The “penultimate” episode in a TV series (ex. “Game of Thrones”) is the one right before the season (or series) finale. Typically, it’s the longest one with lots of “stuff” crammed into it.
Such is the case here.
To be clear, this is a LONG article (~6,000 words). Approach it accordingly.
Seattle has options
In Part Seven of this series, I took “a step back from my radical idea to jettison our franchise quarterback - and the young stud receiver who broke the franchise record for receiving yards in his second season .