The past 8 SB winners have failed to even win 1 post season game!

[DTLB58]

What chance do you give the Seahawks to repeat or heck, even win a playoff game?

Sounds crazy, but there is a trend.

Super Bowl XXXIX - New England lost to Denver 27-13 in an AFC Divisional playoff. But this is the last time (2005) a SB winner from the previous season won a playoff game as the Pats beat the Jags 28-3 in the Wildcard round. Since then the following 8 SB winners have not even won a Playoff game. The list:

Super Bowl XL - Pittsburgh finished third in the AFC North division with an 8-8 record.

Super Bowl XLI - Indianapolis lost to San Diego in an AFC Divisional playoff.

Super Bowl XLII - The New York Giants lost to Philadelphia in an NFC Divisional playoff.

Super Bowl XLIII - Pittsburgh finished third in the AFC North division with a 9-7 record and failed to qualify for the postseason.

Super Bowl XLIV - New Orleans lost to Seattle 41-36 in an NFC Wild Card game.

Super Bowl XLV - Green Bay lost to the New York Giants 37-20 in an NFC Divisional playoff game.

Super Bowl XLVI - The New York Giants finished with a 9–7 record and didn't go to the playoffs.

Super Bowl XLVII - The Baltimore Ravens failed to make the playoffs, going just 8-8.

Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII -?

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson

I gave them a huge chance of repeating until I read that the league wants to focus on defensive pass interference in order to produce more points.

Now I'm not so sure how they'll fare.

they will do fine until they bother the peyton

[irocdave]

Ahhhh man. Feels great finally posting on the awesomeness that is this forum. Born and mostly raised in the Seattle area. Been web surfing since the late 90's and found this forum last year. You guys have the best blend of BS, NFL knowledge, BS, humor and BS of any NFL site I have seen.

Are the Hawks one and done? I say F no. Yea the Hawks lost some key role players but they also kept the key guys. What most people don't know is that when the Hawks O bottomed out last year Russell Wilson sustained a shoulder injury. It's only been mentioned a couple of times in the local media and the .netters haven't picked up on this but it's the truth.
The O line lost Breno ( Lynch called the total Italian meathead the big Russian) but picked up a 10 year starter on the cheap. They also drafted a couple of guys. Doesn't matter. Lynch is at his best running with tacklers draped all over him and O lineman pushing him forward for 6 yards. It sounds funny but watch what happens when the Hawks come to town.

I'm not making statements about winning in KC this year but your boys need to buckle up. The Hawks D isn't like anything in the AFC. Good thing Okoye is long gone. Always hated watching my Hawks get knocked out by those high knees.

[irocdave]

As far as the league " evening" things out, F the NFL. Ww As a life long Hawk fan I have seen so much NFL BS influence it's ridiculous. Watched Vinny InterceptionVerdes head cross a goal line live and called a touchdown that was total BS, cost the Hawks HC his job(Dennis Erikson) and a season later almost the same thing in Baltimore ( F the Ravens, ripped the heart out of Cleveland). Then there was the Hawks first SB experience with MH. F the Steelers and their lame ass fan base. The Hawks got jobbed and it was obvious to any non inbred, two toothed jackwad that the NFL got what they had been promoting. Guess Bettis was more important than the better team winning. Yea, that means you terrible towel holding puds that thought it was a well deserved Lombardi for the Detroit homeboy Bettis can suck it. It was gifted to you. You know how to search what I'm saying...The Stealers " should be" playing IN Seattle next year. The NFL protected that supposed tough ass team from making the road trip to Seattle for years. Still remember getting their asses handed to them in an early 2000's game at C link. So many drunk loud mouth Stealers fans before and during the 1st quarter...then just the walk of shame. Cant wait for that soft ass team to get the long deserved beatdown they deserve......


Now where were we..Hawks will be knocking out SF AGAIN this year and should be back in the SB. Not saying they take it but they will be back.

[irocdave]

