I had a weird feeling Sunday morning that defied a whole lotta logic. I woke up feeling the Seattle Seahawks were going to pull out a victory in Baltimore against maybe the hottest team (and player) in football right now.

I don’t know why. They narrowly beat the Cleveland Browns at home who were starting a backup quarterback, and Geno Smith has been a turnover machine recently.

I just felt that on that Sunday, Seattle was going to shine on the road. I thought Geno was going to play a clean game, and they would get the run game going, and the defense was going to hold Lamar Jackson in check with all their flashy playmakers.

Holy fuck balls was I ever wrong. It’s probably all the cough syrup I’ve become dependent on lately mixed with daylight savings time, and three quarters of a pot of coffee downed by 8:30.

Well, shit. The Seahawks got slaughtered on the road by a Ravens team that could be the best team currently in the AFC. What can I say? Sometimes, shit goes South in a hurry.

This was not the game for Shane Waldron to call 14 runs to 28 passes, and of those pass plays, most of them were direct drop backs against perhaps the best pass rushing team in all of football. No creativity with those drop backs, either, might I add.

This was not the game for Geno to force yet another pass to be double coverage for an interception, and cough up yet another fumble. Eight turnovers now over the last four games is almost certainly going to make fans cry out for Drew Lock.

This was not a game for players like Jamal Adams, Jordyn Brooks, Bobby Wagner, and Quandre Diggs and others to miss tackles against a fantastic rushing attack. It is tough to criticize this defense when the offense decided not show up, but stellar is something these tacklers were not.

It would have been nice to see Waldron stay a bit more stubborn with the run and to get play action going off of it, but instead, he would call a run play that would earn positive yards, and then go directly into an empty backfield. Am I the only person who sees the lack of logic with that?

Geno Smith has been one of the best play action quarterbacks in the league for a while, and yet Waldron seems intent on going away from that. I would love to know what his strategy is.

Also, where are all the multiple heavy tight end looks that were working well in September against teams like the Lions, Panthers, and Giants? Has Seattle shifted away from all of this just to get Jaxon Smith Njigba more involved? If so, please shift the F back to it.

Look, I know I am about to come across as a Geno Smith apologist after he struggled in this game, but I just don’t see how he’s being helped out by the play calling right now. Geno’s strengths, in my mind, are centered around the tools he has to be a good play action passer. Get the defense thinking about the run, then beat them with the play fake passes just as Geno did when he hit DK Metcalf on that beautiful deep crosser against the Ravens vaunted secondary. Why are there not more of these plays being drawn up?!

How much longer is Pete Carroll going to allow this drop back pass happiness to continue?

That’s the question for me. That’s the issue that I think they need to resolve in order to make this season a special one.

As it stands right now, this offense lacks any sort of identity. They are neither a great passing team or a great running team. For me, I think the path is clearer for them to be a great running offense. This should be their identity.

They have two dynamic young runners in K9 and Zach Charbonnet, and they aren’t being used nearly enough. Why the fuck would you spend high second round picks on both of these guys if they are not more of the focus on offense? It makes no sense, and Payton Manning is not something that Geno Smith frankly is.

For the first time since Geno Smith was made the starter over a year ago, I thought he should be pulled out of the game, and it had nothing to do with believing Drew Lock would have likely done anything better. I thought pulling him would have been a mercy move once the game was clearly out of reach.

Fans, of course, are going to blow this game way out of proportion. I already see the agro tweeters out there calling the Seahawks frauds, and saying that Geno should be benched, Carroll doesn’t know what he’s doing, etc.

I get it. It isn’t fun watching your favorite team getting its ass kicked on all levels like that. People need to deal with disappointment however they choose so long as no family members and loved ones are harmed in the process. Taking to Twitter X and calling the Seahawks frauds and calling for Drew Lock is perfectly acceptable after a game like this.

Seattle got their butts kicked on all levels, end of story. They were vastly outplayed, and vastly out coached, but this is nowhere near the end to their season. It is well within the Seahawks to correct course and turn this ship around, and it can start this week at home against the Washington Commanders.

The Commanders aren’t going to come into Lumen Field and lay down for the Seahawks. They can be a dangerous team, and got a good win against the Patriots. That said, this should be a great opportunity for Seattle to have a get right game at home.

Let us remember, for as bad as this beating was, the Ravens did the same exact thing to the very good Detroit Lions a couple weeks back. They are talented enough and schemed well enough to do that to probably many good teams out there.

So, for the Seahawks, I think maybe just maybe this is the ass kicking what they needed, and the Commanders are the right kinda team for them to face to get things right. They need to be very honest with themselves this week, though, about what they want to be.

They just traded a second round pick for a big defensive tackle in Leonard Williams to fortify their playoff push. Now is not the time to fuck around on offense through the remaining portions of a tough schedule.

What type of team do these Seahawks want to be? Do they want to further be a pass happy attack with all the fancy wide receiver weapons, or do they want to be a physical running team that uses those weapons as complimentary pieces with play action?

They have the defense built up enough now that if they just went back to a more balanced attack, used those multiple tight end looks more, they can still be a dangerous factor for the remainder of the season. They are tied for first place in their division.

Time to get it straightened out. Be honest about what Geno Smith does best, and put him in the best positions to do that.

Play to your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.

Claim your identity and then own it. Do it.

Run the fucking ball!

Go Hawks.