We will be back. 

We understand that many of our faithful readers may have cried, "alas," and given up hope that this site would ever be updated. 

The site will return with the advent of this coming season. 

It will return as the phoenix does; resurrected in the flames of time. 

que se passe-t-il? nous allons le prendre, on devine.

Seattle Seahawks break hearts in the desert. We rejoice. 

Tonight, the Seattle Seahawks tied a football game against a team named after a red bird. 

What joy, what strangeness, what strange joy. At this website, we are used to tied games being that our first love is soccer. However, it is a weird, weird night here in the Puget Sound. In our neighborhood

We will give our full report on the games played by our heroes in Green and Blue at a later date this week, but all existence can rest easy tonight in the knowledge that the Seattle Seahawks rallied when it counted, and showed their true mettle. All the universe can sleep in peace, knowing that the New York Jets came back and wrecked a team named after an oversized crow.

They said the Seahawks would lose. They did not. They said the Jets were a dumpster fire. They are not. 

We are supporters of the best teams, in a moral sense, in the NFL for a reason: they are the best. 

Read the news.

  

Rapport semestriel de temps

We are not amused. 
The Seattle Seahawks are presently down 3 vs. a team named after high officials in the Roman Catholic church. 

It is almost the end of the second quarter. Our offense has been offensive in its lackluster "results". We are not sure which team we are listening to. It would seem that we are listening to the Jets, but the Jets won today.  

We are not amused, but very confused. 

Perhaps #3 will do some magic. It is the 2 minute warning, after all. 

Before the end of the week, we will update with the superficial results of this contest. We expect to write a tear-filled sob given that our Sons of the Northwest have achieved no more than 42 yards by this point in the game. 

Go Hawks. 
J-E-T-S. Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets. 

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire?

Seahawks force philosophical meditations. Jets force us to bang our heads against the wall. 

It has been quite a week in the NFL for us at this website.  

The Seattle Seahawks defeated a team named after...get this...an actual bird. In so doing, our Men of the Puget Sound exhibited complete dominance except during the third quarter of the game. In a moment of hubris, they let their guard down and allowed the Atlanta Falcons to score 21 points. One correspondent to this website exclaimed that the Hawks were "seriously" cursed while watching this nadir of the Hawks defensive play. Under the Supreme #3, they came back, however, and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The Righteous #25 stopped a Julio reception on 4th down in the fourth quarter to end the game and carry the team onward toward tactical dominance. 

Tactical. Tactical dominance. But was it moral? 

On that fateful play, Our Righteous #25 committed a blatant pass interference which the ref either did not see, or failed to call. In either case, it would seem that the Seattle Seahawks were not completely responsible for the outcome of the game. This, for a moment, caused us here to question the morality of this victory. We have, however, come to a conclusion. We still cling to our the belief in our chosen team's moral superiority while bravely facing the dissonance we have been faced with. 

First, a causal argument: Let us suppose that the pass interference had been called. At that point, the Hawks would have faced a fired up Falcons team deep in their territory. It was the 4th quarter and the Seattle D knew this was their last stand. They would have pummeled their opponents mercilessly. Who is to say that they would not have intercepted the ball for a pick-6? Who is to say that the Hawks would not have blocked a field goal attempt? Who is to say that the Falcons' kicker would not have missed the FG in the end anyway? We saw this while playing a team named after murderous Norse killers last season, after all. All this being said, it is an open question as to whether or not the Falcons would have come back for the win. We are now left with only the result on the scoreboard and in the end, the Seattle Seahawks scored more points. The tactical victory here, regardless of the missed call, stands as a brute fact and counterfactuals can only be bandied back and forth ad nauseam. Let us just consider it payback for 2012-2013. 

Second, an argument from symbolism: Consider for a moment the names of the two football teams. The Seattle Seahawks are named after a bird that doesn't quite exist. We have heard that a "Seahawk" is actually an osprey, a bird of prey; unchained, unfettered, unmastered by any human hand. Now, let us train our gaze on the Atlanta Falcons, a team named after a completely different kind of bird. Falcons are hunters, just like osprey. Falcons, though, are fettered, chained, used as instruments by human beings to hunt rabbits in the steppes. They are subjugated by being made to wear little hoods on their heads. We ask you, dear reader, to draw your own conclusion: which is the more inspiring symbol? The choice is stark. We have a choice between a free creature and a tool. At this site, our choice will always, and only, be on the side of freedom. Since freedom is better, in a moral sense, for sentient beings than being a tool, the Seattle Seahawks are better than the Atlanta Falcons, not just in an ontological or tactical sense, but in a moral sense as well.  


