Rivers Out, Seahawks Defense Still Struggles

I wrote the title after two plays, so take that with a grain of salt.

Did Frye just duel Rivers to a draw? This performance from Frye is a complete 180 from last week against the Bears.

It looked like Volek was going to complete his second pass attempt, except a linebacker brought the heat and knocked the ball loose. Guess who: David Hawthorne. Love that guy.

Duckett just made his first appearance with three second left in the third quarter. How is this guy not completely redundant given our other backs? As I wrote that, Duckett just got about 23 yards on two carries. Then another seven on his third carry. Perplexing... Haven't seen Forsett on offense at all. What does that mean? Damn, Duckett just had another 10+ yard carry.

Frye's game stats just flashed on the screen: 17/27, 202 yards, 1 TD, roughly through three quarters. That's Hasselbeck quality there. And he's doing a good job of standing tough in the pocket. Roughing the passer penalties don't happen unless the quarterback is willing to take a hit to get a pass off.

Frye just got his second touchdown. Of course it was thrown to Jordan Kent. Kent's made the team. One small problem, though, brought to my attention by Hugh Millen on KJR, is that Kent has been taking most of his reps at Nate Burleson's position (which I think is split end, but I can't remember for sure), who is the one starting receiver not hurt. This means Kent hasn't been groomed to step in for Branch (that's supposed to be Taylor) or Engram (that's Obomanu, Payne, or even Bumpus - another guy I haven't seen yet tonight).

The defense either stepped it up a bit, or the Chargers second team offense drops off significantly from the first unit. Jason Babin gets the first sack (that I can remember) of the night, which is huge given that he's fighting Baraka Adkins for (probably) the last DE roster spot.

Frye is apparently hurt, so we get to see a bit of Seneca Wallace. Nice. Forsett just fumbled. That's sure to piss off Holmgren. Previous to that Courtney Taylor made a nice diving catch that was worth mentioning. Damnit, Forsett, you've got to hold onto that ball.