The Seahawks won the toss and elected to receive. The Seahawks went three and out on their first possession, with the Cardinals defense putting tremendous pressure on Hasselbeck, and a 10 yard offensive holding penalty.

After a long punt return, the very next play was a long pass caught for a touchdown. Marcus Trufant fell down, leaving Bryant Johnson with nobody to stop him when he caught the ball.

The Seahawks second possession wasn’t any better than their first. Matt Hasselbeck had the ball stripped and the Cardinals recovered. Another offensive holding penalty was called and declined, and the Cardinals took over with good field position.

The Cardinals next play was marred by a false start. That didn’t seem to stop them though, as the Seahawks defense still doesn’t seem to know how to tackle. Only five minutes had passed in the game, and the score is 7 to nothing, with the Cardinals were at the 25, third and one. Just as it looked totally bleak with yet another Cardinal first down, Seattle came up with the ball inside the 10

Of course the Cardinals threw the red flag. Watching the replays, it seemed that it wasn’t really an interception. The officials let the ruling stand though. Seattle came up with the ball. I’m happy with the result, but I think it was a bad call by the officials.

Maybe the Seahawks will get it together now. Trading turnovers and stopping the Cardinals from capitalizing on Hasselbeck’s mistake is a good thing.

That’s a start. The Seahawks started getting first downs after that. But the Cardinals’ defense wasn’t having much of that, knocking the ball loose and recovering the fumble again. Two plays later and they were in the red zone. The Seahawks defense still can’t figure out how to make tackles though, and it cost them another touchdown. The first quarter wasn’t even over and the score was 14-0.

The Seahawks may have a good record, but play like this simply shows that they’re a poor football team. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, but luck doesn’t last forever.

It’s really hard being a Seahawks fan these days…

Update: Just as I posted this, the Seahawks managed to pull their heads out of their backsides, and with a couple of really spectacular plays tossed the ball downfield, resulting in a touchdown. On one of them, the television commentators thought the ball had been intercepted, then they were amazed that it was caught. I was amazed too.

Like LSU says, one of the things the Seahawks do have going for them is that they don’t give up. That’s why I’m still a Seahawks fan despite their sloppy play.

Cross posted at Perri Nelson’s Website.

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