Washington secondary looks to live up to Nick Saban's 'Seahawk-like' characterization

ATLANTA -- While many football fans and players east of the Mississippi River might not have much of an idea about this Washington Huskies football team, Alabama coach Nick Saban has studied them inside and out, and early this week he was quick to point out one of the team’s strongest units -- its secondary.

“They’re sort of a little bit Seattle Seahawk-like in the fact that, ‘We’re gonna do what we do and we’re gonna do it really well,’” Saban said on Monday.

The Seahawks’ secondary, aptly nicknamed the “Legion of Boom,” is one of the best secondaries in the NFL and has gotten there in a similar manner to Washington, which has become one of the best secondaries in FBS. Both are cohesive…