Quick, let’s go back and find all the articles, tweets, comments, and texts from your co-worker about how the Seattle Seahawks defense was going to be trash without Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Sheldon Richardson, and Kam Chancellor. Now give those same people a peak into the future and say, “K.J. Wright won’t play in the first six games and Earl Thomas will holdout, only to return and break his leg in Week 5.”
The result: The Seahawks still have one of the best defenses in the NFL. Maybe Pete Carroll is a good coach. Maybe John Schneider is good at drafting.