With The First Pick

● By Darral Nail
The Seattle Seahawks have been a model of consistency in the Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson era. With the franchise now well removed from the back-to-back Super Bowl appearances of 2013 and 2014 (the latter for which they would claim a championship with their victory in Super Bowl XLVIII), the Seahawks have compiled a regular season record of 62-33-1 in their 6 post-Super Bowl seasons, with two division titles and two playoff victories out of seven total postseason appearances over that same stretch. While Seattle’s relative success is something that a majority of the league’s fanbases likely covet, the bifurcated nature of the team’s 2020 campaign has almost certainly left many among Seattle’s legendary Twelfth Man with the bitter taste of promise unfulfilled.