Posted here is the season log for Pittsburgh so far in 2007, along with some highlighted breakdowns of interest. I’ve also posted the 2005 log for the Steelers that I prepared for the Super Bowl. If it’s not obvious, this...
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DIVISION NEWS: Quaterback craziness in the NFC West

One team may lose their QB for the season, and be playing with a 35-year-old backup that looked done (not rusty) last week. Another just benched their injured and ineffective starter in favor of a 36-year-old backup. And the other team is regularly rotating in their 36-year-old backup. Thank goodness...
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NFC Stock Market Week 4

Each week I will take a look at what happened for the Seahawks and the NFC and update my predicted record for the Hawks and the Top 5 teams in the NFC. I will try to do this each Wednesday. Seahawks Stock: RisingPre-season Predicted Record: 10-6Current Predicted Record: 12-4 Things...
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Injury Report

Darn: Steelers injury situation not that bad

This story just got posted. Casey Hampton and Troy Polamalu are scheduled to play against the Hawks. Hines Ward is questionable, but that probably means he’s back as well. They lost their nickel corner, so we may be able to exploit the rookie they will plug in there. Maybe our...
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Power Rankings

Power Rankings Week 4

Hawks strong performance translates into a jump in the rankings. Note that while the Packers defense is getting all sorts of credit, the Hawks are allowing fewer YPC, YPA and PTS/Game. .nobrtable br { display: none } Team Team Rank New England 29.1 Dallas 24.49 Pittsburgh 18.54 Indianapolis 16.84 Tampa...
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