For those that don't remember SB 40, the Hawks got worked over in a way that no other SB team has.Mike Holmgren was the HC and didn't handle the piss poor officiating very well and mental mistakes as the S was hitting the fan. The NFL wanted to send of the BUS ( Jerome Bettis) on a high note. He was from Detroit and it made sense only from a media ( money) standpoint. The Hawks got screwed so bad by the officiating the head ref apologized a couple of years later. It was pathetic. Yet Stealer fans claim sour grapes on the Hawks fans part. You want to know why Hawk fans are belligerent online, that's one of the reasons, posted a couple more earlier. The NFL has shit all over the Hawks for 20 years and COMPete Carrol has overcome the NFL idiocy of sucking up to the chosen few. Denver included. It was so awesome to see the Hawks DESTROY PM and the ignorant donkey fan base. The Hawks are young and still hungry, they also know the history of the worst thing that can happen to a NFL franchise, ignoring in the media. Sherman and Lynch are not stupid....They succeeded. The NFL cant avoid talking about the raining SB champs holdout ( Lynch), and the NFL's biggest self promoter Sherman. Think about this, Lynch contacted Robinson (best friend and fullback for the last couple of years) to announce his 7 day hold out as Robinson joins the NFL Network and Sherman only pipes up when the media attention shifts towards the normalcy of ignoring the team in SE Alaska. It isn't a coincidence.
Don't sleep on the Hawks..there's more to them than meets the spoon fed media is letting on. Rule enforcement be dammed.

[milkman]

What the **** are you so pissed about?

Your team just won the ****ing SB.

[007]

Originally Posted by milkman

What the **** are you so pissed about?

Your team just won the ****ing SB.

No shit. God what I wouldn't give to have a superbowl victory to hang our hats on instead of living in the crappy past we have.

[Discuss Thrower]

.... U wot m8????!?

[irocdave]

I was up really late last night smoking a couple briskets for a neighborhood party today. I drank way to many Fosters and did the no no, drunk posting. Still hate the steelers though. Seeing the Hawks win and the way they won with my dad by my side was one of the best days ever.

Honestly the Hawks are good enough even with the cuts / losses of players to repeat. As with any team, it comes down to injuries, some luck and players performing. The whiners are going to be right there as well. The key guy for the Hawks is Lynch. If RW went down T Jackson can step in and there wont be a huge drop off as long as Lynch can keep grinding out yards. He is the straw that stirs the drink for the Hawks, even when he gets held to low yards. Defenses have to stack the box, he always gets another yard or 5 when tacklers are draped on him. The O line just shoves him forward. Think about laying siege to a castle. Bunch of guys with a tree ramming it in to the gate. Lynch is the tree.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Neither Super Bowl participant will be back

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

every year there are at LEAST 4 to 5 new playoff teams from the year before. Usually there are 6. So yeah parity.

Go look at the teams that play in the conference title game: or just the divisional round at least.

It's a seven to eight team league when it comes to actual championship contention.

[Mav]

I can see it honestly. The Seahawks, Hell any team from that division that makes the playoffs is going to be so beaten up. Any team can win that division. Can anyone honestly say it's not possible?

[irocdave]

Yea, the NFC west will be beating the hell out of each other, no different than the last couple of years. You guys are in the AFC and the mainstream media does their best to ignore the west so most NFL fans really don't know how good the niners and Hawks are. Hell, the Tards would be top dog in most divisions.

As long as Sherman, Earl Thomas, bam bam (Kam Chancellor), Wilson and Lynch are some what healthy they have a punchers chance. We didn't find out until this spring that RW had a medical issue with his throwing shoulder that started towards the end of last year. It coincided with the offensesive production going in the toilet. Makes sense now.

One of the members over at .net put this video together. NFL films USED to put together the big hits video's and sell them. If you liked those check out this vid. Yea it's all Hawks but it demonstrates how the D tackles and besides, who doesn't like to see Vernon Davis get destroyed several times as well as Welker, D Thomas (no not Derrick, yea that's how old I am), Sean Lee and well you get the jist. This is from the last couple of years.
vimeo.com/102370553

The first 5 minutes is a little slow, the last 1/3 is really good if you like hard hits. Doesn't take long to figure out Kam is the thumper.

[irocdave]

Just like any NFL team, injuries are huge and luck is a close second. But when you have a defense that knocks the stuffing out of offensive players and a running back that it literally takes 3 - 4 guys to take down the chances of making the playoffs is pretty good. This isn't the steelers team that squeaked out a SB win (big assist to the officials) with the worst QB play to ever win a SB. The Hawks are balanced. Besides, RW isn't a rapist, so that's got to be worth something in the Karma department. Remember the steelers didn't make the playoffs the next year and everyone was like " that's weird, it's always the SB loser that doesn't make the playoffs the following year". Man I hate the steelers, cant wait for them to drag that shell of a paper tiger team to Seattle next year and get the beat down there sorry ass bandwagon fan base deserves.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Go look at the teams that play in the conference title game: or just the divisional round at least.

It's a seven to eight team league when it comes to actual championship contention.

Beats the one or two team contention of the NBA

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Go look at the teams that play in the conference title game: or just the divisional round at least.

It's a seven to eight team league when it comes to actual championship contention.

Literally half of the league (16 different teams) have played in the CC game in just the past 6 years.