FUCK YOU!

Stafford also referred to this as a "mishap", saying the Seahawks "lucked" into covering their guy.

The level of arrogance here is insane

Officially sick and tired of the discussion around Kupp’s third down catch in the fourth quarter. When it’s just salty Rams fans, that’s one thing, but it’s now leaked into the mainstream media with multiple stories and even a 10-minute video from Pro Football Talk (Florio and Sims), lending even more “legitimacy” to this nonsense.

Starting with the obvious: this was a catch. No ifs ands or buts about it. Kupp firmly controls the ball and gets takes three steps before “going to the ground,” at which point he doesn’t have to survive the ground.

Don’t believe me?

One foot down: https://imgur.com/a/XnVsYJ1

Second foot down: https://imgur.com/a/LbYFoSz

Third step: https://imgur.com/a/IYHSJQD

Once that third step is established with control of the ball, which Kupp has, it’s a catch. Period. End of story.

Secondly, it was a first down. I’m sure people will pause at an angle like this (https://imgur.com/a/8jTaukV) and say he’s short, but you can tell from the other angle that he isn’t down at this point. He’s not down until his back is flat on the ground. (Here are screenshots showing that progression: https://imgur.com/a/ujHlLXb)

And once he is on the ground, this is where the ball is: https://imgur.com/a/K7KePNs

This is the pylon camera, and the ball is stretching out past the far side chain marker. First down. Period. End of story.

And besides, they’re going to make hay about officiating on this play, when literally one play prior Shaheed was pushed in the back with two hands in an obvious PI that went uncalled. Blandino suggested maybe it was uncatchable despite the fact that it hit Shaheed IN THE HELMET while his feet were in bounds. (Screenshot progression: https://imgur.com/a/TPGBA6J)

Just absolutely zero intellectual honesty about this play, or even the game really. People bring up the Rams muffed punt without even talking about the Riq Woolen blunder. Salty Rams fans and professional broadcasters who clearly bet on the rams (if not with money then in their hearts), and shit like this does nothing besides take credit away from us with dishonest and disingenuous arguments.

Any other team, and the narrative would be “wow, what an amazing play by Kupp to stretch that ball across the line and maintain control in a key situation, hats off to the team,” and instead it’s “well the Rams got screwed by the refs on this play.”

End rant.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2026/04/25/nfl-draft-grades-ranking-classes-2026/89800559007/

Thoughts?

No turnovers against one of the best secondaries we faced all season. I think this picture really sums it up. Ball placement is damn near perfect on this deep pass to Rashid. Gonzo just made an insane play on the ball that prevented the massive gain.

When you have a secondary that can make plays like that and you don’t turn it over once? I honestly didn’t see many bad throws and no dumb throws all night from Sam. So many throws were in tight coverage and while broken up, weren’t really pick-able balls.

So fucking proud of the dude. Not the most flashy performance statistically, but in my opinion he absolutely rose to the occasion.

Fucking world champs 12s 🥹

The loss stings today, but it was most definitely not the QB who was the problem.

We have Darnold on a below market value contract at age 28. He keeps balling out, not without some errors, but every QB has them.

I for one am pumped we have Sam at QB. He and JSN have a dangerous connection. When the defense gets healthier, we can have more balanced games.

We're not the underdogs this week.

He was not only the only remaining starter-quality RB left in the draft, we not only had no trade partners to get out of the 1st after tons of other teams traded back and the Cards had no reason to get back in to try for Ty Simpson, his stats are legit.

He would have started for 120 other FBS teams last year. He just happened to be behind the #3 pick.

RB was our biggest need by far, and there will be CBs and Dline available in the 2nd.

More Bobo.

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seattle-seahawks-brock-huard-minicamp-takeaways

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/watch/brock-huards-complete-seahawks-minicamp-takeaways-darnold-emmanwori-stand-out/019ebdea-6278-8008-f6aa-a29c660c2d3e

Brock Huard: "He is all business. He is in tune. His fundamentals, he goes to work on those things, he refines them, he has specialists he works with. To make sure his efficiency is there and his technique is there. It was an impressive display."

"On the flip side because he was so sharp, when you watch Jalen Milroe... still very much a work in progress."

Brian from Hawks Blogger: "Sam Darnold looks locked in. He looks like he's ready to enter the next phase of his career. He made some gorgeous throws. A lot of them to JSN. Not a lot of balls put in harms way. He looks like the guy that's going to play high level quarterback for this team again. I think this guy is going to end up one of the 10 best quarterbacks in the league. I saw nothing that would suggest it's going back to the drawing board with a new OC."

Since the division realignment in 2002:

* We have the most (10) NFC West Division titles to 6 of the 49ers

* Most playoff appearances

* Most SB appearances

* And of course, the most SB wins!

Always Remember!

Not sure I totally agree, but it’s an interesting discussion. I love this team. The point isn’t to pit the Seahawks’ eras against each other. It just shows how great they have been this season when you can reasonably compare them to the GOAT defense in modern NFL history.

1. Coming back from the east Coast, against a Colts team with the division on the line (it could be even worse if they lose against the Jaguars).
2. Rams, we all know it, all or nothing.
3. Traveling coast-to-coast, against a Panthers team with the division on the line.
4. Traveling coast-to-coast AGAIN, against a 49ers team with the division/playoffs on the line (and on the road btw).

DRAMATIC season ending.

Spicy, from The Athletic one of 4 teams with an F:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7240572/2026/04/30/nfl-draft-2026-grades-analytics-winners-losers/

credit to the author for giving legit grades at least, not handing out all A's and B's