DO THE SEAHAWKS REALLY NEED TO PLAY A PERFECT GAME TO BEAT THE BEARS?

ALL THE SEAHAWKS HAVE TO DO IS PLAY THEIR GAME! THEIR GAME IS SOLID EXECUTION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. IN WEEK FOUR AGAINST THE BEARS, THE HAWKS JUST PLAYED POORLY AND LOST 37-6. IF THE SEAHAWKS PLAN TO WIN THIS GAME AGAINST THE BEARS THEY MUST LIMIT THERE MISTAKES.

MATT HASSELBACK IN WEEK 4 AGAINST THE BEARS THREW TWO BIG EARLY INTERCEPTIONS TO CORNERBACK RICKY MANNING JR. HASSELBACK MUST MAKE SMART THROWS AND DECISIONS WITH THE FOOTBALL. THROWING THE BALL AWAY AND TUCKING THE BALL IN AND RUNNNING, FAST REACTION DECISIONS ARE A MUST FOR HASSELBACK.

ON OFFENSE THE HAWKS PLAY-MAKERS MUST STEP UP AND MAKE PLAYS. HAWKS RUNNING BACK SHAUN ALEXANDER IS ONE OF THOSE PLAY-MAKERS. SHAUN MUST BE ABLE TO GET POSITIVE YARDS AGAINST A TOUGH BEARS DEFENSE. SEAHAWKS WIDE-OUTS AND TIGHT-ENDS CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE MANY DROPS. BRANCH, ENGRAM, HACKETT, STEVENS, AND IF HE PLAYS, JACKSON ALL MUST STEP-UP AND MAKE PLAYS. THE HAWKS OFFENSIVE LINE MUST PROTECT AND CONTAIN THE BEARS HEAVY RUSH. THAT HEAVY BEARS RUSH IS LEAD BY THE HEART OF THEIR DEFENSE, LINEBACKER #54 BRIAN URLACHER.
URLACHER WHO HAS 3 INTERCEPTIONS AND 142 TACKLES IS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE. HE'S FAST TO THE BALL AND CAUSES A LOT OF TURNOVERS DESPITE HAVING NO SACKS THIS YEAR. THE OTHER BEARS LINEBACKER, #55 LANCE BRIGGS IS NO BUM WITH 134 TACKLES AND 2 INTERCEPTIONS. BRIGGS IS ALSO A BIG PLAY-MAKER ON THE BEARS DEFENSE.

UP FRONT ON DEFENSE FOR THE BEARS THEIR BIG SURPRISE HAS BEEN A ROOKIE FROM ALABAMA DEFENSIVE END, #97 MARK ANDERSON WHO HAS 12 SACKS. ANDERSON, ALONG WITH #93 ADEWALE OGUNLEGE, AND #99 TANK JOHNSON WILL BRING THE PRESSURE TO MATT HASSELBACK. CORNERBACKS OF THE BEARS #24 RICKY MANNING JR. AND CHARLES TILLMAN LEAD THE BEARS WITH 5 INTERCEPTIONS.

THE SEAHAWKS DEFENSE MUST STOP THE RUN IF THEY PLAN ON BEATING THE BEARS. THE BEARS IN WEEK FOUR RUSHED FOR OVER 143 YARDS. BEARS RUNNING BACK #20 THOMAS JONES LEAD THEM IN WEEK FOUR AGAINST THE HAWKS, AND THE BEARS FOR YEAR WITH 1,210 YDS AND 6 TDS. THE WIDE-OUTS FOR THE BEARS ARE GOOD WITH #87 MUHSIN MUHAMMAD [60 REC. 863YDS. 6TDS] AND THE FAST #80 BEIRNARD BERRIAN [ 51 REC.-775YDS-6TDS]. THE BEARS QUARTERBACK REX GROSSMAN LIKES TO CHECK DOWN AND THROW TO HIS TIGHT-END #88 DESMOND CLARK [45 REC. -626YDS.-6TDS.]

BEARS QUARTERBACK #8 GROSSMAN WILL DETERMINE IF THE BEARS WIN WITH HIS PLAY. GROSSMAN [3,193 YDS.- 54.6% COMP. 23 TDS. 20 INTS.] HAS PLAYED VERY POOR AS OF LATE, AND THE SEAHAWKS HOPE HE WILL CONTINUE THAT THIS SUNDAY. WHEN IN TROUBLE, GROSSMAN LIKES TO FORCE THE BALL [INTS.] IN TRAFFIC AND THROW OFF HIS BACK FOOT. THE HAWKS DEFENSIVE FRONT FOUR MUST BRING THE PRESSURE TO REX GROSSMAN AND DISRUPT HIS TIMMING. HAWKS CORNERBACKS #27 BABINEAUX AND #21 JENNINGS PLAYED BIG LAST WEEK AGAINST THE COWBOYS. THEY BOTH MUST CONTINUE THEIR GREAT PLAY AGAINST THE BEARS AND KEEP BEAR WIDE-OUTS IN FRONT OF THEM WITH THE COVER TWO DEFENSE [ZONE].

SPECIAL TEAMS WILL BE BIG IN THIS GAME. FIELD POSITION WILL PLAY BIG IN THIS GAME. THE BEARS HAVE THE BEST PUNT AND KICK OFF RETURNER IN THE NFL IN #23 DEVIN HESTER. HESTER HAS 3 PUNT RETURNS FOR TDS, AND 2 KICK-OFFS FOR TDS AND HE'S FAST AND EXPLOSIVE. THE HAWKS KICKING AND PUNTING WILL PLAY A BIG PART IN THIS GAME. BACKING THE BEARS UP AND HAVING REX GROSSMAN THROWING ON THIRD AND LONGS WILL PLAY IN THE HAWKS FAVOR.

DRE206 BREAKDOWN:

SEAHAWK COACH MIKE HOLMGREN CANNOT CALL A CONSERVATIVE GAME ON OFFENSE FOR THE HAWKS. IF SEATTLE PLAYS A PREVENT OFFENSE AGAIN AND ALLOWS A TEAM LIKE THE BEARS TO STAY IN THE GAME, OR STAY AHEAD THEY WILL LOSE. SEATTLE MUST FORCE THE ISSUE AGAINST THE BEARS BY SCORING FIRST AND TAKING THE CROWD OUT EARLY. SCORING TOUCHDOWNS INSTEAD OF FIELD GOALS IN THE RED-ZONE WILL FORCE THE BEARS OFFENSE TO PANIC TO MAKE PLAYS WITH REX GROSSMAN. SEATLLE MUST TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL [NO TURNOVERS, NO SACKS]. SEATTLE MUST LIMIT THEIR PENALTIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE RED-ZONE.THE HAWKS MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES [GOOD FIELD POSITION].

SEATTLE MUST RUN THE FOOTBALL, PROTECT MATT HASSELBACK, STAY OUT OF THIRD AND LONGS, STOP THE BEARS RUN, PUT PRESSURE ON REX GROSSMAN, AND PREVENT DEVIN HESTER IN BEING A FACTOR.

SOUNDS LIKE SEATTLE MUST PLAY A PERFECT GAME?
...NO THEY JUST NEED TO PLAY THEIR GAME".