Seattle trying to break habit
RENTON — Of all the alarms going off while another Seahawks season crumbles, the one sounded by quarterback Matt Hasselbeck rings loudest.
“We can’t get used to this,” the three-time Pro Bowl passer told reporters in Minneapolis immediately after Seattle sunk to 3-7 with a 35-9 loss to the Vikings.
It was a repeat of what the team captain has been saying for weeks.
“We can’t get used to losing,” Hasselbeck said.
By now, it’s hard not to.
A sixth consecutive road defeat by double digits left the former four-time defending NFC West champions 7-19 since their last playoff appearance 22 months ago.
The Seahawks have plummeted trying to win games. First-year coach Jim Mora has leaned on his veterans — specifically Hasselbeck and senior defensive leader Lawyer Milloy — to keep the rest of the team from accepting all this losing.