I agree. Even though the loos was disappointing, the way the Hawks played the game was fantastic! They battled all kids of demons, from training camp to this game and overcame. All those who thought the Bears would have a cake walk were probably biting their nails.
Next season, having learned the lessons of this one, will only go to make them more capable and stonger.
We, who are true 12th men and women, continue to believe!

WE HAD SOME CHANCES, WE COULD'VE WON IT AT THE END OF REGULATION, BUT DID'NT EXECUTE, AND THAT'S HOW YOU LOSE ON THE ROAD IN THE PLAYOFFS. WE GAVE 'EM ALL THEY WANTED, BUT THEY GOT US. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHICAGO BEARS. MAYBE SOMEONE FROM OUR CONFERENCE CAN WIN THE SUPERBOWL THIS YEAR. I LIKE OUR CHANCES NEXT YEAR, THOUGH, BUT I'M NOT RESOLVED TO THINKING ON IT YET. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN GUT WRENCHING, AND I THINK WE DID ALMOST AS GOOD AS WE COULD WITH WHAT WE HAD. OUR TEAM MAKES MORE MISTAKES THAN WE SHOULD, BUT WE ARE A GUTSY BUNCH, WHO NEVER GIVES UP 'TILL THE FINAL WHISTLE, WE'VE BEEN QUALITY PEOPLE, AS MUCH AS OR MORE THAN PLAYERS, WE'VE STUCK TOGETHER THROUGH ALL THE ADVERSITY, AND HAVE'NT POINTED FINGERS OR TOOK SHOTS AT EACH OTHER OR OUR COACHES IN PUBLIC, AND FOR THAT ALONE, IN TODAY'S SPORTS CULTURE, THE SEAHAWKS DESERVE PRAISE. WE HAVE A QUALITY ORGANIZATION, WITH GREAT GUYS ON AND OFF THE FIELD, AND I LIKE TO SEE A SITUATION LIKE THAT DO WELL. IT WAS HARD TODAY, AND STILL IS, BUT I FULLY BELIEVE WE'LL BE BACK. WITH A FULL COMPLIMENT OF HEALTHY PLAYERS AVAILABLE TO US, WE SHOULD SHINE. IF YOU STOP AND EXAMINE THE WRECKAGE STREWN ACROSS THE NFL SEASON THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL TEAM, IT BOGGLES THE MIND THAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN NEAR THE PLAYOFFS, LET ALONE GET TO THE DIVISIONAL ROUND. IF WE CAN GET MIKE GREEN HEALTHY, AND PICK UP A REALLY GOOD CORNERBACK, AND ONE MORE BIG DEFENSIVE END, WE SHOULD BE O.K. WE'LL SEE! GO........SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!!

This is for Coach Holmgren I have to give you kudos for a great season you have kept me on my toes and I bet others too. You have made the Seahawks a great team and I hope to see you with us for years on end. Remember the 12th man is always behind you and our beloved Hawks. WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO SUPERBOWL 42.

WE BELEIVE IN YOU SEAHAWKS

I want to know the dumba@# that called a squib kick,that lost the game for us.What were you thinking?Oh ya and Shauwn you need to go away,your pathetic!Why did it take the most important game to finally run north and south,east and west pussy,you get paid way to much!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey I can't complain at all not one commentator gave our boys a chance this year they were even predicting 4-12. Like coach said in the post game we just didn't execute when we had too, and thats the nature of the playoffs. Next year we will get it, we just had to many injuries and the o-line needed to gel, lots to look foward to next year. GO HAWKS and for this year Go Pats

T your a chicken put your full name up there you idiot your so dumb you can kiss my blue, green and silver @## so shut up. If you don't like us you to the CFL or Europe is looking for white trash you.

Bobby Simms, you hit the nail squarely on the head. I am proud of the Seahawks getting as far as they did, with all the adversity and injuries they all faced throughout the season. And to approach it all with class; it is refreshing to see a team exude such class, especially in a day and age in professional sports when it is easy for players to rip on their teammates and their coaches in public, be it on TV, on the radio, in the newspaper or magazine (something we saw the NY Giants do all season, what a mess that whole deal was). I will say this: The Seattle Seahawks can look at themselves in the mirror and say, "You know what, we played one heckuva game today," because they absolutely brought it to the Bears today; too bad they came up just a little short.

Here's looking to next year; here's hoping for a return to the playoffs and a run to the Super Bowl!

GO SEAHAWKS!!!!!!

