Week 11 TNF Recap - Seahawks-Cardinals

got it. Dan hands is here in the garage, joined by two heroes, Mark Seessler, and he expected him. But how about Henry Hodson, Yes, Handsome Hank, vice president of International and former Dave Damn Check football program star Boys. I'll start with you, Henry. The Seahawks really needed a game like this. It kind of changes their season a little bit. Potentially. It did. It was a great win for them, but it didn't come the way you would expect to see Hawks win to come. It wasn't Russell

Wilson bowling out and throwing at the ball everywhere. It was. It was they got some some strong play from that defense. They got a running game that got going in in a few different ways, and they managed to squeak the wind out of the Cardinals. Yeah, I thought, it's like that. You know, you've showed us what you are Seattle week after week and we're letting russ Uh use the groceries and cooking all this business. But tonight, Carlos Hyde, you

know who's been out of commission seventy nine yards. I thought to me, the story of the game though, was that we know what Arizona is on the ground, it's Kyler Murray and it was taken away. He had the right shoulder, throwing arms, shoulder, the trainer, you know, using the thumbs to need the shoulder after each series. But he was held on the ground to fifteen yards. And when if you come into a game knowing that that's

gonna happen to Kyler Murray, Um, that changed everything. And you know, he was able to play to the end and everything. But I'd wonder what sort of pain he's in coming out of this. I think they a nice little injection was put into the potentially, and yeah, it changes so much about their offense. The reason he finished five for fifteen is Arizona and Cliff Kingsbury, They're like,

we just got to get him through this game. And uh, and when you take the designed run plays out of the game plan, Kyler Murray is still a fascinating player just based on his ability to scramble and and even sit in the pocket and make big throws. But when you remove that element of his game, uh, it removes

a lot of juice from the Arizona offense. But let's not take anything away here from what Seattle did on defense, because they really had and they've had, They've had pockets this season where their defense has shown signs of life. Of course, it's been historically bad for large stretches of the year. But against San Francisco a couple of weeks back, and I know Jimmy g was hurt, so you put

the qualifier on that um. But in this game, and yes, now Kyler Murray was banged up, but in this game, still in a game that had huge division ramifications, to hold the Cardinals offense to three hundred and fourteen yards on sixty three plays, that's exactly what they need, Hank. They don't They need to set themselves up where Russell Wilson doesn't have to be Superman every week and that's what they've done now and if they could build on this,

they once again become to me an NFC contender. Yeah, I mean, I think that that's what they're able to do. But it did come down to the fact that, you know, a large percentage of that Cardinals offense was taken away. So while it's possible for the Seahoaks to defense, I'm not buying in Okay, I I don't. I don't think. I think if if you had healthy Kyler Murray doing Kyler Murray things, I don't. I don't think they pull out a seven point win. I think they probably lose

by something. Well, we're all sitting here basically just expecting it to go to for time and rather surprised that it didn't. And you know, if you're Carlos Dunlop, you make that play. At the end, the trade is worth it. I don't care what else happens within this year. You know, you trade whatever whatever happened. I mean, there are certain things that Carlos dunlap could do that would maybe cause problems, but you know, on the field, let's no I mean,

the Dunlop trade has worked out for him. They needed something, needed anything. He essentially now has filled that Jadeveon Clowney role from last year. Even if Clowney wasn't maybe the guy they expected him to be, he now gives them a veteran pass rushing presence. I thought a big play in the game. It happened right at the end. Uh Andy Isabella, who really hasn't done a ton of things in the league since coming in. Is that second round pick in the Josh Rosen trade. He flashes open heading

toward the pylon in the final minutes. He's there the throw. Now you just need the quarterback to make the throw. Murray's got a defender in his face, so you don't want to kill Murray for it. But the way the ball hung up it did ake You think, is that um injury affecting him? And I think that's the big takeaway for Cardinal Sins. First of all, you're thankful and you're counting your lucky stars that you somehow beat the Bills last week, because this loss would hurt even more

if now you're riding a losing streak. But now you have a bigger problem because as as Kyler Murray goes the Cardinals go and if you're gonna get a compromised version of him, that's going to essentially doom you in the NFC. So we'll find out, you know, recording this right after the game, we don't know what is what his status is, but they get essentially a half of bye week, and it feels like Hank, they're gonna need every day to get their quarterback right. He'll need to

be better. I wonder what would have happened if that, if that safety hadn't happened early in the in the fourth quarter, where would where could this game have gone? Because they punt, they obviously have the safety, they have to punt the ball back to the Seahawks. Um, yeah, I think I think you have a different match up if if that hadn't happened. That was a tone ship

like Patrick Peterson had a huge pass interference. I think we were sort of saying to ourselves, like Patrick Peterson, you know, these cornerbacks hit a point in time where maybe you're not the same player that It's It's not that that tonight was necessarily like a complete corner in that direction for him, but he was culpable on that.

I think the safety was huge. I think that this was sort of a formless game where you were waiting for something to become the separator, and that to me was the play where I thought Seattle might break away. But because it's the Seahawks, there is no breaking away. It must go down to the final play. And the Cardinals had that DNA too well. The I kept saying it repeatedly in the garage tonight. You probably, guys are like thinking to yourself inner monologue, shut up, Dan, shut

the up about it. We get it, like you are totally fired up thinking that this game shouldn't be this close. But I was. I could not get over the fact that the Seahawks, Um, we're in a position to be going overtime because they so badly outplayed the Cardinals in this game. So my big like overall above the tree Tops Sunday, I know your corporate now you're up on the third floor there, but I appreciate you opening the kimono this evening in you can tell us about the

tree tops. Uh No, the the above the tree Tops viewpoint here as we opened up the kimono is the Seahawks. I think to me, you're the best team in the NFC. West. If this defense continues to make improvements and they've been getting just incrementally better the last few weeks, where they are not an embarrassment because they were a straight embarrassment. Let's be honest for the first two months of the season.

