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http://www.outsports.com/2015/9/21/9363713/nfl-week-2-seahawks-brady-manning-hot-player
By Jim Buzinski
You are not supposed to make bold end-of-season predictions after Week 2, but I am confident about this: The Seattle Seahawks will not be going back to the Super Bowl. History and math are the reasons.
At 0-2, the Seahawks face daunting history:
Only 4 of the 98 teams that have made the Super Bowl (4%) started 0-2 -- the 1993 Dallas Cowboys; 1996 New England Patriots; 2001 New England Patriots and 2007 New York Giants. The 1993 Cowboys were missing star Emmitt Smith the first two games, while Tom Brady did not take over as the 2001 Patriots quarterback until Week 3. Seahawks fan are hoping there is a parallel with them missing holdout safety Kam Chancellor, but there are no signs the two sides are even talking.
Only 2 of the last 45 teams to start 0-2 (going back to 2009) even made the playoffs, which shows the hole the Seahawks are in.
Regardless of the first two games, the last team to lose the Super Bowl and win it the next season was the 1972 Dolphins. The last team to lose the Super Bowl and even make it back the next season was the 1993 Bills. Seattle was staring at a bad historical precedent even before the season started.
Math is the second thing going against the Seahawks. At 0-2, they trail the Packers by two games, and by losing at Green Bay Sunday means that Seattle has to pick up three games on the Pack the rest of the season if they are to pass them in the NFC standings. That's not happening unless Aaron Rodgers gets hurt. The Seahawks are also two games behind Arizona in the division, but they do play the Cardinals twice, which gives them hope. But it's hard to see Seattle getting as lucky as they did last season when the Cardinals, then 9-1, lost QB Carson Palmer for the season and had no functional offense.
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To do anything in the playoffs -- if they are fortunate to make them -- Seattle needs home field. With Russell Wilson at quarterback, they are 1-1 on the road and 4-0 at home. If they don't get a top seed or win the division, this team is not going to win two or three road playoff games.
The 2015 Seahawks don't scare anyone. Their once-feared defense has given up 27 points in each of the first two games. On offense, Wilson is playing well, but the trade for tight end Jimmy Graham looks like a bust, especially since Seattle gave up their best offensive lineman (Max Unger) to get him. Against the Packers, Graham had only one catch and was thrown to only twice. Why trade for him if he's not a part of the offense? With the Saints, Graham was a master at going for the jump ball passes and yet Seattle has all but ignored him so far.
The Seahawks are a talented team and I still see them in the playoffs, but as a wild card. This is not a group that's going to be a threepeat Super Bowl team. There's too much history and math to overcome.
http://www.outsports.com/2015/9/21/9363713/nfl-week-2-seahawks-brady-manning-hot-player
By Jim Buzinski
You are not supposed to make bold end-of-season predictions after Week 2, but I am confident about this: The Seattle Seahawks will not be going back to the Super Bowl. History and math are the reasons.
At 0-2, the Seahawks face daunting history:
Only 4 of the 98 teams that have made the Super Bowl (4%) started 0-2 -- the 1993 Dallas Cowboys; 1996 New England Patriots; 2001 New England Patriots and 2007 New York Giants. The 1993 Cowboys were missing star Emmitt Smith the first two games, while Tom Brady did not take over as the 2001 Patriots quarterback until Week 3. Seahawks fan are hoping there is a parallel with them missing holdout safety Kam Chancellor, but there are no signs the two sides are even talking.
Only 2 of the last 45 teams to start 0-2 (going back to 2009) even made the playoffs, which shows the hole the Seahawks are in.
Regardless of the first two games, the last team to lose the Super Bowl and win it the next season was the 1972 Dolphins. The last team to lose the Super Bowl and even make it back the next season was the 1993 Bills. Seattle was staring at a bad historical precedent even before the season started.
Math is the second thing going against the Seahawks. At 0-2, they trail the Packers by two games, and by losing at Green Bay Sunday means that Seattle has to pick up three games on the Pack the rest of the season if they are to pass them in the NFC standings. That's not happening unless Aaron Rodgers gets hurt. The Seahawks are also two games behind Arizona in the division, but they do play the Cardinals twice, which gives them hope. But it's hard to see Seattle getting as lucky as they did last season when the Cardinals, then 9-1, lost QB Carson Palmer for the season and had no functional offense.
MUST READS
Why the Seahawks will miss the playoffs
Cyd Zeigler
To do anything in the playoffs -- if they are fortunate to make them -- Seattle needs home field. With Russell Wilson at quarterback, they are 1-1 on the road and 4-0 at home. If they don't get a top seed or win the division, this team is not going to win two or three road playoff games.
The 2015 Seahawks don't scare anyone. Their once-feared defense has given up 27 points in each of the first two games. On offense, Wilson is playing well, but the trade for tight end Jimmy Graham looks like a bust, especially since Seattle gave up their best offensive lineman (Max Unger) to get him. Against the Packers, Graham had only one catch and was thrown to only twice. Why trade for him if he's not a part of the offense? With the Saints, Graham was a master at going for the jump ball passes and yet Seattle has all but ignored him so far.
The Seahawks are a talented team and I still see them in the playoffs, but as a wild card. This is not a group that's going to be a threepeat Super Bowl team. There's too much history and math to overcome.