The thing about a reckoning is that it is, or is supposed to be, cathartic. In these moments of reckoning, we calculate -- conceive -- a trajectory, and watch it chart its own course through nebulous zeniths and nadirs, transforming and undulating until, at its end, it concludes in a great becoming. We do not … Continue reading The Catharsis of Fandom or The Team We Are Stuck With
The best legends we have are a blessing and a curse, for as much as they teach us to revere our heroes, so do they ignore the dreaded thereafter, when those heroes transform back into regular men and women, capable of acts of idiocy, disappointing all of our notions of greatness; a bitter instruction that … Continue reading A Spectacular Loss
Monday's matchup between the Seahawks and Vikings was, at its heart, such a dumb game; a manifestation of the kind of reckless and almost desperate style of play that, at its end, is somehow fun. I went into this battle with an unnerving certainty that the Seahawks would need to score lots of points in … Continue reading The Dumb Game
The best teams in the NFL these days are masters of misdirection; conjurers who move the ball much like the best hustlers with a red ball and three cups in a game of peekaboo as mystifying to defenses as that game is to infants. It's now time to consider the Seattle Seahawks among them. Not … Continue reading Instant Reaction: Seahawks vs. Panthers
Around 2,500 years ago, a lunatic Ionian with a penchant for ascribing mystical properties to numbers founded a cult. Because apparently he did some good things for #math, we have remembered him (though less of his mysticism and lunacy): Pythagoras. And, because clearly sports are more important than math, his name has been immortalized in … Continue reading Pythagoras and the Seahawks
Indulge me for a few moments in a hypothetical. In this phantom universe, you reside in a house. The house itself, and its location, are immaterial; but you’ve been living in this house for a long time. Setting aside any and all proprietary questions, or of ownership, let it be said that the house is, … Continue reading When Safeties Aggress
Seahawks Twitter has long been plagued by an ugly debate on a simple question: does rushing matter? Sadly, the debate is pointless, for several reasons. First, because the statistical evidence overwhelmingly supports that passing is more likely to be successful, both in terms of more advanced analytical stats like EPA/play, as well as in more … Continue reading Tailbacks: The Apostles of Carrollogy
