As you all know I am a major Seahawks fan and that game was by far the hardest thing I have had to endure this year.

I have to give respect where respect is earned and that is to The Pittsburgh Steelers. They dominated on both sides of the ball, had great time management. I mean come on Seattle played three downs in the 3rd quarter, that is not an excuse for losing, that is football and it was played perfectly by Pittsburgh.

I want good sportsmanship on my posts. I encourage Seahawk fans (the true ones) to give their respect to Steelers fans (the true ones).

Congrats to the Black and Gold. You will win your division as long as you can continue to display that kind of dominace and clock control, I would be scared if I were the Pats and Colts today.

See you in the Playoffs!

As we head into Week Five, we don't have quite the potential for upset picks as we did last week. Anyway I found a couple that have the making of upset, now just because I am saying that an upset could happen does not mean that I am picking them to win:

Game #1:

Colts -vs- Bucs:  The Colts have a weird habit of winning at least their first 10 games so I doubt that an upset will happen, but then again records are meant to be broken. The Colts are missing some key players for this matchup then again so are the Bucs (and they dont have Peyton Manning leading their offense). If the Bucs can pull an upset then it will be by less than a touchdown.

My prediction for the game is for the Colts to come out victorious 28-10.

Game #2:

Seahawks -vs- Steelers:  Why are the Steelers favored? Well they have scored more points than the Seahawks, they have allowed less points than the Seahawks and it is a Home Game for them. Willie Parker was not impressive last week against the Cards (16th ranked defense) averaging 1.9 yards per carry, Ben also had a couple of key picks. The Seahawks have a great defense this year and will be a challenge for the Steelers. I see Ben making some key mistakes with even the possibility of the Seahawks even scoring a defensive touchdown. It will be a close game and the Seahawks will come out with a win. 23-20 Seahawks.

Game #3:

Browns -vs- Patriots: The Browns have had two impressive victories this year (one against the Ravens and one against the Bengals). The funny thing is that both of those wins were upsets, so how do we not feature this game as a POSSIBLE upset??? The Pats are getting healthy on defense (scary) and Tom Brady is on track to have 52 touchdown passes (that wouldn't suprise me). I don't see the Browns picking apart the Pats. Pats win 38-6.

I am hoping for a great week of football and hopefully a couple of upsets. I would not be upset if the Colts and Pats lost (please hold your anger New England and Indianpolis fans), I am not a fan, you support your team and I will support mine. I really want the Steelers to lose :)

Your thought on the potentials and mabye some other games that I did not mention??

Is there anyone other than myself who believes that this game will dictate the season???

The Seattle Seahawks (3-1) and The Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) face off in the long awaited rematch since Pittsburgh came out winners in Super Bowl XL.

Before commented on this post I do have a couple of requests from both Seahawk fans and Steeler fans.

1. Super Bowl XL is history. Even Steeler fans agree (like everyone in the sports world) that the game was badly officiated, no need to bring that up. Lets focus on the game at hand and Super Bowl XLII.

2. I don't want to hear about the Steelers five championships. I don't care, well because last time I checked the COLTS are defending CHAMPS.

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Where do we stand?

Seahawks are entering this game with the 5th ranked defense in the NFL. They have not been too impressive on offense. They are the leaders in the NFC West by 1 game. Let's look at their games this year shall we:

Game 1: Tampa Bay: The Bucs were talking about how great they were going to be in 2007, they scored the first six points and came up blank as Seattle went on a 20-0 run, eventually winning the game. 20-6. The Bucs have since won their last three games and currently reside at 3-1 on top of their division.

Game 2: Arizona: There is no doubt that Arizona does have offensive weapons and many possible Pro-Bowlers. A muffed hand off secured the win for the Cards and prevented Seattle from starting 2-0.

Game 3: Cincinnati: I saw all the news broadcasts about how Carson threw for 6 TD's and still loses a game and that they would look to rebound against Seattle. The Hawks defense stepped up and the Bengals made several mistakes that allowed Seattle to win this battle. Now I stated in my previous post that that this game would be a hard fought battle and it was that.

Game 4: San Francisco: The Hawks crushed Alex Smith and that in turned killed San Fran. A great game with Seattle winning 20-3, would have been better had it been 20-0. Seattle is up 3-1.

Pittsburgh Steelers are entering at 3-1 as well with the 3rd ranked defense in the NFL. On offense I would throw them into the same category as Seattle. They have allowed 47 points this season, very impressive.

Game 1: Cleveland: You would have have been impressed in Week One with this win for the Steelers, you have to be now with the Browns at 2-2 and tied for 2nd in their division.

Game 2: Buffalo: Most high school teams could keep pace with the Bills. Not impressive.

Game 3: San Francisco: The 49ers kept pace with them for sometime. I do question the fact that they allowed them to score 16 points.

Game 4: Arizona: Many mistakes were made by the Steelers here. The Cards are a team to watch in 2007.

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Breakdown: The Seahawks have their work cut out for them as do the Steelers. This will not be an easy victory for either team. With two of the best defenses in the league I am expecting this to be a low scoring game and the winner will be the one who wants it more. Experience is on Seattles side, coaches and players. They also have Charlie Frye who was on the other end of Pittsburghs game against Cleveland and will give insight as to this years Steelers.

I am predicting Seattles defense to win this game for the Hawks and go 2-0 against the almighty AFC. This will be an upset win. Neither team has faced any huge challenges this year. This is the biggie.

Go Hawks and please show respect to the Steelers, they are a premier team, and where would we be without good sportsmanship???