Seattle-style

So this is Seattle, which means that if we win the Super Bowl, it must be in a way where we still don't get to feel good about it.

MY PREDICTION: Halfway through the second quarter a missed assignment lets a Seattle pass-rusher through and Peyton Manning sustains a career-ending injury.  The Seahawks don't play particularly well, but do enough to get the job done, picking off replacement QB Brock Osweiler three times and grinding out a nine point win.  The next day all headlines are about Manning, the conversation is about whether it was a "dirty hit", how Seattle is the most penalized team in the league, how the players all use PEDs, and what a shame it all is.  In the off-season the rules are changed to further protect quarterbacks, and Seattle therefore becomes directly responsible for the game becoming even less of a contact sport.  Super Bowl XLVIII becomes "The game where they took out Manning", and any Seattle fan who boasts about it is therefore bragging about the saddest game for one of the most beloved QBs in all of football.  The city remains just as marginalized in the national consciousness, and every Seattle fan gets an even bigger chip on their shoulder because even though we finally won a championship in something, everyone else has agreed with each other that it didn't really count.

-J