Seneca Wallace: From No Pressure to All Pressure

Let's face it. Heading into last Sunday, not many Seahawks fans expected to come out of Kansas City with a win, and none expected Seneca Wallace to throw for three touchdowns in the game.

It was the classic "no pressure" situation, with very low expectations on the Wallace-lead Seahawks, and a lot of help from the sloppy play of the statistically superior opposition. And after having a ride on the emotional roller-coaster that was the last 6 minutes of that game, I almost would be happier if Kansas City won in a blow-out, like they should have.

Deep down, I'll be Seneca Wallace does too.

Now, the tables have turned 180-degrees, and given the "near miss" in KC, there's nothing but great expectations on Seneca Wallace heading into the Monday Night Football game with the Raiders.

First off, the game is at Qwest Field, where the Seattle 12th Man is used to seeing the Seahawks win. We'll need every Hawk fan in the crowd to have a HawkHeart, and resist the urge to boo the home team should they give up a long play or fall behind.

They'll be playing the lowly Raiders, our hated rivals from the AFC West days, who are on a surprising two-game win streak thanks to an opportunistic defense, that has been the Viagra to their a flaccid and impotent offense. Kind of like the Seahawks, only in reverse.

They're also playing on Monday Night, in the national spotlight, and may very well be fighting to maintain their half-game lead in the NFC West, depending upon the Rams fair on Sunday against the visiting Chiefs.

Lastly, there will be no Easter-like return of the chosen one, as Shaun Alexander is likely to miss this game, still waiting for the doctors to deem his broken foot healed. Still no word from God on why he seems to be screening the MVP's prayers.

If we think that Seneca Wallace exhibited grace under pressure last Sunday, we ain't seen nothing yet! With the Seahawks already favored up to 9 points by Vegas, the pressure is definitely on our diminutive signal caller.

Seneca Wallace, are you ready for some football?