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Seahawks national power rankings roundup, Week 7: NFL.com has Seattle at 3rd
Last week, after losing a heartbreaker to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Seattle Seahawks saw their first drop in the national media power rankings in over three weeks. However, how will this change after the Seahawks impressive ninth consecutive road win in Week 6 against the Jacksonville Jaguars?
Once again, it is not surprising to see the five national media sites viewed (NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and Yahoo) move the Seahawks up again. This is usually the tune of power rankings. You win? You move up. You lose? You move down. The question that remains is how far did Seattle move up?
The next tier of rankings come from Pro Football Talk (PFT) and ESPN. Both sites last week had the Seahawks just out of the top ten, but both them into the top ten after the victory in Jacksonville. In moving the Seahawks up from 11th to 8th in their rankings, ESPN highlighted an incredibly impressive performance by Byron Murphy II. “Along with seven pressures, Murphy had two sacks Sunday to give him a team-high 4.5 through six games.” PFT, who moved Seattle up four spots from 13th to 9th, referenced the recent dominance on the road by the Seahawks, joking that they should start wearing their road white jerseys at home.
The highest power ranking by the national media sites remains with NFL.com. Over the last two weeks, they have ranked Seattle 5th, even after the loss to the Buccaneers in Week 5. Well, after winning this past week, NFL.com continues loving Seattle, moving them into 3rd. The only teams higher than the Seahawks are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (first) and the Detroit Lions (second). In this notable ranking, NFL.com sung the praises of Mike Macdonald (who is 10-1 as Seahawks head coach on the road), the defense (who came roaring back after a rough performance against Tampa Bay), Sam Darnold (who has played clean, efficient football), and Jaxon Smith-Njigba (who is “becoming one of the best at his craft.”)
Overall, most national media sites firmly believe the Seahawks are a playoff team, with NFL.com showing love to Seattle that is akin to that of a contender. After week five, the average power ranking between the five sites (NFL.com, PFT, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and Yahoo) was 11.0. After Week 6, the average power ranking between these same five sites is 8.2, the same average as before the Tampa Bay loss. Seahawks fans surely hope that the team’s performance in the next few weeks will make other national media sites move their rankings up and prove NFL.com right. Their next opportunity to do so will be on Monday Night Football against the Houston Texans in week seven.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Holloway had a hat trick and added an assist in his return from a sprained ankle, Joel Hofer made 23 saves and the St. Louis Blues came off the Olympic break to beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Thursday night.
St. Louis Blues 5, Seattle Kraken 1: Box score
Jordan Kyrou and Holloway — activated from injured reserve before the game — scored in a 23-second span early in the second period to give St. Louis a 3-1 lead.
Pius Suter added a goal and two assists to help the Blues end a three-game losing streak.
Holloway completed St. Louis’ first hat trick of the season with 3:01 left, scoring into an empty net for his 11th of the season.
Kaapo Kakko tied it at 1 for Seattle in the first period, and Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 shots. The Kraken were coming off a 4-1 loss in Dallas on Wednesday night.
Kyrou made it 2-1 at 1:12 of the second off a feed from Pavel Buchnevich on a break. Holloway poked the puck past Grubauer off a scramble at 1:35. Suter scored at 1:56 of the third.
St. Louis’ Cam Fowler appeared in his 1,100th game, becoming the 10th active defenseman in the NHL to reach the mark.
Up next
Kraken: Host Vancouver on Saturday night.
Blues: Host New Jersey on Saturday.
Seattle Kraken sign forwards Ben Meyers, Ryan Winterton to 2-year extensions
The St. Louis Blues are back in action as they host the Seattle Kraken on Thursday at Enterprise Center (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, 101 ESPN).
It will be the team’s first game since Feb. 4, and Jim Montgomery said the squad is ready to get back to work.
“Yeah, I think everybody is,” the head coach said. “I mean, you can tell. Guys were anxious today, but it’s like ‘enough of practicing against each other, it’s time to play a game.’”
Captain Brayden Schenn, who missed Wednesday’s practice with an illness, took the morning skate and is expected to play. Dylan Holloway (ankle), who has played just one game since Dec. 12, will make his return to the lineup as well.
Robert Thomas has taken a leave of absence due to a personal matter. He’s expected to return to the team on Friday.
Additionally Jack Finley will make his Blues debut. Finley – who is the son of former Blue Jeff Finley and was born in St. Louis – was claimed off waivers by the team on Feb. 7.
“It was a dream of mine to play for this team,” Finley said. “It was a big part of my childhood, big part of my family’s life. So definitely full-circle moment and proud to be a Blue.”
Jeff, who played defense for the Blues from 1998-2004, will be in the building Thursday night to see his son don the jersey he wore for so many years.
“He was excited,” Jack said about his dad. “Maybe more excited than me. He loved this organization, loved this city… He’s excited to be back.”
Two months ago, Gay showed us how a tree took out Little Free Library #8702, uphill from Lowman Beach. Tonight, Gay sent this update, with photos!
The LFL on 48th and Graham is back in business. Our friend Dana and crew from Legendary Tree got the space all ready yesterday. Matt Lukin repaired it and put it back up today.
Shoutout to Pegasus Books for the continued support.
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