Panthers-Seahawks: Observations from the couch, third quarter

8:35: Be proud of me, I am eating a healthy snack. An entire red pepper. How many cheeseburgers will I have to have to make up for this? By the way, Seattle is already at the Carolina 36 on the opening drive, and Alexander rips off another one down to the 20. Carolina's defense looks tired, very tired, and there's no end in sight. Alexander has more than 100 yards rushing now.
8:37: Touchdown pass to Darrell Jackson. I won't lie to you: this game is over. 27-7, Seattle, with 26 minutes and 9 seconds left. If Carolina wins this game, it'll be because it became an entirely different team. The team that has materialized so far can barely tie its own shoes.
8:41: Jake Delhomme has always looked 15 years old, but with the lost-little-boy look he's wearing right now, he looks closer to 9. No offense to any tough-guy 9-year-olds out there, inexplicably reading my blog.
8:43: Not to pile on, but Delhomme's footwork in the pocket looks like me running the point in LYA basketball. And Aikman, I'll give you a slice of pepper if you stop using "impact" as a verb. Forget it.
8:45: Third and 15, Carolina fails on a screen pass and even has an ineligible receiver downfield. The first two games of this couch's life have both been pretty uncompetitive.
8:50: Five minutes seems a lot longer when you're doing this. I'm sure several plays have happened, but I keep surfing to read coverage of the Steelers game. Anyway, it's now somehow 3rd and 25 for the Seahawks, and Hasselbeck scrambles for a good chunk of it. Punt.
8:52: Steve Smith is back to return the punt, and he's yelling that there aren't enough guys on the field, and he calls a timeout just before Seattle was going to let the play clock run out anyway. Unfortunate. He's going to be the life of the party in the losers' locker room.
8:55: Seattle pins them inside the 2 with the punt. Buck: "Everything is working for Seattle." Except Hochuli, who's working for Carolina. Bada bing.
8:56: A rattled Hochuli calls Carolina for a false start, hears boos, and tearfully bellows, "What do you want from me?" If only that had actually happened. But the false start did. No boos.
8:58: Three bad plays inside the 5 by Carolina -- will they have to go for it? I guess not; good thing I don't coach a team. Panthers punt, but it's so short that Seattle will start in field-goal range.
9:01: Donovan McNabb in a Chunky Soup commercial for New England clam chowder: "New England, huh? Well, I like it anyway!" Kill me with anything you're holding right now.
9:02: Jake Delhomme's QB rating -- "like a bad GPA," Buck cracks -- is 1.6. Hasselbeck's is over 120. Seattle sets up for a field goal, but pooch punts it inside the 10 instead. Nice move. I'm looking forward to seeing Holmgren and Cowher coach against each other in the Super Bowl.
9:05: Steve Smith beat his man deep but had to come back for the ball because he's faster than Delhomme's arm is strong.
9:06: It's JAMAL, Jamal Robertson. And he catches and runs for a first down. Then Mangum gets a first, and finally Carolina goes to the no-huddle offense.
9:08: Delhomme throws his third pick, another poor throw. He's having his worst game of the season. John Fox should ask Holmgren if he can trade Delhomme for Seneca Wallace, right now.