If they can stay at this level or even a little bit below, and then Russ Russell Wilson, who didn't have a showy game tonight but still quality nine seven and two, he's gonna continue to be one of the best quarterbacks in the league. They'll be okay. I believe it. We talked about on the game Pass International program, Mark, that we did that you guys will be getting very shortly over overseas. Um. I think the Seahawks win this division. Mark, I think you picked the Cardinals. Do you do you

want to reassess that choice? Are you still feeling good about Arizon? I know Calamary's situation needs to be watched. I mean, let's be honest. My Cardinals pick came as an opportunity to switch my Super Bowl picks at mid season, So if only a couple of weeks later I switched again, and my credibility, which is already um in weird places,

would swirl further down. But if you're the Cardinals, you've lost the Seattle here, You've got the Patriots next, you've got two more games with the Rams and a bunch of NFC East actions. So some good, some bad, but they're not gonna be able to coast. I really think this is a team with an undiscovered ceiling. But I'm not surprised to see them, you know, split games with Seattle.

I think Mark's super Bowl pick the Cardinals being one the Dolphins being the other, which I I definitely appreciate Mark as always is you know, just step ahead of everyone, and I think for both those two teams, but specifically the Cardinals from what we've seen this evening, maybe a year away from being that kind of team some since I'm seven years away, Like it's that far away and you can see that far into the field, and that's what makes you, you know, I might sign Yeah, I

might sign off on a Cardinals Dolphins super Bowl in Yeah, that's but that But that's what I'm saying, Like Mark's ahead of that cut, right, he's a little Yeah, you're almost too smart, but that's also just not getting the prediction right. Also because it's also talking about this season.

So any other takeaways from tonight's Action Boys, including you know, life in the garage here we are for everyone that may be wondering socially distanced right now with the just a little bit too close and I've got a mosque. But a portion of the audience would take that very seriously. So and yes, I've I've been carefully watching marks Tito's consumption, so nothing over the limit that would not allow to talk into him, Mike as a broadcaster, So everything is

your control. I will say, we try tonight. We we ordered some food delightful. We've got some ramen if anyone's in the Los Angeles area. The Raman Joint, I mean there's a Raman joint every like quarter miles. Yeah, should you want to give a plug? Sure, I just did. I think it's called the Roman Joint. See, they gotta be a little more. Yeah, you so you've got to really specify who you are. No, but in a way you've done it, Like I like which Raman joint you like?

I like the Ramen. You know there's others, but this is the right, like like the power rankings. All right, Henry, I'll ask you who wins the NFC West. I think the Seahawks do. I think it'll be a close fight. I think the Rams are going to drift out of contention and starting this Monday night against the Buccaneers. Um. And then I think that I think it comes down to the Seahawks and Cardinals, and I think the Seahawks will do it, all right, you sticking with the Cardinals.

I'm going to stick with them, um, largely because I'm offended that's suddenly Seattle switched its field name to Loomin Field out of nowhere. That's the thing that's a problem, Mark. That is my big takeaway from tonight. What a disgrace. And I understand it's a business. I got it. But you know, the clink that was nice. And I remember and you boys remember when it was the quest Field, quest Field, quest Field, that was you know, fine, uh, But to switch it up, to do the old switchero

and change it to lumen Field. But to get a win, But to get that kind of a win at lumen Field on the first night of lumen Field, that's important. That's counter. You know, the people over at Lumen Corp Are going to be super excited on their morning zoom call tomorrow will be like want to no, I don't know. Experience, that's the experience winners. All right, are we gonna get fired?

But anyway, um, good stuff. Seahawks moved to seven and three, Cardinals dropped to six and four, and the Seahawks who said home field advantage is dead, they are five and oh at Century Link Field slash Lubin's off on a real positive note. All right, good stuff. One other thing, because Carlos done got that sack at the end? Can we get him about a number than forty three? Could he?

Can he at least go choose something in the in the nineties, maybe, I mean, and don't forget, that's one of the gentlemen that I traveled through the countries of Italy and Germany with on the U. S. O Tour. And I can only tell you, as a quality individual, really, did you maybe imbibe with him? Did you get the

bond with him? I would, I would say, of all the people that we were involved with, and there was a varied levels of behavior, Um, he was the most well behaved of the group, which factored into the trade. I would imagine getting well behaved past all right, good to know good to know, but I'm with you. Let's ninety. How about nine. I don't know if that's available, but

if it is, we're gonna make some phone calls. Henry is a vice president here at NFL Media, so I'm I'm sure when you see Carlos donlab wearing number ninety next week will know what. Probably chose forty three. But Henry is gonna step in. All right, boys, that's it.

And now that we have done our jobs, we can you know, we could relax in the garage if we if we choose to um, because we've been professionals to this point and now we don't have to be professionals after we have thirty seven seconds left to be professionals, and then we get to move on with the rest of our lives. Alright, you ready for the condown? All right? Here we go. Yeah, this is what I usually say, something that I regret, so I'm gonna but very good.

All right. This is Dan hands Is signing off or Handsome Hank and the Quiet Storm. Remember the rest of the week eleven action will be recapped on the Flagship show Sunday night. But you already hear that. Nach Joy week