We are saddened by The New York Jets, who were eviscerated by a team named after, yet another, actual bird. 

These early days of the 16-17 season are truly dark for our Jets. Perhaps we should, in the words of Michael Scott, sacrifice an animal to some weird creature to ask for reprieve? 

We believe in you, O Jets. In our pain, we believe. 

Next football games: 

Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals 10/23/2016, 1730 PDT. 
New York Jets host Baltimore Ravens 10/23/2016 1000 PDT. 

Many teams are named after birds in the NFL. 

Standings: 
Seattle Seahawks 4-1, First in the NFC West.
New York Jets, 1-5, Fourth in the AFC East.

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire?

Seahawks force philosophical meditations. Jets force us to bang our heads against the wall. 

It has been quite a week in the NFL for us at this website.  

The Seattle Seahawks defeated a team named after...get this...an actual bird. In so doing, our Men of the Puget Sound exhibited complete dominance except during the third quarter of the game. In a moment of hubris, they let their guard down and allowed the Atlanta Falcons to score 21 points. One correspondent to this website exclaimed that the Hawks were "seriously" cursed while watching this nadir of the Hawks defensive play. Under the Supreme #3, they came back, however, and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The Righteous #25 stopped a Julio reception on 4th down in the fourth quarter to end the game and carry the team onward toward tactical dominance. 

Tactical. Tactical dominance. But was it moral? 

On that fateful play, Our Righteous #25 committed a blatant pass interference which the ref either did not see, or failed to call. In either case, it would seem that the Seattle Seahawks were not completely responsible for the outcome of the game. This, for a moment, caused us here to question the morality of this victory. We have, however, come to a conclusion. We still cling to our the belief in our chosen team's moral superiority while bravely facing the dissonance we have been faced with. 

First, a causal argument: Let us suppose that the pass interference had been called. At that point, the Hawks would have faced a fired up Falcons team deep in their territory. It was the 4th quarter and the Seattle D knew this was their last stand. They would have pummeled their opponents mercilessly. Who is to say that they would not have intercepted the ball for a pick-6? Who is to say that the Hawks would not have blocked a field goal attempt? Who is to say that the Falcons' kicker would not have missed the FG in the end anyway? We saw this while playing a team named after murderous Norse killers last season, after all. All this being said, it is an open question as to whether or not the Falcons would have come back for the win. We are now left with only the result on the scoreboard and in the end, the Seattle Seahawks scored more points. The tactical victory here, regardless of the missed call, stands as a brute fact and counterfactuals can only be bandied back and forth ad nauseam. Let us just consider it payback for 2012-2013. 

Second, an argument from symbolism: Consider for a moment the names of the two football teams. The Seattle Seahawks are named after a bird that doesn't quite exist. We have heard that a "Seahawk" is actually an osprey, a bird of prey; unchained, unfettered, unmastered by any human hand. Now, let us train our gaze on the Atlanta Falcons, a team named after a completely different kind of bird. Falcons are hunters, just like osprey. Falcons, though, are fettered, chained, used as instruments by human beings to hunt rabbits in the steppes. They are subjugated by being made to wear little hoods on their heads. We ask you, dear reader, to draw your own conclusion: which is the more inspiring symbol? The choice is stark. We have a choice between a free creature and a tool. At this site, our choice will always, and only, be on the side of freedom. Since freedom is better, in a moral sense, for sentient beings than being a tool, the Seattle Seahawks are better than the Atlanta Falcons, not just in an ontological or tactical sense, but in a moral sense as well.  


We are saddened by The New York Jets, who were eviscerated by a team named after, yet another, actual bird. 

These early days of the 16-17 season are truly dark for our Jets. Perhaps we should, in the words of Michael Scott, sacrifice an animal to some weird creature to ask for reprieve? 

We believe in you, O Jets. In our pain, we believe. 

Next football games: 

Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals 10/23/2016, 1730 PDT. 
New York Jets host Baltimore Ravens 10/23/2016 1000 PDT. 