Nick's a moron,T is the full name and I'm not taking one word back,who's the idiot who called that play?White trash,huh that's funny cosidering I'm Black!!!!!T

the seahawks had a great year period. no team could have done a better job with all the injuries and mishaps than the seahawks. we are a classy organization from top to bottom.we will be back,the seahawks can promise you that! hawks fans here in cali believe. thanks for a great season seahawks. go hawks

I see the Cowboys "LOSER" is still hanging around. Yanker, did you mow the yard and find your pickup, yet? Great game Hawks fans. The Seahawks played their a**es off today. Congrats on making it this far with all that's gone wrong.

hahahaha hawks suck!! get used to the loss haha... hawks are getting old while my cowboys are still young but yeah all i can say is hawks lost you all knew they would so stop cryin like babies go bears! haha

The Seahawks played well and I am disappointed my second favorite team did not win. However, it was obvious that this year was not there year. Blame it on injuries, up and down play, lack of chemistry in the offensive line, it still adds up to the fact this was not the same team as last year.

People point to the pickup of Branch, Julian Peterson, etc. as making last years team even stronger. In reality, the loss of some of their most valuable players more than equaled the gains. One radio announcer hit it on the head when he mentioned the Seahawks did not seem to have any idea of what to do on 3rd and short. I used to complain last year that the Seahawks were so predictable on short yardage but they always came through. They did not seem to care if the other team knew they would run over the left side because they knew they were better. Today, it looked like they were guessing for an answer every time they went up on 3rd or 4th and short.

As an aside the Hutch trade was one of those rare ones that turned out to be a lose/lose trade. Hutch made a ton of money but he went to a team that has no chance of making the playoffs anwhere in the near future and he did not win nearly the acclaim that he could have had he stayed. Except for the gobs of money it was a lose for him. The Seahawks lost also because not only was he a great offensive lineman but he was tough nosed and mean. Another announcer mentioned how much class the Seahawks organization had which I agree with and approve of. However, they also did not seem as tough as a number of teams they played. On two downs if you can't get a yard then you are plain not tough. (I agreed with Holmgren's call to go for it and the failure to get the one yard is indicative of the season)

Finally, with apologies to the Blog editor I disagree with his optimism. Granted the injuries can't get any worse than this year and the timing will improve. However, this year the Hawks played in arguable the worst division in the NFL. I don't think the Rams, Niners, and Arizona can be any worse. The schedule did not get any easier next year and could be more difficult than this year. They could also jerk Josh Brown around with his free agency and lose him, some members of the defensive line are getting old, the offensive line while better is still is not as good as with Tobeck and Hutch, the special teams need to get better with the exception of Brown, and the secondary showed signs of breakdown at times. While they did fine with all their challenges I don't think it is any easier just because they will start out healthy and their timing is better.

Of course they could be worse. They could be like my favorite team the Vikings and just plain suck every year. Good luck Hawks next year.

SEAHAWKS,

12th man is proud of you, you had alot of injuries to overcome and noone ever seems to give you the respect you deserve... you played your ass off and it was a good game and that is all that matters. Next year will be your year to take back the Superbowl (the REFS lost for you last year)... Dont forget NO team has ever gone to the playoffs after losing the superbowl untill this year,(GO HAWKS) and the winning team(Steelers)didnt even make it to the playoffs.
THANKS FOR A AWESOME YEAR!!!!!!!! I cant wait for next season..

Thanks for a great season Hawks -- it was fun, I loved it .. looking forward to next year. We are proud of you!

Next year 49ers will win the division.. i will be surprised if seattle even makes the playoffs.. they won the division this year because of bad teams in the division.. however both 49ers and rams will be much better next year...seattle fan get used to mediocirity again..

HANKER AND RHOMO -

DALLAS IS AMERICA'S TEAM

DALLAS COWBOYS ARE THE WORLD'S TEAM

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SEATTLE WON A SUPERBOWL?
THANK YOU DALLAS FOR GIVING US A FREE WIN LAST WEEK ! ! !

NOW........

DALLAS'S FUTURE IS ALOT BRIGHTER THAN THE SEAHAGS!!!

as dissapointed i am at the end of this season i am more optimistic than i was last year. in order for the seahawks to win the west again and advance farther into the playoffs key offseason moves need to be made.

1. lock up Josh Brown. If they let this guy go in free agency it will be the hutch loss of last year, the fact he put us in the playoffs this year and take away only two of his field goals and we dont make the playoffs.

2. draft offensivley. like it or not the hawk offense is ageing. matt, shaun, walter, bobby, mack are at the end of their primes. they probally each have one to two amazing years left in them. d players can be interchangeable (05 d was an example) and the our line backers and safetys look strong. draft good o linemen from big power schools that are used to big time football and if it is possible a big time running back to be shauns heir like he was to watters.

