I'm Not Saying Welker will or won't get his, but this Defense is MUCH better than a year ago.
McDonald, Wagner, Smith, Wright, Irvin, Sherman, Maxwell, Lane, Thurmond, Thomas, Chanchellor are all a year older and most of them are playing their best football right now.
Mebane is playing at an All-Pro Level and Dan Quinn has Red Bryant playing differently than he was a year ago.
Replace Alan Branch, Jason Jones, and Bruce Irvin with better players in Tony McDaniel, Michael Bennett, and Cliff Avril.
Replace LeRoy Hill (WLB) and KJ Wright (SLB) with faster linebackers in KJ Wright (WLB), Bruce Irvin (SLB), Malcolm Smith (OLB, both)
Replace Brandon Browner and Marcus Trufant with younger, faster, more explosive players both of whom rank in the top 15 in Defensive Passer Rating in Byron Maxwell (#2) and Walter Thurmond (#13).
Seahawks are just better, better pass-rush, better rush defense, bigger and faster LBers, and an ever better secondary.
Welker is going to have a much tougher time around in this game.