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Sports media has pretty much declared Seattle as repeating. Only that stubborn old Tony Dungy seemed to step out on a limb and say they wouldn't.

Now our boys can just go out and have fun roasting some Falcons. Since we've been declared "also rans", there's no pressure!

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I'm not buying... It's only the first game, not like we're trying to keep up with them yet. Division comes first...

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They are definitely the front runner and favorite even in my eyes. They are the team to beat. Its a long season and we are a better team than we were last year. If anyone can knock them out of the playoffs we can.

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The talking heads are stupid. I feel like I'm listening to a broken record. Every year, they seem to be all over the defending champs nuts, throwing words around like "repeat"...NEVER HAPPENS!

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They are impressive and no denying 17-1 at home. Wilson though running around is a huge liability.

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What the media says won't dictate how the Saints play against the Falcons. There's pressure to win every week.

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You're crazy if you think Wilsons legs are a liability. It disrupts coverage , extends his time to find a receiver ( Coverage Won't Last Forever ) It's a huge asset.

Oh and to the notion that theres no pressure to win now and all we need to do is capture the division ? That's the same logic that will put us back In seattle come January. It's fact we need to keep pace if not outrun the Hawks in route to a home field advantage.

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So as a team are they worrying about Seattle already? :rolleyes: Or the upcoming division games?

Thinking to far ahead is putting pressure on yourself; unneeded pressure...

Seems pretty logical to me since every athlete says the same exact thing: "One game at a time"

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Manning looked terrible in the Super Bowl
Rodgers looked bad last night, got rattled and didn't even look, less throw to Sherman's side of the field (really?)
Kaepernicke was rattled there
Brees looked bad the first game but came into his own when the elements cooperated in the playoff game

they can sometimes collapse a pocket with 3

we have a better o-line

I like our chances
Seattle or the dome

lets fly under the radar

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From last year and from what I've seen this year, Seattle is in a league of their own. We're the best of the rest until proven otherwise. Their front seven is amazing.

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To funny... 4 great QB's on big stages have bad games against one D. Maybe its not the QB's. And its Seattle's D???

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We take them in the Dome. Said it since start of preseason - whoever gets HFA goes to the big dance.

I just love how everyone was all in the Packers jock about them being "elite". BS - I did not see that last night. We hung with Seattle better in the winds in the playoffs.

SF's defense is hurting, the north and east will beat each other up, so it's our place to challenge Seattle.


So focus a game at a time, stay healthy, play smart and enjoy the fact that most of the sports media has already crowned the Seahawks after week 1.

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Who can tackle Marshawn Lynch? Seahawks looked pretty impressive.

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after last night you have to be impressed.

BUTT and a BIG BUTT it is.

GB despite injuries to the OL before and during the game is sitting back in GB wishing for a handful of plays back.

Seattle is among the elite and you got play solid football to beat them.

But they can be had

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We contained him for nearly all of the playoff game last year
a short runoff an Ingram costly turnover and that beast td near the end after a miracle catch on 3rd down and after we had shut them down 3 and outs most of the 2nd-4th quarters

The emergence of Percy Harvin concerns me
then again he probably will be injured by the end of the season
and we contained him and got physical last year

Definitely HFA will be key
our schedule is easier and our opponents are more susceptible to our juggernaut offense.

Aaron Rogers is the best ever.
Brees gets so much less respect
Rogers hasn't put together 2 playoff games since their Super bowl Run
Never sold on Packer dominance
would have liked for them to have beat Seattle

Colin Kaep is inconsistent and can't pull out a key drive like the great ones can. He has good weapons but is getting more one dimensional with Gore getting older. Would like them to beat Seattle

Stay healthy, push tempo, don't become big headed or complacent and play with attitude

nearly all our tough games are at home
I wouldn't want to be GB, SF, Bal and our conf rivals having to come into the dome expecting to win

the pass interference calls could be a big asset this year as the league awards athleticism over teams constantly holding and not getting flags

Hard to be under the radar if we go 8-1 to start things

then the talking heads will have to bring that into things
just like last year

most of our prime time games are mid and late season and you know how we do in those

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Looks like you just misunderstood what Beastmode was trying to say.

Wilson's legs are not a liability, they are indeed an asset. What Beastmode said was that "Wilson running around is a huge liability". Which it is, if he gets hurt, where is the Seahawks offense?

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IF... Lots of IF's???

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That is what was going through my mind this morning on the way to work. We took it to heart that Drew and Jimmy were just failing.. In reality the Golden child Aaron Rodgers was a failure last night, Payton Manning in the SB as well..

Passer ratings against Seattle
Payton Manning had a passer rating of 73.5
Aaron Rodgers had a passer rating of 81.5
Drew Brees had a passer rating of 86.3 and 77.4

.......

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Seattle was certainly impressive in the first game at home. But it's a long season, not ready to give them anything yet. They did show they are still good team.
Now it's the Saints turn to show that they are serious contenders also.

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Whats really impressive is midway thru the 3rd quarter, before Seattle started letting the air out of the ball, they were averaging 7 yards per rush.

That is outstanding. But is Seattle that good, or is Green Bay that bad.

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Can't figure if Seattle was just that good or Pack-mules were just that bad.

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Green Bay lost their nose tackle B.J. Raji in the preseason. Their lack of depth was exploited...

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True, but that kind of dominance shouldn't happen because you lose one key player not named Aaron Rodgers.

I'm convinced of 2 things so far in this very early season...
1- Seattle is a badass f'ing football team
2- Green Bay is over-rated

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Seattle are a very good team. Not champions yet, but a very good team.
Packers let themselves down. I believe by season end they will look back at the Seattle game and wonder why they tackled so poorly.

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I hate the Seahacks.
The sports media machine keep asking if all the other teams are playing for second place because no one can beat Seattle.
It was the first game of the season. In Seattle. Where they unfurled their first championship banner.

They squeaked out wins on the road last year and turned it on in the playoffs. Everything went wrong for the Broncos in the Superbowl so Seattle looked awesome.

I'm not sold on them and I hope they fail miserably.

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Doesn't matter, they are the defending champs, having watched their offense in the pre season and against green bay it does seem like they are more likely to play complementary football this year vs riding out purely on defense.Does seem like they have taken a step forward rather than bask in their glory, that being said we've had vast improvements on both sides of the ball too. It is going to come down to who plays better on the road and who does just enough to squeak out close wins. Had we squeaked past Carolina and New England in those close losses last year and somehow managed HFA I'm sure none of us would call our team lucky and not be sold on how good we actually could've been. I think both teams take care of their Home games let's just hope we win the close ones on the road.

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The Cardinals won in Seattle last year; the Bucs shoukd have beaten them, although that may have been a home game for Tampa.

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Seattle goes undefeated and wins superbowl, evermore.

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Moreover no pressure to win after blowing week 1.

Proof positive that being good on paper is less valuable than toilet paper...

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There were several chances last year, in different games, where the Saints had the chance to take charge of their fate while on the road, and put it away, put everyone else in the rearview mirror behind them, and be on top of the division and conference, and they didn't do it. That trend continued today, leading into this year. Hope we all like a year of chasing behind the Falcons and the other teams ,trying to squeak in and get a wild card berth.