By: Jackson Safon
Your Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl
champions. Say it again. And again. And again. And again. You can say it over
and over again for at least 363 more days and it will be the truth the entire
time. I have had the good fortune of being a Boston sports fan my entire life,
so this is not my first championship, however; it is the first time my hometown
city has won a championship. Let me tell you, it is very very different. The
togetherness of this city is remarkable. The fact that there is even a
conversation being had about cancelling school for the victory parade on
Wednesday is proof that this city is crazy about its Seahawks. The pure elation
that this entire city felt yesterday, from 3:40 PM onward is absolutely
incredible. Even when the excitement starts to wear off, you will always know
that 2014 will be a great year because every single day in it, the Seattle
Seahawks will still be world champions.
1. Boom
That is the title of the newest
edition of Sports Illustrated and I think it sums it up pretty well. The
Seahawks dominated the Broncos from the opening kickoff. You don’t have to win
all three phases of a football game in order to win the game as a whole, but
the Seahawks didn’t want to hear that. Not only did they win every phase of the
game, they dominated it. If the ‘Hawks only had the point from the opening 12
seconds of each half, they would’ve won the game by one. If all of the points
from their offense are taken away, they still win the game by seven. They had
more touchdowns than the Broncos had yards per play. They had more explosive
plays. They had less turnovers. They did everything right, and it was
mesmerizing. Ridiculous of amounts of respect to Peyton Manning, who is the
greatest regular season quarterback of all time, and probably one of the top
five qb’s ever. But the Seattle Seahawks dominated him yesterday, just as they
dominated every single part of that game. Soak it all in Seahawks fans, because
your team just beat the best offense in NFL history 43-8.
The defense as a whole played its best game of the season.
ABC News
2. MVP
In the 2002 Super Bowl, the New England
Patriots did something unprecedented, they were introduced as a team. No
individual names were read, and they came out together. Obviously they went on
to beat the “Greatest Show on Turf” after being double-digit underdogs. The
point is, I believe that no single player should’ve won the Super Bowl MVP
yesterday, but that it should’ve been given to the team. At the very least, to
the entire defense. That is no insult to Malcolm Smith, because he played an
outstanding game. But there is no way you can say he was any more deserving of
the MVP than Kam Chancellor, Cliff Avril, Russell Wilson, Percy Harvin, or any
other member of the Seahawks. They played as a team the entire season and they
won as a team.
3. Pedestrians
Pedestrian (adj.) – lacking in
vitality or distinction, commonplace. This has been the word often used to
describe the Seahawks receiving corps, most notably by ESPN analyst Cris
Carter. A word I would use to describe their play yesterday would be a lot closer
to fantastic. Percy Harvin was electric. Doug Baldwin came up big every time we
needed him to. Jermaine Kearse was playing pinball out there, with the
defenders bouncing off him. I no longer have any fears about this group of
receivers going forward and while I think it is likely and probably wise that
the ‘Hawks draft a receiver this year, I now think it should be prioritized
well below offensive line, which was not the case beforehand.
Jermaine Kearse had a monster day and represented UW well.
Seattle Times
4. Dynasty?
The NFL imposed a hard salary cap in
order to prevent dynasties from happening. Without the ability to pay all of a
team’s best players the money they want, many teams will be forced to let
players go, which naturally prevents that team from winning another
championship. This team however, is one that has the potential to buck that idea. It is not a guarantee it will happen.
It’s probably not even likely. But it’s possible. They have the best young
talent in the NFL, with only two of their stars having contracts up after next
year, and they have the best General Manager in football. With John Schneider’s
ability to draft well and Pete Carroll’s ability to develop talent, the Seahawks
could conceivably let a few guys walk and still succeed. Furthermore, because
they have the ability to acquire talent for very cheap, it is conceivable that
they keep Russell Wilson and the entire Legion of Boom. If you don’t believe
me, go ask @DavisHsuSeattle on Twitter. He is a salary cap genius and will
prove you wrong. Point being, the ‘Hawks are here to stay so let’s enjoy the
ride.
This being the last game of the
season, it is naturally my last “Takeaways” post. I hope I could help educate
you on the game while being the least bit entertaining as well. I highly
encourage you to keep following the Seattle Sports Soup team even if you are
only here for the Seahawks. We are adding writers and will have high quality
content for every level of fan for every Seattle sport. Thanks for a great
season 12’s.
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