Posted by | Madison | in Season Previews

I know the refrain: the Seahawks were riddled with injuries in 2006, bore the cross of the Madden Curse, lost Jesus offensive tackle Steve Hutchinson to free agency, too busy watching The Karate Kid, and they still almost made it to the Super Bowl, so this year, with everybody healthy and an improved secondary, they will surely make it back to Super Bowl and cleanse the nasty taste of the “horrible officiating” that cost them the title two years ago.

I’m beginning to wonder if coffee and salmon have the same effects as hallucinogenics. 

To say nothing of their team age, Shawn Alexander being on the wrong side of 28, Matt Hasselbeck being bald, a tough out of conference schedule and a better NFC West, I just don’t know if the Seahawks have heart. 

Holmgren might be an offensive genius and the team may have the skills to execute his gameplan but with the combination of running out of the tunnel to “Bittersweet Symphony” in the 2005 Super Bowl (and furthermore, not learning their lesson and having it be their theme song) and the Madden Cover Curse of 2006, I’m sorry to say that the Seahawks’ Super Bowl window has slammed shut faster and harder than my legs when I hear “I’m a Raider fan” on a first date.   

But since this is the wild NFC West where anything can happen, who knows where they will finish.  They could be 8-8 and be in the last place or first place come January.