The bigger picture of Seattle's loss
Yeah, the Seahawks lost and their defense stinks, but I'm actually considering the possibility that their quarterback is for real.
Two years ago I would have focused on the mistakes that cost Seattle the game. There were plenty of them.
The Seahawks were called for 12 penalties, they ran what I think was the second-worst fake punt in NFL history1 and were on the business end of two critical instant-replay reviews in the third quarter. I also would have groaned about the run defense a…