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#40 Never Forget
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GAME OF THE WEEK
Arizona at Seattle. Everyone suddenly loves the Cards. Must be the new stadium, new uniforms, new superstar receivers and new feature back to go with that old MVP quarterback, Kurt Warner. I agree, their offense looks exciting, and it will put up some big point totals this season. The problem: Their defense also will give up some big point totals this season.
Seattle's offense experienced an unfamiliar shutdown in Detroit, but Matt Hasselbeck still was able to put together a good passing day. With the additions of Deion Branch and Nate Burelson, Mike Holmgren gets his wish and can spread the ball around downfield, but there should be the slight concern that the Seahawks might be fiddling around too much, considering they have a league MVP in their backfield.
That won't be a concern this week, as Hasselbeck, my sleeper MVP candidate, torches a Cardinals secondary that helped fast-forward the development of Alex Smith last week. And just for kicks, they'll hand off to Shaun Alexander sometimes, too.
The Seahawks wouldn't have gone to the Super Bowl without their defense playing at a high level, and now their secondary and linebacker corps are both deeper and have more playmakers to add to the pass rush, which was the league's top from 2005.
Edgerrin James, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are all too talented to all be contained, which will keep the Cards in the game early. But as with the mark of any Super Bowl-caliber team, the 'Hawks become the hungriest of ballhawks in the second half, which is when they'll pull away in their home opener. Seahawks 31, Cardinals 17.
GAME OF THE WEEK
Arizona at Seattle. Everyone suddenly loves the Cards. Must be the new stadium, new uniforms, new superstar receivers and new feature back to go with that old MVP quarterback, Kurt Warner. I agree, their offense looks exciting, and it will put up some big point totals this season. The problem: Their defense also will give up some big point totals this season.
Seattle's offense experienced an unfamiliar shutdown in Detroit, but Matt Hasselbeck still was able to put together a good passing day. With the additions of Deion Branch and Nate Burelson, Mike Holmgren gets his wish and can spread the ball around downfield, but there should be the slight concern that the Seahawks might be fiddling around too much, considering they have a league MVP in their backfield.
That won't be a concern this week, as Hasselbeck, my sleeper MVP candidate, torches a Cardinals secondary that helped fast-forward the development of Alex Smith last week. And just for kicks, they'll hand off to Shaun Alexander sometimes, too.
The Seahawks wouldn't have gone to the Super Bowl without their defense playing at a high level, and now their secondary and linebacker corps are both deeper and have more playmakers to add to the pass rush, which was the league's top from 2005.
Edgerrin James, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are all too talented to all be contained, which will keep the Cards in the game early. But as with the mark of any Super Bowl-caliber team, the 'Hawks become the hungriest of ballhawks in the second half, which is when they'll pull away in their home opener. Seahawks 31, Cardinals 17.
