Wow, when I read the title of this thread I was expecting them to have totally trashed us and underrated us for no reason. The last time I heard them a few days ago they were saying the Seahawks would not win the Superbowl this year because no team has done it for awhile... that was their whole argument...
I thought we were the most likely team to win last year because the rest of the NFL felt relatively soft compared to us. Obviously the 49ers were the closest team to us last season for the "gritty" toughness factor, and sure enough the 49ers were the team to almost knock us out of the playoffs.
But this year the rest of the NFL seems to be
EVEN SOFTER
I'm gonna stick with my original prediction before the season started that the 49ers are going to have a major decline this year. I think they win 9 games tops.
Dallas could of very easily beat them if not for 4 FRICKEN TURNOVERS!
Honestly if the Cowboys had just run the ball on nearly every single down they could of won, they were averaging 5.5 yards per carry. Throw almost any QB back there for the Cowboys and they would of beat the 49ers. 49ers look REALLY REALLY bad with their run defense, they will lose many games.
I got the NFL Game Rewind so I'm in the process of watching most the games in condensed format. Just watched the Patriots VS Dolphins last night and dang Patriots run D looks ATROCIOUS! Brady looks like this may be the beginning of the end for him, he was very inaccurate on many throws, even worst than last years playoffs VS the Broncos.
We already spanked Green Bay, and the Saints look pretty awful on defense so far.
Sadly it seems to me that the Broncos are our biggest threat to repeat this year, but they looked quite underwhelming against the Colts. Manning is clearly on the decline too but maybe not as much as Brady it's hard to say.
All this is purely speculative since we just finished week 1. But last year our biggest threat was the 49ers, I don't think this is the case anymore I expect them to fail. If our biggest threat is now the Broncos from the AFC... well this season might be a joke for how easily we repeat.
I don't wanna get too cocky, but it really seems like the Hawks might be peaking at a perfect time when no other teams can really touch how awesome we are.