3. address the reciever position. the fact is the hawks have to many quality recievers. 5 guys that could easily start for most nfl teams. recievers are the most selfish players and none are going to like sitting on the bench. so why not make one of them trade bait??? d jack is a number one reciever but is constantly hurt and drops passes. bobby is old and ageing, yet still effective. deion and nate's contracts make them impossible to move. hackett played to well this year and did something that no hawk reciever in the past 4 years could do, catch every pass thrown to him. my two cents, trade jackson for a high draft pick or a young d player or safety, incase hamlin darts in the offseason.

4. marcus tubbs???. tubbs is a big factor this offseason. his big body was missed against the games against big backs like steven jackson and frank gore. if the team thinks he can rebound off injury he is a valuble asset on the d line. if not they might want to test the market for a big run stopper in the middle.

these are just four important things i see and think the hawks should address. i know the divison will be more difficult than last year but if the front office handles these situations well i see no reason why the hawks cant be back contending next year.

Jack N

Gary,

What the hell kind of commentary is that? The Hawks have way more talent the whiner niners. We will win the division again next year and for several years after that.

I thought the Hawks were supposed to be sub .500 after the Super Bowl loss curse, the Madden Curse and the Campbell soup curse? If we were 9-7, went into the divisional round of the play-offs and overcame so much adversity plus all of these so called curses, we will be 14-2 next year and win the Super Bowl.

OK I think it is time for some people on these blogs to wash their mouths out with soap and soak their brains in bleach. Hanker, RHomo and all the other foul-mouthed troglodytes need to take their commentary to blogs more suitable for their banter.

Why did Matt seem to rush his decisions at times? Why didn't our running game gain as much? What is the one difference between thhis year and last year? We lost Hutch. We need another like him. Do whatever it takes in the draft to get one. One who blocks and is as big as a house...in fact, make his nick name...House....
Simple.....with Hutch in there, we would be playing at home...and we would have beaten Chicago at home...Plain. Simple

I think certain people on this blog have an unhealthy fixation on male genitalia and homosexual acts.

Please Justin, were are you when we need you? This blog has devolved into nothing but homoerotic fantasy and fixations on TO, Parcells and Romo's nether regions.

Moderate moderator, moderate.

There is no team that could have came as far as ours with so many injuries,that's just the flat out truth.A team should lose alot when they lose their starting RB and starting QB but we didn't.No we didn't win them all but we won and kept hope alive.Next yesr "look out"seahawks will be the Juggernaught of NFL.I dare any of you to name a team in hstory who has overcame so much adversity....Good Luck

08' it's coming!!!!

I'd rather wake up in Seattle than in Dallas any day of the week.

(BEARS fan within WA state)

I have to say before Sundays game I had no respect for the Seahawks what so ever, but after that great game they played I have to tip my hat off to them. Seahawk fans you have a great team and should be very proud of them.

I'm hoping to see CHI take on NEW again for the big game. BEARS ALL THE WAY BABY!!

no1BEARSfan

i do not see what the big deal is yes the seahawks ckoked but so did dallas all three teams played hard
dallas,bears and the seahawks ya i would have loved to see seahawks win but god it was a good game and the bears had that little extra at the end to put them over the top and if you all loved football the way real fans do is all there is to say is it was a good game they will all be back next year i am sure so and i hope that all the games win or lose are as good as these ones

Go Bears.............The Sea Girls just proved to the country again that they are not a Super Bowl Caliber team.

Too bad.........Six playoff appearances and 5 failures and 1 Super Bowl defeat. LMAO

This time the better team won. The cowboys should of won the last game too. LOL

Hey Seahawks,

As I read all these comments about good job and all this other excuses for lack of success, I got one thing to say:

Show me a good LOSER and I'll still show you a LOSER! LMAO

At least we still have confidence in Romo. He did not even start a whole season yet. Hasselback has been in the league how long and started how many seasons! My point exactly.....

Take care,
The Cowboys

The Cowboys,

Cowpoke fans still crying? Their team is young? Hahahaha. People from Texas are idiots-just look at the president. T is a fool.

What has Dallas done the past 5 years? Who cares about their 5 super bowl rings. They have no corner backs, Roy Williams is done-TO should retire and Jerry Jones is a plastic surgeon nightmare. Romo is a 6 game wonder and will be a bust next season. Bears will not beat the Saints and the NFC is still way behind the AFC. Look out for another NE super bowl win.

Haha your team blows. hahahahahahahah-you blow Texas hahahahaha.

