The playoffs is here, and both my favorite teams, the Seahawks and the Chargers are both in the playoffs. The two teams have stadiums that will chew the other teams’ ears off, and both have home field advantage, which is great.
While Seahawk’s QB Hasselbeck is brilliant, I have my reservation about the hawks, though. The RB Alexander can’t run a yard without falling straight into the turf, we’re pressed to depend on the arms of Hasselbeck, and the game we had at Carolina revealed the weakness in that strategy, which is that external factors, such as wind, can really affect our result. As I type, I can hear the wind about to take my roof off, which is not a good sign. Hopefully the wind will die down a bit tomorrow.
As for Chargers, their problem is the exact opposite of Seahawks. The running game is excellent, as they have RB Tomlinson who does wonders, but QB Philip Rivers can be erratic and hit the umpire 10 feet away instead of his target. Then there’s coach Norv Turner, who is riding the talents of this team. I suppose having won last 6 games of the season means they’re how jelling together. Hopefully we won’t see any boneheaded decisions from Norv during this off season.
So there. Let’s go Chargers and Seahawks!
i’m in the same boat as you…it’s nice to have 2 teams to root for, so if one fails, i have a back-up..hopefully both don’t mess up at the same time!!
Seems like the fate of the two teams are intertwined. I had the tragic experience of having to go through that twice in 2004 and 2006, where there would be a double-header in the playoffs with Seahawks followed by Chargers or vice versa, and both teams lost. The one year where only Seahawks made it 2005 in the recent years, they made it all the way to the Superbowl until they lost to the refs! Hopefully this year won’t be another double heartbreaker.