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继上周令人失望地败在去年超级碗决球队之后，本周德州人又以微弱的劣势摆在海鹰脚下——虽然他们在比赛中曾经距离获得胜利救赎自己那么的近。看看比赛的进程，他们又是在短时间内崩盘输掉加时，这不得不让人再一次怀疑Matt Schaub到底能不能带领德州人走进季后赛 。
尽管德州人的防守组又一次出色地发挥，但是作为一个团体运动，他们需要在攻防两端都有出色的发挥，否则，就回在加时赛小负对手。虽然他们的防守组极力阻止海鹰的进攻，但是他们的进攻组却没有得到足够的分数来赢得比赛，甚至他们的进攻组在比赛最后两分钟都没能守住领先的果实。连续败给季后赛球队之后，下周他们还将对阵顺丰队，他们会迎来赛季的第三场胜利吗？
For the Seahawks this was far from a vintage display again on offense, but their defense put the brakes on the Houston offense in the second half and Richard Sherman came up with the pivotal play to send the game to overtime. At some point you have to worry about the offense failing to find its feet and show the kind of displays we saw down the stretch last season, but while they continue to win without their best offensive form, the Seahawks are buying themselves time to find that form and make it count if and when they do.
Seattle – Three Performances of Note
Destructive off the edge
The Seahawks brought into this game three of their four top outside pass rushers and got big games from them. Before he left the game due to injury (thankfully not serious on according to current reports) Michael Bennett had registered five pressures (3 Ht, 2 Hu) on 20 pass rushes, both from the edge and working inside against Brandon Brooks for a hit and a hurry. Working with him to harry Schaub was Cliff Avril with Chris Clemons working off the bench. They combined to rack up 13 pressures (2 Sk, 3 Ht, 8 Hu) on 89 pass rushes. Avril added a batted pass to his six pressures beating Texans’ RT Derek Newton for each of his pressures (including one hit nullified by a penalty) while his sack came as a clean up when Schaub was flushed out to the right of the pocket. Clemons meanwhile, in his second game back this season, worked from both sides beating both Ryan Harris and Newton inside and outside for pressures. These three were the driving force behind Schaub facing pressure on 24 of his 54 dropbacks. Assuming Bennett can return swiftly and with the imminent return of Irvin the only trouble the Seahawks will have is trying to juggle all these pass rushers and get them the opportunities they need.
Struggles up front
While their pass rushers were bringing the heat to Matt Schaub, the Seahawks pass protectors were struggling to keep the heat off of their own quarterback. Only Lemuel Jeanpierre at center didn’t allow any pressure in the game with the rest of the line yielding at least three pressures apiece and both James Carpenter and Paul McQuistan surrendering multiple sacks. Only a month into the season the Seahawks only had one lineman starting in the same spot as Week 1 (J.R. Sweezy at right guard) and the unit was found wanting against a defensive front led by J.J. Watt. McQuistan’s struggles at left tackle continued surrendering a season high seven pressures (2 Sk, 1 Ht, 4 Hu) failing to get to grips with Whitney Mercilus on Russell Wilson’s blindside. Opposite him rookie RT Michael Bowie making his first career start was beaten inside, outside and via bullrush by Watt in a rough outing after getting off to a smooth start against the Jaguars at home last week. Next to him Sweezy also had his hands full with Watt struggling in both run and pass game.
Mebane continues to build
After a so-so opener against the Panthers, Brandon Mebane’s form has been building over the last two weeks and he made his mark against Chris Myers and the Texans this week. His +5.6 run defense grade marks his highest single game grade since opening day last season and is built as much from his work controlling blockers and re-directing runs as it is from shedding those blocks to take down the ball carrier himself. In the first half he worked almost exclusively against the Texans’ guards sliding inside of their blocks picking up three of his four defensive stops in the first quarter. In the second half, when the Seahawks clamped down on the Houston offense, he worked almost exclusively against Myers riding him back and re-directing Arian Foster in the backfield. In the first half Myers was extremely effective climbing to the second level to get on Seahawks’ MLB Bobby Wagner but with Mebane playing over him in the second half the Texans lost their best second level blocker. In form like this there are few better run defending defensive tackles than Mebane.
德州人 - 三个关注点
全怪那次抄截
有时候，当一名四分卫确实十分痛苦，但是对于Schaub来说，更痛苦的是那次将比赛拖入加时的抄截。在面对重压的情况下，Schaub在很多比赛中还是表现的非常稳定的，但是，这个在压迫中屎一样的传球让对方直接抄截得分。他们的进攻需要完成17码的推进，而在3档4码的情况下， Schaub本有机会完成3档转换成为比赛的英雄。但是，在海鹰严密的防守下，Schaub被Kam Chancellor快速冲击，然后迫使出球，然后就没有然后了。Richard Sherman抢在Owen Daniels前面将球抄截，追平了比分。尽管Schaub在第二节刚开始的时候传球给 Garrett Graham完成一次31码的达阵，尽管Schaub在第二节在Owen Daniels的协助下还完成一次对Arian Foster的传球达阵，Schaub最后时刻的被抄截，已经将他钉在失败的墙上，再没机会挽回。不知道，下场对阵顺丰队，Schaub还有没有机会得以救赎。
Mercilus 和 Watt 的表演
在Brian Cushing受伤下场之后，防守组由J.J. Watt和Whitney Mercilus领衔。Watt已经没什么好说的了，典型的九次压迫（1次擒杀，2次冲击四分卫，6次迫使仓促出球）和三次截停。他反正就是不可阻挡的，没啥可说的了，于是，我们来说说Mercilus吧。对于一个上赛季首轮秀球员来说，这是他的一次上佳表现——在防传中面对McQuistan和Carpenter，完成了三次擒杀。这对于一名年轻的冲传球员来说是十分值得肯定的，而且这不单单是速度（仅有一次擒杀是从McQUistan的外侧完成），还是能力的体现（更多的是从内线冲传）。Mercilus上赛季末段在为先发位置而做着努力，这场比赛的表现似乎是个好的信号。
右侧的挣扎
无论是冲球还是传球，德州人在右截锋和右护锋的位置上都得不到什么机会。Brandon Brooks (-4.2)和Derek Newton (-4.4)在传球保护中让对方完成七次压迫。Newton大部分时间被Avrill搞得筋疲力竭，Brooks面对五个不同的传球冲击者（包括被判无效的 Clinton McDonald的快速冲击）。对于Newton来说，比赛中的传球保护能力越来越令人担忧，作为冲击阻挡者却缺乏影响力确实是一件令人沮丧的事情。德州人以冲球作为主要进攻方式而自豪，在比赛中绝大部分时间处于领先，但是11次在右护锋的外侧冲球，而每次冲球平均距离却不到3码。Brooks在赛季开始时有不错的表现(+4.7 前两周)，但是却难以在接下来的两周继续保持这样的表现。Newtons在上周对阵乌鸦的比赛中猛了一把之后，再次萎了。
比赛看点
- 虽然只打了26档，Brian Cushing了完成了六次防守截停。而另外三个内线卫完成六次防守截停，用了70多档。
- Compare that to Darryl Sharpton, who helped to replace him, who missed three tackles en route to a -5.0 overall grade on 44 snaps.
- Last season against the blitz Russell Wilson averaged 7.8 yards per attempt with a passer rating of 101.6; against the Texans yesterday he went 7-of-16 for 66 yards (4.1yds/att) with an interception and a 29.7 passer rating.
PFF Game Ball
You couldn’t go wrong picking any number of the defensive stand outs in this game from either side but I’ll go for Brandon Mebane’s impact in run defense in different ways in both halves as the standout performer in this game.
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