This was a response I made in regards to John Clayton's article on MyNorthwest.com about the Falcons and Seahawks defensive comparisons. Not that I had a problem with his article per se, but in my mind there's a bigger story that seems to be largely untouched by the mainstream media folk.
Forget the defensive comparisons. I think far more intriguing is how Quinn has taken Pete's philosophy - and the Seahawks Template - (Play for your brother next to you...Forget about personal stats, it's about Love Your Brother, Always Compete, etc, etc) and brought it to Atlanta where it is CLEARLY working.
Funny how I have heard little about the credit the Seahawks organization should be getting for the Falcons current success. I don't mean that in a sour grapes kind of way...In fact Dan Quinn is more than happy to tell media where his philosophy's genesis stems from, I just find it odd that Pete Carroll and the culture he has brought to Seattle since his arrival isn't a major story.
Let's take Denver as an example. Here they were, the most DOMINATE OFFENSE IN NFL HISTORY when we faced them in SBXLVIII. The media had a field day..."How on earth can the Seahawks defense stop the most prolific offense in NFL history?!?"
43-8.
So what did Denver do? Elway was smart enough to realize "Uh, we need to build a dominate defense". And that is precisely what they did. Two years later? They beat the Panthers in the Super Bowl based off a dominating defensive performance.
My point? Not since the days of Bill Walsh and the epic 49ers of the 80's have we seen a team who's template has been as copied as the Seahawks in recent years. Yet, little credit is given for that. I wonder why that is?
Forget the defensive comparisons. I think far more intriguing is how Quinn has taken Pete's philosophy - and the Seahawks Template - (Play for your brother next to you...Forget about personal stats, it's about Love Your Brother, Always Compete, etc, etc) and brought it to Atlanta where it is CLEARLY working.
Funny how I have heard little about the credit the Seahawks organization should be getting for the Falcons current success. I don't mean that in a sour grapes kind of way...In fact Dan Quinn is more than happy to tell media where his philosophy's genesis stems from, I just find it odd that Pete Carroll and the culture he has brought to Seattle since his arrival isn't a major story.
Let's take Denver as an example. Here they were, the most DOMINATE OFFENSE IN NFL HISTORY when we faced them in SBXLVIII. The media had a field day..."How on earth can the Seahawks defense stop the most prolific offense in NFL history?!?"
43-8.
So what did Denver do? Elway was smart enough to realize "Uh, we need to build a dominate defense". And that is precisely what they did. Two years later? They beat the Panthers in the Super Bowl based off a dominating defensive performance.
My point? Not since the days of Bill Walsh and the epic 49ers of the 80's have we seen a team who's template has been as copied as the Seahawks in recent years. Yet, little credit is given for that. I wonder why that is?