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The Seahawks' Next (and Harder) Task: Avoid Being a One-Off
For Seattle, winning the Super Bowl may have been the easy part, compared with the complications that lie ahead.
Feb 10
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Neil Paine
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📈2025 NFL Power Ratings and Projections🏈
Ratings, rankings and forecasts for every NFL team this season.
Feb 9
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Neil Paine
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Seattle’s "Dark Side" Defense Joined the Legion of Boom in Super Bowl Lore
Seattle’s latest championship was built the same way as its last — by overwhelming a Super Bowl opponent with historic defense.
Feb 9
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Neil Paine
28
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🏈🎙️ Football Bytes: Super Bowl Prop-Fest '26
With only one game left, we fully lean into the prop bets — from the silly to the plausible — to make back our contest entry-fee.
Feb 6
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Neil Paine
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Tyler
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1:05:31
Patriots-Seahawks Could Have Been St. Louis vs. Anaheim
And other assorted weirdo curiosities before Super Bowl LX kicks off on Sunday.
Feb 6
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Neil Paine
15
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The Paradox of Sports Video Gaming
We all want more competition... but do we want what it takes to get it?
Feb 3
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Neil Paine
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The Seahawks Are Huge Super Bowl Favorites (*by current-day standards)
The days of big Super Bowl favorites are over, making Seattle’s 4.5-point spread about as lopsided as these games get anymore.
Feb 2
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Neil Paine
10
2
How the Patriots and Seahawks Got Back To the Super Bowl
Eleven years after Malcolm Butler's interception sent the franchises down radically different paths, New England and Seattle have come all the way back…
Jan 28
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Neil Paine
8
2
What to Watch for in Super Bowl LX
Early takeaways for Super Bowl LX, from Seattle's forecast edge and Sam Darnold's vindication to dilemmas around the recent play of Drake Maye — and the…
Jan 26
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Neil Paine
11
7
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🏈🎙️ Football Bytes: The Emergency Backup QB Has Entered the Chat
After an all-time great Divisional Round delivered both thrills and chaos, we look ahead to two Conference Championship games that somehow feel even…
Jan 22
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Neil Paine
and
Tyler
1
1:12:15
The NFL's Championship Round is a Tale of Four Very Different Quarterbacks
From a future Hall of Famer to an emergency starter, this year's Conference Championship QBs span an unusually wide range of résumés, styles and…
Jan 21
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Neil Paine
10
1
Where Does Indiana Rank Among All-Time Champions?
On its own, IU's 2025 season stands toe-to-toe with history’s greatest champs — and the path they took to get there was totally unprecedented.
Jan 20
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Neil Paine
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