Our beloved Seahawks have taken a hit, falling from an average national power ranking of 5.0 last week to 7.8 now, and it is all thanks to a brutal two-game slide that has everyone in the Emerald City talking. After losing to the San Francisco 49ers and then dropping another to the Denver Broncos, the national media is really digging into what went wrong.
The Turnover Nightmare Haunting Our Offense
Seriously, this turnover thing is killing us right now. ESPN straight up called out that we have coughed up the ball 12 times already this season, which is the third most of any offense in the entire league. And guess what? Ten of those turnovers happened in the three games we lost. That’s a brutal stat to swallow, especially when NFL.com and CBS Sports both pinpointed Sam Darnold specifically. NFL.com mentioned his “turnover problem,” and CBS highlighted that he “is turning the ball over way too much.” You just can’t win consistently like that, especially after dropping two games in a span of five days. It’s frustrating to watch, because we know what this offense is capable of.
National Pundits Are Getting Real
The national media is not pulling any punches, even if some are trying to stay optimistic for us. NFL.com dropped us three spots to 10th, and even with that drop, they are still hoping the offense gets it together once the offensive line is back to full strength soon. Bleacher Report also knocked us down three spots, from 6th to 9th, and *they* are hanging onto hope about our running back room returning to health. But both of those sites are hammering home those turnover issues as a big problem the team needs to address.
Then you have CBS and Pro Football Talk, who both have the Seahawks ranked as 7th best in the league. CBS did not move us at all, but they were pretty clear about Darnold’s ball security. Pro Football Talk, though, man, they did not mince words. They moved the team down two spots and simply stated, “They should’ve kept Kenneth Walker III.” Ouch. That stings when you hear it, especially knowing what Kenny did for us. The highest ranking we got from a national site this week was from ESPN, who put us at 6th best, but even they could not ignore the turnover train wreck that has defined our losses. So yeah, the rankings dipped, but we are still firmly in the top ten, so there is that!
Sunday Night Showdown: Can We Stop the Slide?
This is not getting any easier, 12s. Next week, we are facing Kenneth Walker III and the UNDEFEATED Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. That is a huge test. Can the Hawks clean up these turnovers and bounce back, or are we going to keep sliding down the national rankings? The Emerald City needs a win, and we need to see Darnold protect that ball. Get ready. This is going to be a fight.
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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