Many teams are named after birds in the NFL. 

Standings: 
Seattle Seahawks 4-1, First in the NFC West.
New York Jets, 1-5, Fourth in the AFC East.

O, Jets...C’est le bordel!

New York Jets disappoint entire planet. 

Today, the New York Jets lost 31-13 to a team named after a metal used in auto manufacturing and dressed up like bees. The Pittsburgh Steelers swarmed around our men in green, piercing them with barbs of TD after TD. 

Neither the highlights reel nor the stats on the game show that our  man on the East Coast, Fitzpatrick the Bearded, turned over the ball at any point. Rather, the New York Jets impressed us all by having zero (0) turnovers during the game and by recovering yet another QB fumble. In this respect, and in #15's quite beautiful TD reception in the first quarter, the Jets showed, once again, that a losing "result" is only 1/4 of the story. The other 3/4 of the story is that the New York Jets are obviously the most superior side, in a moral sense, in the AFC. 

Clearly, on this website, this statement is beyond question. However, for all of the doubters out there, and there are many, we ask you to view the following tweet from the New York Jets: 

.@BMarshall: "Now is the time to stick together...We've got a lot of ball left." pic.twitter.com/O0zU7dDN00

— New York Jets (@nyjets) October 9, 2016

O, New York Jets, however many hearts you crushed in the Western Hemisphere (and, perhaps, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and maybe even Antarctica) by your defeat, we agree. We draw upon your inspiring words and your utter righteousness to carry us through these dark early days of the 2016-17 season. 

We Jets fans MUST stick together, if only to be obstinate in the face of destiny's fury. There IS a lot of ball left. 12 more games. Onward, you Jets. Onward. 

Next football games: 
New York Jets @ Arizona Cardinals. 10/17/16.17:30 PDT. 
Seattle Seahawks host Atlanta Falcons. 10/16/16. 13:25 PDT. 

Current Standings: 
New York Jets: (1-4). 3rd in AFC East. 
Seattle Seahawks: (3-1). 1st in NFC West. 

NFC West Statistical Update: 
Because the Los Angeles Rams were utterly routed in Los Angeles this afternoon by the cheekily named Buffalo Bills, they are now (3-2)and sitting, as they should be, below the Hawks--at their feet as it were--in the standings. Last week's anomalous statistical shenanigans have been rectified. 

Le temps n'a pas empêché ni fait la suprématie morale

Time didn't stop. Neither did the moral supremacy. 

On Sunday, October 2nd, 2016, the two best NFL teams, in a moral sense, put on an exhibition game for the rest of the league and all the world. 

We at this website have wrung our hands over how to cover this monumental sporting event. When two titans meet, there is something so mysterious in the battle that silence may be the best response. However, since this is the second greatest game played in Metlife Stadium in the last 3 years, we offer this humble commentary:  

The Seattle Seahawks took the everlasting glory of tactical victory in this event. They forced turn overs. They scored more points, and in the end, may have simply wanted it more. This, though, is only the surface. We refer you to the Most Honorable #25's conduct as a shining exemplar of moral rectitude. After being called, unjustly, for pass interference, he-in the very next play- garnered an interception for the Seattle Seahawks, ensuring victory. In the post-game press conference, this Child of the Puget Sound had nothing but praise for his adversary, Brandon Marshall. Publicly praising him, #25 took pride in his own efforts while showing honor where it was due. 

Truly, the New York Jets proved that there actually is such a thing as moral victory married to a losing "result". In the fourth quarter, when all was lost and our bearded man, Fitzpatrick, lost the ball yet again, #17 of the Jets, the Great Charone Peak, said "fie" to the fates, recovered the ball and ran in a 40 yard touchdown. It was heard that an auditor of the game yelled, "you're showin heart, boys!" We here agree. 

Greatness abounded yesterday in New Jersey. Beyond that, there is nothing more to be said. 

Final results: 
Seattle Seahawks defeat New York Jets 27-17.
SEA: 3-1. (First in NFC West by any metric, though mysteriously listed as second in NFL standings table.) 
NYJ: 1-3. (3rd in AFC East)

We are shocked by the mirror image our teams are presenting in their records. It cannot be a coincidence.  

Next games: 
Seattle Seahawks, bye week. October 9.

New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1000 PDT, October 9, 2016.