Jim Moore: I'm getting sick of the Seahawks' Doug Baldwin

What's up with Doug Baldwin? Or should I say, what's wrong with Doug Baldwin?

Or how about this: I'm getting sick of Doug Baldwin.

It's extremely hard to get sick of someone you like, but Baldwin has gone too far with his continual rants about the Seattle Seahawks' wide receivers and/or the team being disrespected.

He barked at reporters in a hallway outside the Seahawks' locker room after Seattle's 28-22 overtime win over the Packers on Sunday at Century Link Field.

"How many of you doubted us?" Baldwin demanded to know. "How many of you doubted us when we were 3-3? ... When it was 16-0 at halftime, how many of you doubted us?

"It's indicative of our season. Y'all didn't want to believe in us. It's OK. We didn't need you to believe."

Etc., etc. Or should I say, blah, blah, blah?

Thing is, as reporters, it doesn't matter what we believe in. We're there to write about what we see on the field. Most of us were trained to write objectively when we cover games as reporters. As columnists, you give opinions such as this one:

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There's a good chance the Seahawks would not have been behind 19-7 with three minutes to go if Baldwin hadn't dropped two passes and fumbled on a kickoff return and generally stunk as a kickoff returner all game long.

Fair-catch specialist Bryan Walters should replace Baldwin as the kickoff returner in the Super Bowl.

"Angry" Doug Baldwin needs a new nickname. "Petty" Doug Baldwin. "Insecure" Doug Baldwin. "Get Over Yourself" Doug Baldwin. "Shut Up Already" Doug Baldwin.

Several national observers don't think Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse are above-average receivers. They think they're OK and have said as much.

Tom Pelissero of USA Today wrote a story last year in which he called the Seahawks' wide receivers "pedestrian," and boy oh boy, what a mistake that was!

Now in almost every Baldwin interview, he will sarcastically say something about the receivers having a "pedestrian" game after they actually had a huge day.

I'm sure at some point on Sunday, Baldwin told a reporter that Kearse made a "pedestrian" game-winning catch.

Before the Pelissero story, I thought a pedestrian was someone you yielded to in a crosswalk, but now it's the buzzing bee that follows Baldwin around 24/7.

It's a similar storyline with Russell Wilson. Though he's viewed as an elite quarterback herein Seattle, there are still questions about that around the country, particularly after Wilson threw four interceptions against the Packers.

But Wilson never holds impromptu media sessions in hallways after really important games to chastise those who don't think he's an elite QB.

With Wilson, there are fewer questions about his greatness than there are with Baldwin, yet Baldwin yap-yap-yaps, and he's starting to remind me of a Maltese we used to have – a lovable little dog at times but annoying at others.

"Doug went crazy (Sunday)," Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin said when he was interviewed Tuesday on 710 ESPN Seattle radio. "What was wrong with him? Little guy syndrome, man. I heard him dropping F-bombs. What was his problem? Gotta love him, man, gotta love him."

Right after the game ended, KIRO radio's Jen Mueller asked Baldwin about Wilson's message to the team before the last drive.

"He didn't have a message!" Baldwin exclaimed. "He didn't have a (bleeping) message!"

Of all the receivers who played in both conference championship games, Baldwin had the biggest day with six receptions for 106 yards, including a huge 35-yarder on 3rd-and-6 in overtime.

Kearse followed with his own 35-yard game-ending reception, and if Baldwin had been less vocal and more humble, someone surely would have written the story about how cool it was that these two undrafted free-agent receivers made back-to-back receptions to lead the Seahawks back to the Super Bowl.

Instead, on Monday, Terry Blount, who covers the Seahawks for ESPN.com, posted a play-by-play of Baldwin's rant. And then it was picked up by Deadspin, which questioned whether Baldwin swore at reporters or was simply calling them "y'all."

I'm not sure how you confuse "mother-bleepers" with "y'all," but I wasn't there. More importantly, Baldwin's timing was as silly as his rant, coming as it did after the greatest game in Seahawks history.

If I were his dad – and I'm old enough to qualify – I'd tell him to block out the noise and do your job. Winning a second Super Bowl ring is the best comeback to all doubters.

I admit to being one of Baldwin's critics earlier this year. I wondered if the Seahawks' receivers were good enough to produce if Marshawn Lynch and the running game stalled. I thought the offseason loss of Golden Tate and in-season loss of Percy Harvin turned the receivers into a so-so group.

I was proven wrong during the season-ending, six-game winning streak, with Baldwin and Kearse coming through over and over again.

If I were Baldwin, I'd be pretty damn proud of myself and leave it at that. I'm a guy who graduated from Stanford and wants to be a math teacher and coach someday. I'm a guy who truly beat the odds of not only playing in the NFL but being an undrafted free agent who is the No. 1 receiver on a team that is on the verge of becoming a two-time Super Bowl champion.

I'm also a guy who is respected by my team, which rewarded me with a three-year contract extension in May, one that guarantees me $8.5 million with a possibility of earning as much as $19 million. And I have deals with Subway, Martinelli's and Michael's Toyota of Bellevue.

In the comments section on FieldGulls.com, after a post with a video that showed his post-game rant, one fan wrote "Doug for mayor," and another told him to "never change."

But I hope he does.

The Go 2 Guy also writes for 710Sports.com and kitsapsun.com. You can reach Jim at jimmoorethego2guy@yahoo.com and follow him on Twitter @cougsgo. He appears weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. on "Danny, Dave and Moore" on 710 ESPN Seattle radio.