Thank God for the Seahawks

Ever since the Failed Mary I would never have thought I would be singing the praises of the Seattle Seahawks, but today I can truly say, “Thank God for the Seahawks”.

Now why would I say that? It’s very simple Seahawks General Manager John Schneider (a former Packer) and/or Head Coach Pete Carroll were the only people to want former Ted Thompson Aaron Rodgers heir apparent Brett Hundley and thank God they were desperate enough to want him.

Ted Thompson puppet Brian Gutekunst pulled off the heist of the day (I can’t say it was the Heist of the Packers because Dan Devine owns that opposite title with the absolutely disastrous trade for John Hadl or the Dick Corrick trade for John Jefferson) by getting rid of a player who seems to have no clue how the play the position of the quarterback, despite 3+ years under the tutelage of the Greatest Quarterback Guru of all time Mike McCarthy, despite the bullshit spooned out daily by McCarthy and Gutekunst/Thompson and the daily lapping up by the local kiss ass media of such bullshit telling us how great Hundley was doing during the preseason and how he was so far ahead of DeShone Kizer that a decision had to be made about what to do about Kizer.

Ha Ha (and I’m not talking to Clinton-Dix). I said a few weeks ago I didn’t like how Hundley was playing. I said weeks ago I didn’t see any improvement by Hundley, despite the daily bullshit spread by the local kiss ass media who actually watch him on a daily and weekly basis. If their glowing assessments of Hundley didn’t prove they don’t know their asses from a hole in the ground at the worst or they are so afraid of losing access to the Packers if they dare to state the obvious then shame on the Packers for having that kind of atmosphere and shame on the local kiss ass media for bending over and spreading instead of fighting back.

And one other comment on that atmosphere and the current of generation of spineless local media. Ted Thompson, who was a leader who proved the old adage “Power corrupts and Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely”. Ted Thompson was hired in 2005 to right the Mike Sherman ship and he did through great drafting and prudent free agent signings and in five years the Packers won the Super Bowl. But then it all went off the rails. Thompson was totally unsupervised. CEO Mark Murphy never talked to him about Packers business even though he was technically his boss. His drafting turned bad and his belief that building a roster of draft picks and undrafted free agents was going to build the fourth Packers Dynasty turned the Packers into a regular season paper tiger. If I’m lying just tell me how many Super Bowl rings does the greatest quarterback of our time have on his hand. Unless I’ve been a hole I only know of 1.

When the Packers began to accept and embrace mediocrity the local media was being told, “don’t believe your lying eyes believe what I’m telling you”. And, I guess since I’m not a local reporter with access to the Packers, it was implied that if you didn’t praise Ted Thompson and make excuses for the lack of success then you won’t have access any more (it seems Thompson was Trump before Trump was Trump).

Back to the Hundley trade. It seems Carroll hates his backup quarterback situation since he’s been shopping for a quarterback all preseason looking under every rock, except for the rock Colin Kaepernick is under, and he found nobody until he was left with Brett Hundley.

An aside to the Seahawks wanting a backup quarterback. The Jets traded former Vikings heir apparent Teddy "Little Hands" Bridgewater to the Saints for unknown compensation, but it is speculated its involves several draft picks. 1 of 3 things can be drawn from this trade. 1, the Seahawks really don't need a backup because Russell Wilson never gets hurt (see last year when Aaron Rodgers went down - he doesn't get hurt either). Or 2, the Seahawks are cheap (the Packers are cheaper). Or 3, the Seahawks think Hundley is better than Bridgewater. How the mighty have fallen.

He must have been reading the local bullshit how Hundley has turned him around and was ready to win the job of Aaron Rodgers backup this season (heaven help us) and so he pulled the trigger. I went to Packers. com to find out what the Packers got besides a cup of Starbucks coffee and to nobody’s surprise there was nothing on it. Like I’ve said many, many, many times Packers. com is absolutely the last place I go for Packers news.

Of course, ProFootballTalk made the announcement which Mike Florio always does first and NFL.com had the particulars. It seems the Seahawks traded a 2019 6th round draft pick for the former 5th round draft pick (now isn't that an indictment of Ted Thompson II’s drafting prowess). If Hundley was so great as the local kiss ass media kept telling us this preseason then the Packers should have gotten at least a 4th pick or maybe even a 3rd or 2nd. But, of course, the fantasy world the Packers local media live in isn’t the real world.

I bet Hundley was going to get cut so Gutekunst/Thompson were lucky there was somebody desperate enough to offer anything. Now we have a second issue to deal with. If Hundley actually turns out to be a functional NFL quarterback then what does that say about McCarthy and his coaching staff. I fully believe McCarthy is part of the problem and not the solution to the disappointing finishes to the last seven seasons.

Kizer also has issues and hasn’t played any better than Hundley did this preseason. Now we’ll find out if he turns out to be Hundley II as the Packers are ready to go with him as the only backup unless there is another trade or waiver pickup in the near future.

Back to the local kiss ass media. They have talked about an honest battle between Hundley and Kizer for the backup role, which was what McCarthy was telling them, but that wasn’t the case. They just repeated what they were told instead of pointing out the fact the Packers traded a former No. 1 draft pick (Damarious Randall), a No. 4-114 and No. 5-150 for a former No. 2-50 (Kizer), a No. 4-101 (TE Ian Thomas), which was later traded and a No. 5-138 (G Cole Madison), who the local kiss ass media told us because Gutekunst/Thompson and McCarthy told them that he would probably win the right guard starting position, but instead he quit the team almost immediately. He hasn’t returned and isn’t even talked about anymore (Oops, my bad). So it seemed to me at the time that Kizer was the one that had to be beaten out not Hundley. But maybe I was wrong? NOT.

To sum up Hundley’s final Packers preseason stats were (Packers.com doesn’t list the preseason stats and when the stats come up it says 2018 regular season and actually lists the 2017 stats. Like I’ve said I hate Packers.com): 23-of-37 passes (.622) for 263 yards with 1 touchdown pass and 1 interception (both in the 1st preseason game) while being sacked 5 times. Kizer’s stats are: 27-of-53 (.509) with 2 touchdown passes and no interceptions with 5 sacks. Heaven help us if Rodgers goes down.

Here’s what Kevin Patra of NFL.com said about Hundley: Hundley, meanwhile, immediately becomes the best quarterback behind Russell Wilson in Seattle. The ex-UCLA signal-caller leaps Austin Davis and seventh-round pick Alex McGough, both of which seem unlikely to make the roster now. With cut downs looming, the Seahawks found their solution. Hundley owns prototypical quarterback traits with a solid arm and mobility. However, he struggled mightily to move the ball in Rodgers' stead last season, leading one of the least-efficient offenses in the league over nine starts. The 25-year-old looked better this preseason, but couldn't beat out Kizer for the backup gig. A fresh start for Hundley is probably best for all parties after the quarterback took the brunt of Packer fans' ire for not being able to replicate Aaron Rodgers' mystic on a football field. In Seattle, Hundley immediately upgrades one of the worst backup situations in football. If Wilson gets hurt (knocks on alllllll the wood), Hundley would step in as a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency option.

Now that is a ringing endorsement of Thompson’s drafting ability, McCarthy’s teaching ability and McCarthy’s coaching ability. NOT. Heaven help us.