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New England against Tampa Bay. A perennialácontender against a winless team in the midst of a major rebuild, it was set up to be one of the more predictable encounters of the 2009 season. And so it proved as the Patriots coasted to a 35-7 victory, barely breaking a sweat in the process. However, don't be mistaken for thinking this game didn't mean anything. To nearly 85,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, it was ...

There might be a few hang over's in Seattle this morning, a day afteráthe secondácrushing defeat to a division rival that leaves the Seahawks' season in the balance. So much expectation, so much determination to prove last year's 4-12 campaign was a one off. The simple fact is, it wasn't a one off and reality hurts. Where did it all go wrong? Just two years ago the Seahawks were richly enjoying being the one ...

When Jim Mora was announced the new Seahawks Head Coach,áno doubt heáhad visions of making the playoffs. He probably didn't expect to be playing playoff football in Week Five, however. That's the situation facing Seattle ahead of a must-win game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. If the Seahawks lose, any talk of a postseason berth will all but distinguish. Three successive defeats have put a dampener on Mora's new era in the ...

Who are the Seattle Seahawks? Currently they're a 1-3 team that hasn't made the start most were hoping for. Jim Mora says his team is "excited" about having the opportunity to bounce back from three successive defeats. They sure didn't look too excited during their most recent 34-17áloss to the Indianapolis Colts. Slumped on the sidelines, the looks on their faces told quite a story. Four weeks into Seattle's new era under Mora's leadership, the ...

Jim Mora winced his way through Week Three, occasionally pausing to curse his field-goal kicker. Afterwards, he called out the same man, Olindo Mare, to pin the blame firmly at his door as the Seahawks floundered to 1-2, losing 25-19 to Chicago. "We're not gonna fight our a** off and have a field-goal kicker go out and lose a game." Indeed this wasn't one of Mare's finer moments in a fourteen-year career. But was ...

The frustration etched on T.J. Houshmandzadeh's face was a familiar expression. We used to see it every week, just dressed in a Bengals jersey instead of a Seahawks one. It's not surprising, though, because this was a familiar situation for the veteran receiver. Franchise quarterback out of the game with an injury? Team being thoroughly outplayed? It could have been the last two years for Cincinnati, rather than just his second game following a ...

Matt Hasselbeck has come to that time. You know what I'm talking about. By the end of September, he'll be 34 years old. He's missed 13 games in the last three years, spending almost the entire 2008 season struggling with a back injury. His contract expires at the end of 2010. People are starting to talk about him in the past tense. They're discussing whether the Seahawks should have taken Mark Sanchez in the draft. They're asking ...