Really Enjoying Football

This time of the year when your favorite NFL team is on a roll it really helps enjoying football. Also, it does not hurt they are the defending Super Bowl champions. Most experts do not give them a high mark in winning the Super Bowl because most defending champions do not repeat. The last champions to repeat were the New England Patriots.

The main reason the Seattle Seahawks are on a roll winning the last four games is that they are playing outstanding defense. You can see my previous writings about football. Though the defense has been great the offense has been struggling, and unable to score very many touchdowns. This past Sunday they beat San Francisco 49ers 17-7. What helped in the scoring was the referees charged the 49ers a roughing the passer penalty in the fourth quarter at a crucial time.  Later after the game the NFL said the penalty should not have been called. When I was watching the game I agreed the referees should not have charged the penalty. Without the penalty the Seahawks would have scored a field goal instead of a touchdown which would have made the 13-7. It would have allowed the 49ers to score a touchdown to win the game. The way the Seahawks defense was playing the chances of scoring a touchdown was not very good; however, the chance was there.

The Seahawks have two remaining games to play in the regular season. They play the Cardinals in Arizona this coming Sunday night, and the St.Louis Rams to end the season the following Sunday. They will be favored in both games because the way their defense has been playing, and the two teams have mediocre quarterbacks. Both teams are playing backup quarterbacks, and Arizona is on their third string quarterback. Arizona lost their second string quarterback in their last game against the Rams. What makes both teams dangerous is they play very good defense as well so likely the scores will be very low. The Seahawks will have to run the ball successfully and throw in some passes occasionally. Arizona especially is good at rushing the quarterback. Of course, the Seahawks with Russell Wilson at quarterback is good at scrambling and running the ball. He will need to do both on Sunday night.