At the very beginning of this football season I sat down with the newly released 2008 schedule and put together a little "Predictions Sheet 2008" on excel. After quite a bit of thinking and looking at what teams did last year, what changes they made during the off season, etc, etc, I predicted that the Seahawks would end the year at 12-4. Going into their bye week, I predicted that they would 3-0. Then the crap hit the fan. Over the next several weeks we managed to get 5 of our wide receivers injured along with Morris. Now reality is setting in. We are currently 1-2 with the toughest part of our schedule coming up. Over the next 10 weeks we face 9 playoff contenders. Not only do we have to travel to New York to face the undefeated, reigning champion Giants but we also get to play Green Bay, Philadelphia, Washington and New England, but that's not all. To top it all off we play the Cowboys, in Dallas, on Thanksgiving Day. It was in this span of games that I had the Seahawks losing 3 of their 4 total losses that I had for them in my predictions. This would mean that if the remainder of my prediction came true, we would end the season at 10-6. That is the best I can see us finishing at this point. Now you stop and think about a few other things. 1- The 49ers are playing quite a bit better than they have in a while. They were able to come into Qwest Field and beat us. Granted it was close, but those were the games we always won. There is a chance that we could get swept by the niners this year. Believe me, I don't like this thought any more than you do. 2- The Cardinals have a pretty powerful offense with Warner at the helm. Their defense is still horrible, but they have given us troubles over the last few years in Phoenix. I think it's time to face the reality that we could actually have an 8-8 or 9-7 season. It's kind of funny when you stop and think about. Before Holmgren came along we would have seen a 8-8 or 9-7 season as pretty successful. We had been winning anywhere between 3-6 games a year pretty regularly. If you stop and think about our past, it's pretty amazing what expectations we have of this team here at the end of Holmgren era.
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