First the crowd noise was insane. My Girlfriend and I talked about it before the game that the cold air might amplify it but I didn't expect by that much. The fly over was utterly deafening and the crowd noise directly led to two wasted timeouts and 2 broken plays that I counted. It had a big impacted.
Second the cold showed up big time. Wilson looked awful, so did our offense, but for someone who had been as on fire as Wilson to look so bad really shows how much the weather played a part in this.
Third it was great to see Harrison, Joseph, and Barr be as involved as they were. It felt vindicating, after hearing the back and forth all week about whether or not the defensive pieces being back would actually make a difference, to see our defense come out and punch them in the throat.
Fourth, I honestly think that we ran the ball too much. I would have liked to have seen some short and intermediate passes, there was space.
Fifth, The Field goal was crushing, the entire second level thought we had made it. It was terrible. To be completely and utterly honest though, I knew it was coming. I cant explain it but I knew for a fact they were going to miss that chip shot. I just knew and it was awful
Sixth, I know they are not reflective of the whole but the Seahawk fans at the game were the rudest and most disrespectful people I have ever met. Beers thrown, cursing, threats. Setting aside the fact they barely won and after the game acted like they repeated December 6th, they were just terrible people.
Seventh, What. the. hell. Game. was. Pete. Calling. in the first half? I am sure that if Blair hadn't missed that kick Pete is fired. no one knew what the hell he was doing. He was calling the game like we had a terrible defense and we kept kicking him in the face. It was bizarre
Eighth, I think the game plan from Zimmer and Norv was good to great based on the weather. My one and only complaint is that I believe Zimmer got greedy at the end. I think he should have kept trusting his defense and had Teddy do a 7 step drop and take a knee considering short range shots are Blairs one weak point. I think an extra 5-10 yards and a center line up would have made the difference. Yes I know the laces and what not but I don't think that would have been an issue if they were lining up a 33 yarder as opposed to a chip shot. Instead he pushed for the first down to run out the clock. I didn't think that was the right call before or after. But I think the overall game plan was impressive and I am happy with the performance.
