Seattle has been able to accomplish a rare feat, one that speaks to both Pete Carroll’s and Russell Wilson’s brilliance.
When they were first making some noise in the early 2010s, Seattle was a defense-first team. The Legion of Boom partnered with legit talent in the front seven – Wagner, Wright, Bennett – to form a really intimidating group. That defense is largely gone, but they’ve still found ways to be successful. Carroll deserves a ton of credit, but Wilson is the main reason why.
Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady are rightly recognized as the game’s best QBs.