NFL fans enjoyed an early morning dose of football in Week 10, as the Carolina Panthers took on the New York Giants in another Germany game. Although these two teams are hardly the best America can offer, football is still football, and it was a competitive game.
In the end, the Panthers outlasted the Giants 20-17 in overtime as running back Tyrone Tracy fumbled the ball at New York’s 26-yard line. Carolina recovered, and three plays later kicker Eddie Pineiro kicked the game-winning field goal. The Panthers improved (if you can call it that) to 3-7 on the year. Meanwhile, New York fell to an astonishingly terrible 2-8, which is now, at the moment, the worst record in football.
Carolina has been widely considered the worst team in the league, and they just beat the Giants. Of course, after watching this debacle, there is only one thought coming to mind:
Holy moly, how did the Seahawks lose at home to this New York team?
Seattle is 4-5 on the year and in dead last place in the NFC West. But it’s their Week 5 loss to the Giants that is really killing them right now. Not the butt-kicking’s they got from Detroit and Buffalo, not losing to San Francisco or Los Angeles who own the Hawks right now. No, it’s the fact the Seahawks were bullied by what is now arguably the worst team in the league.
I mentioned it in Week 5 and I will mention it now: there are no “gimmies” in the NFL, but certain games are more winnable than others. It may be an “any given Sunday” kind of league, but facing this Giants squad at home was a game the Hawks should have won, and with each passing week it looks worse and worse.
Had Seattle won, they would be 5-4 instead of 4-5. At 5-4, they would…
- Be tied with the Arizona Cardinals for first place
- Be ahead of the 4-4 Los Angeles Rams
- Be ahead of the 4-4 San Francisco 49ers, at least for a bit, as they will play today in Tampa Bay
Instead, the Seahawks are the sole-occupants of the NFC West’s basement.
Wins are all too important in this league since there are so few opportunities to bank them in a 17-game season. The Seahawks squandered an opportunity in Week 5, and it’s only becoming more evident the further we get into the season.