I hear there is a new movie to be release this summer staring the Dallas Cowboys......its called "Brokeback Texas Guy". Something about a guy named Romo (roaming the desert with his secret cowboy lover). Apparently he was never able to get over his lost love in Seattle and is now learning how to snap/twirl his life back in a twisted love story.

Hey there is also a new Movie coming out called "I wish I knew how it feels to win the Big game"

Don't hate on the 5 rings. It is what the game is all about.

Okay, lets look at it the Seattle Sea Girl's way.

Seattle has had 6 playoff appearances.
Seattle has had 1 Super Bowl Apperance.

Here comes the most interesting stat.............

Seattle has NOTHING too show from it. NO CHAMPIONSHIP ring/trophies.

Are you happy now........This just show how many times the Sea Girls have failed. LMAO

So I guess making it to the playoffs is good enough for the people in the Northwest huh......

If you don't play for the Rings and the Championships, what do you all play for?

Oh yea thats right.......The Sea Girls play only to make the playoffs and thats it!

NEWS FLASH.........

Theres something called the SUPER BOWL and the LAMBARDI TROPHY. Oh.......and that ring you all seem to not care about. LMFAO..........

Jason,

It is hard to drive when you are looking in the rearview mirror the whole time. The past means nothing. The only thing that matters is the current state of affairs. After Sunday the Hawks will no longer be the NFC Champs and after February the Steelers will not be the world champs. Life is cyclical and the sooner you understant that the better your life will be.

It appears that is the case there in Seattle today......Were in a car reck too. LMAO

AHHH..........I kinda feel bad hearing you talk this way. It sure is humbling losing huh.....Did you want that Hankie now....LOL

So now you are a preacher huh.......Take that speech down to Qwest Field and give it to Mike H.
Make hm feel better.LMAO

Since the Cowboys were bounced from the 1996 playoffs by the Panthers 10 years ago, they have yet to win a playoff game, losing the last four.....oh, now 5.

the little seabirds lost thats all that matters they suck and now the bears are moving on and by the way 5 superbowl rings is way better than uh.. 0?!?!! yeah thats what i thought... seabirds are getting old, cowboys still have julius jones, marion barber, a very underrated terry glenn and jason witten, and of course tony romo which all still have lots of time left on the team. it was only his (tony romos) first season hes just young, people like him are bound to make mistakes... just watch us next year... by the way bears are getting raped by the saints next week....
go cowboys next year!!

ps seahawks suck!!!!!!! haha

Our apologies for some of the rude flame wars in comments. We've been deleting them along the way, and we've banned a couple repeat violators.

It's been a tough season for a lot of people, and it's unfortunate some have decided to break our comment rules.

Jason,

I have already told you what to do with that hanky. If losing makes you humble than you are the salt of the earth. You have been a loser your whole life.

Hey everyone, do you know how to say retard in old english? Zach

Hi my name is Tony Romo, I cant handle a snap. Along with the NY Yankees 7th game choke, I am among the elite CHOKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHA JASON IS A DA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 rings-who cares, you werent alive when they last won a super bowl anyways. HAHAHAHHAA JERRY JONES IS A DA AHAHAHAHAHAHA YOUR FRANCHISE IS FOR TEXAS IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, someone is infatuated with this Hanker fellow. I wonder if he has posters of hanker in his bedroom?

On this day in 1972, the Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins for their first of many, many Super Bowl victories.

DALLAS:

Dallas Cowboys: 8 superbowl apperances

5 Superbowl victories.

17 NFC championship games

Point of location for #1 show on #1 network (Dallas)

Dallas: more millionaires per capita (including me)

Home of presidential assasination (John F. Kennedy.

DALLAS HAS IT ALL! OH YEAH, YOU DID HAVE "HERE COMES THE BRIDE",,,,,LMAO

GOODBYE FOREVER SEATTLE. I HAVE MADE MY LAST IMPRESSION UPON YOU.

I think it is funny how the Sea Girls fans keep saying it does not matter how many super bowls you win. I just can't get over it.

But, yet they all long too win one every year. Also, they praised all year that they were the defending NFC champs. ARE KIDDING ME!

I think Hawker37 just does not know how it feels to win one. I know if you talk to the 49ers and steeler fans (who have won 5 themselves) they would all share the same sentiment as the Cowboy fans.

Hawker37, the winning feeling is unexplainable. It is an experience that last a lifetime. It is unfortunate that you will never know what it feels like.

Hey look at this way.........at least you did not make it the big game and Blow it (like the Sea Girls did last year). LOL

Quite the pair, aren't they Charles? I think they should hook up. Maybe work on some new material.

