Who Cares What Casserly Thinks About The Seahawks?
Seattle stands out among the NFC contenders (Paul Attner, Sporting News)
It's sometimes difficult to remember there's a second conference involved in these playoffs considering all the attention given the Colts and those other AFC stars. To say the NFC can't match the AFC in terms of quantity and quality of its elite teams is not an exaggeration, just a fact.
But don't lump Seattle as part of this unimpressive bunch. As the wins mounted up, 11 in a row before Sunday's meaningless loss in Green Bay, the Seahawks gained respect within the league, particularly among their 2005 opponents. "I was more impressed with them after we played them than going in," says Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, whose team lost to the Seahawks, 28-24, in Week 15. "I kept looking for weaknesses on tape, but you will be hard-pressed to find one, particularly on offense. That makes them pretty tough."
The Seahawks have the conference's best quarterback (the underappreciated Matt Hasselbeck), a premier running back coming off his best season (Shaun Alexander) and a Super Bowl-experienced coach (Mike Holmgren). Playing at home, that offense should be good enough, particularly because opponents will have to fly a long way to play the Seahawks -- another plus. Still, an improved defense, which led the NFL in sacks (50), has injury issues in the secondary. "They just don't send terror down your spine," says Texans general manager Charley Casserly about the Seattle defense.
Well well, isn't that interesting?
Now that Charley Casserly has saved his own hide, in no small part by convincing malleable Chronicle columnist Richard Justice that Capers was far more responsible than he (Casserly) for the Texans' disastrous showing this year, Casserly has moved on to talking to sportswriters about other teams?!
Whatever. As sorry as the whole Texans' operation has been this year, Casserly needs to be focused like a laser beam on fixing what is wrong, not talking about other teams.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/04/06 18:25 | Sports | Technorati
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Just wait until Benny Joppru gets healthy.
Posted by Reg Burns @ 00:05 on 01/05/06
Why in the hell was Casserly not canned as well? I think one of the biggest reasons the Texans were so anemic this season was due to his personnel and operational decisions. Sure, Capers has responsibility as well and I agree with his termination. But Casserly should have been shown the door as well.
And your highlighted comment? Classic. I hope his comes back to bite him in the ass next year!
Posted by Missy @ 11:21 on 01/05/06
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