Monday Night Observations

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Published on November 30, 2021

That disturbance in the force you felt last night was the cry of two more souls lost in the $6M Circa Survivor pool on the Seahawks. We're down to 28, and I'm already nervous thinking about Week 13. I had the Seahawks plus one ATS, so I was hoping for a Seattle loss by one to push. But the elimination of those entries was the far bigger priority, as $6M divided by 30 is $200K, but by 28 is $214,286, i.e., we gained $14K is equity with those two eliminations.

Taylor Heinicke is a player. He dodged a few would-be sacks, kept the mistakes to a minimum and made some strong throws. He's exhibit 20 as to why you don't reach for an early first-round QB you don't love, and why you don't extend the Andy Dalton/Baker Mayfield types for big money. Decent and sometime good QBs are available on the cheap.
Antonio Gibson (29-111-0, 7-7-35-0) carried a huge load and looked good. J.D. McKissic (7-30-1, 5-5-26-1) got his share too and vultured both touchdowns.
Terry McLaurin (7-4-51-0) was the only receiver of note, but the Team didn't need to attack downfield much, given gameflow and the ineptitude of the Seahawks' offense.
Joey Slye got hurt during the blocked PAT, and as a result, the Team couldn't kick a FG, something that almost cost them, as they could have chip-shotted with two minutes left to go up 10 and seal the game. Instead, the Seahawks stopped them on fourth down, scored a last-minute TD and would have sent it to OT had they made the two-point conversion. (I would have feared those Seattle entries had they won in overtime, but alas there is only one Team Of Destiny.)
Russell Wilson made a nice throw in the closing minute to make it 17-15, but he was way off on some throws, and he never got into rhythm.
Tyler Lockett (5-3-96-0) made a 55-yard catch, but didn't do much else, while DK Metcalf (4-1-13-0) was barely targeted, and at least one of those was a ball thrown well out of bounds. I thought a healthy Metcalf couldn't fail this year, and I could not have been more wrong.
Alex Collins (fumble) and the Seattle running game were non-existent. Chris Carson is out for the year, Rashaad Penny is on IR, Travis Homer (calf) was out, so don't be surprised to see more DeeJay Dallas going forward.
It's strange to write off the Seahawks this early during the Russell Wilson era, but there's no coming back from 3-8.