Hey Jason, I would like to know how you can say that the Seahawks will never know the feeling of winning a championship. How do you know that? Tell me, I'd like to know.

It's been 21 years since the Bears last won a Super Bowl (their only appearance, I might add). The way I see it, if it really matters how many Super Bowls you win, then the Bears aren't much better than the Seahawks, since Seattle's been in one and lost it last year, while the Bears won in their only Super Bowl appearance. If it really matters how many Super Bowls you win, then how do the Bears stack up against, say, San Francisco, or Dallas, or Pittsburgh? If it really matters how many Super Bowls you win, then the Bears are really not as good as those teams, since those teams won multiple Super Bowls, Pittsburgh winning the majority of their appearances in the 1970s, San Francisco winning the majority of theirs in the 1980s, and Dallas winning the majority of theirs in the 1990s. So, the way I see it, if you really want to press the issue of how many times you win a Super Bowl,then you really don't have a whole lot of room to talk.

That is all. GO SEAHAWKS!!!

I think Charles, Jason and bettinondadumbasses should wrestle so they can figure out which one of them is the alpha-female.

Hawk Nation,

First of, I am a Cowboy Fan in case you did not catch that.

I can speak for the Super Bowl wins becasue I was around to celebrate, drink and enjoy it. Maybe you are in your teens or early 20's and it may seem so long ago too you. But,when the Cowboys won the majority of the Super Bowl I was right there with them savoring the moment.

Even if I am not a Bears fan.....they still have something Seattle will never have. I guess you know what it is.........a Super Bowl win.

Judging by the American Idol you all suck just as bad in singing.....LMAO

You all have been in the League since 1976 and have done nothing to show for all those years. So you have no room to speak of any other team.

I know you can't win them all, BUT DAMN WIN ONE AT LEAST.......LMAO

For now Hawk Nation, don't talk to me until you all have won something more than a NFC championship.

Jason,

First of all, my apologies. I thought you were a Bears fan. Guess you do have room to talk about five Super Bowl wins (ALL IN THE PAST, BTW!).

Nice comments about Seattle singers sucking on American Idol. Quite frankly, I hate that show, so your comment there is about as worthless as a fart in a hurricane.

Still feeling the sting of watching your Cowboys lose to Seattle, I see. Gotta take your frustrations out on us, huh? Do us all a favor, go cry in your beer and leave us alone. Your drivel is getting old.

That's hilarious... Hack's fan tellin' a Cowboys fan THEY'RE frustrated. Now THAT'S funny.

Maybe it's the mold.

Jason, they won't know wtf to do IF they ever did win one. Bet they'd still whine. It's engrained in their genetic makeup.

U 2 gettin a room tonight to remember OLD times??? Hahahaha Dallas lost, HAHAHAHAHHAA Romo is a terrible quarterback. Cowboys blow, Dallas is a sh*thole too. The whole state of Texas is a piece of crap.

Oh when the Saints, go marching in, Oh when the Saints go marching into the Super Bowl right of the top of the Bears...

Sing-a-long bettinondadumbasses it will make you feel better.

2 words... meds adjustment.

2 words...perforated colon.

Big words from a little polyp. You read that on some of the trash you empty at your "custodial engineer" job at Harborpuke? lmfao

Only 1 more day to boast defending "NFC Champions". Guess that, "we'll take it all next year", was just more wishful thinking. Takes more than "talking" about it. Being a Hawks fan, you, more than anyone, should KNOW that by now.

TIME'S UP. We'll take that... thank you. Saints were a great "story". THE END

Yes, they came "Marching in". Very impressive. Now they can march back to their FEMA trailers. NEXT...

Mmmmmm, Colts... dem r good eatin', ain't they?

Ok, ok... I know. This has to suck. Y'all take care. I'll leave ya alone. I know it's 4:00 a.m. but it's time to... uhh, well, that's not important. Don't miss the big game on the 4th ;) It's ok Hawker. A buttload of people were wrong. You're just part of the load.

what does a polyp have to do with a perforated colon? You looked in the wrong section of the Merck Manual retard.

Tasteful comment about the FEMA trailers bettinondadumbasses. Maybe you can brainstorm other things to say about people who lost everything in a natural disaster while your setting at home folding the laundry and waiting for your wife to get home from her job. What's next, you are going to start putting down the families of those who died during the tsunami?

bettinondadumbasses, were you the fat guy with the gout wearing the Urlacher jersey at the Bellevue mall on Sunday night? If so do the world a favor and take a shower.

Nope. Wasn't me. I only have a Payton jersey (that I have retired), and a #50 Singletary. lmao though, Hawker. Good stuff.