Thanks to Bo Jackson making me a Raiders fan back in the day, I've always despised the Seachickens. Never liked them or the fans that couldn't come up with their own schtick so they just took it from Texas A&M. Maybe it's because they don't have Cheatin' Pete, Fake Ass Russ or Clown Sherman any more and are easier to root for, maybe it's because against all my efforts my nephew took them on as his favorite team or maybe it's because I just don't care nearly as much any more but this Seattle team isn't nearly as easy to hate as teams in the past. Still don't like them and can't bring myself to root for them but they are going to win it all again.
Does feel like a weird year in the NFL, there are no great teams, just a few good, mostly mediocre and some really bad. Teams like NE, Den, Chicago that seemed to be a year ahead of where they are supposed to be, then LAR and Seattle that are good but not great, and the old guard QBs that were killed with injuries to their teams. Overall a transition year but not one that many fans outside of Seattle or NE fans will ever really think back on, will almost become a forgotten type of title.