As the old proverbial saying in sports goes. Defense wins you championships. Like it or not. But no doubt it, the game was decided before half time. It was very obvious.
No, when one team basically is unable to do anything on offense for 3/4's of the game, it was a shitty game. The defense for Seattle might be good, but NE was inept. How is a front line unable to stop a 4 man rush, over and over? The game was basically decided in the first 10 minutes.
ask the 49ers why and they have both shannahan and purdy who are neither a rookie HC nor QB and the Hawks D back to back almost skunked them… myers and mcdonald’s D put on a clinic
This season was not about the Patriots or the Bills or the Broncos. This season was about the Seahawks, and particularly the re-emergence of the best defence in the league.
Hot QB’s can win you a bunch of games, but defence wins championships.
The Seahawks had the best D by a long shot. They were ready to crush anyone. They pretty much won the superbowl when they beet the Niners and then the Rans. The feeble AFC teams were just a formality. Didn’t matter who they were going to play. Sour grapes excuses really quite irrelevant when the Hawks D were on point.
Love the fact that there are no superstars on that defence. Just a bunch of hard working , fast dudes who have embraced their "Darkside" identity. Team defence at its best.
And no super egos on the offence either. Their key players - JSN, Walker and Darnold...all really humble dudes.