With all the rain and Seattle sports teams losing, I might have to ask my doctor if Prozac is right for me. The Seahawks got blown out by Arizona, and the Huskies lost a heartbreaker to ASU. At least the Sounders provided a bright spot in the depressing Seattle sports scene, clinching a playoff berth with their win. After a packed week of sports, read my Weekly Grades after the jump.
Seattle Seahawks: The Hawks may have lost all hope of bouncing back this season, getting destroyed by the Arizona Cardinals 27-3. The Cardinals scored two touchdowns before Matt Hasselbeck and Co. even took the field, and they never looked back. The Hawks did not seem capable of stopping Warner, who threw for 276 yards and was moving the ball at will.
Even when the Seahawks got on the field, they could not get anything going offensively. Hasselbeck went 10 for 29 for 112 yards, no touchdowns, and interception, while the Hawks tallied only 14 yards on the ground.
The Hawks suffered another devastating injury loss with Tatupu leaving the game with a season ending pectoral injury. Seattle now enters a much-needed bye week with a 2-4 record, hoping to get at least a little healthier in order to try to make a run at the playoffs. However, at this point, the Hawks will need a major turnaround in order to do so. Grade: F
Washington Huskies: The Dawgs suffered a heartbreaking loss in the desert against ASU, losing 24-17. The Huskies had just scored 10 consecutive points to tie the game at 17-17 when Danny Sullivan hit a wide open Chris McGaha on a 50-yard Hail Mary pass.
The loss left fans wondering at what could have been. Most of all, if the Huskies had done a better job at going for a first down on 3rd and 2 instead of taking a shot downfield, perhaps they would have been able to take the clock down and go into overtime. There, with momentum in their favor, perhaps they could have pulled it out.
But it was not to be, and the Huskies are now 3-4 and are looking to go 3-2 in the last five games to make it to a bowl game. Though not impossible, this is a daunting task, and the win that could have been at ASU would have made all the difference. Grade: D
Seattle Sounders FC: The Sounders provided the lone break from the downpour of last weekend, defeating the KC Wizards 3-2. The team recovered from several missed easy opportunities by Montero and capitalized on two goals by Levesque and Jaqua in order to overcome Kansas City.
With the win, the Sounders clinched a playoff spot in their inaugural season. The last time an expansion team went to the playoffs was Chicago 1998. After the final game of their season against Dallas FC, the Sounders will attempt to make a run at the championship. And with the championship match at Qwest this year, how cool would it be if the Sounders made it? Grade: A
Photo Source: Seattle Times
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October 19, 2009
