Russell Wilson tweeted the other day that it “makes me sick” not to be still playing in pursuit of a Super Bowl title.
The Seahawks quarterback did just about everything that was humanly possible to try to get his team there. The next few months in these parts will be spent agonizing over what went wrong, where the team’s deficiencies lie, and what can be done to correct them. The process is already under way in full force.
But the Seahawks’ premature ouster in Green Bay does allow one unique but ever-constant phase of their calendar to commence, in all its glory.