Right now it doesn't seem like they will win the Superbowl but you never know.
Injuries play a heavy hand as to any team's future fortunes. That and the improvements that may or may not happen as young players develop or not as the season progresses.
Seattle still has the "core" players that got them into the big show plus a few very talented new additions. This new kid Tyler Lockett is every bit the game breaker that Percy Harvin was supposed to be in the kick return position. Obviously Jimmy Graham is an upgrade at Tight End. Now that Kam Chancellor is back in the fold the Legion of Boom is intact again.
All that really has held the Hawks back has been the new O-Line which had to learn to work together better. Admittedly the run and pass blocking has been ragged at times in the first halves of the first three games. There HAS been improvement in that area as the communication and responsibilities needed learned have been getting better each week.
When I study the progress of some other teams as I did last night watching Detroit play Minnesota it is clear that Seattle has a whole lot more to work with than teams that have so called ":veteran O-Lines" with far less natural individual abilities. Watching Detroit's QB was painful. What they need to improve upon they cannot and that is Stafford's decision making and throwing accuracy. He is what he was. Their O-Line has already plateaued. If it were not for Golden Tate the Lions would be a real disaster. He pulls Stafford's ass out of the fire on many occasions a game.
Although Wilson has had his "moments" of forcing the ball in the past he has taken MUCH better care of the rock this season. This is clear evidence that Russell is still learning whereas Stafford has reached his limits and is what he is and will be.
What has held the Seahawks from being undefeated so far this season is TRULY fixable within a handful of early season games. This is NOT the case in many other teams. Even the veteran Michael Bennett has "learned" to stop giving our opponents free plays by being off sides as evidenced against the Bears last Sunday.
Seattle has PROVEN coaching and GM components that have taken diamonds in the rough time and time again and succeeded. They also make changes at lightning speed when a no-win player like Dion Bailey falls on his pie hole giving the Packers an uncontested TD. Enter Kam Chancellor..EXIT Dion Bailey. This was an immediate and dramatic improvement in the Defensive Secondary. No Seahawk Safety or Corner fell down last weekend.
Many so called pundits have written the Hawks off with their 1-2 start this season. All that tells me is that these visionaries are ignorant and lazy.
Like I said on another post "I LOVE being 1-2" That puts the chip right back on the Hawk's shoulders. NOTHING helps the Hawk's players attitudes like being doubted.
PLEASE keep telling the internets that the Hawks have lost it and can't get it back...PPPUUULLLEEEEZZE!!! keep it up. I just love it.