Seahawks Kool Aid

I'm drinking the Seahawks Kool Aid.

It's easy for me.  I've been a Seahawks fan back to the days when Jack Patera was in charge, and Jim Zorn was doing a passable imitation of Fran Tarkenton.  Steve Largent was the best route runner of the day, a master of coming back to his quarterback.  Of course, Jimmy Carter was in the White House.

This Seahawks team has a lot of ingredients of teams that win the Super Bowl.  Defensively, they have been exceedingly solid.  It is difficult to run against the front seven, showing speed laterally.  They have kept quarterbacks like Cam Newton and Colin Kaepernick under wraps, even though Kaepernick picked up a win at his home.  They have been impressive shutting down Drew Brees and Eli Manning, guys who have only won three Super Bowls between them.  Andrew Luck did well, getting the other win at home.

Richard Sherman is the best cover corner in the League right now.  He has been an effective shut down corner, leaving only half the field as an option for any quarterback.  His game is based in film study, knowing where the ball in going to be, and reading the tendencies of the receiver.  Athletically, he is as good as any defensive back in the game today.

Offensively, Russell Wilson has been the most successful of the second year quarterbacks, primarily because he has the most accurate arm of that group.  His legs leave the read option a viable alternative that must be accounted in a defensive game plan.  He did not shrink in the playoffs as a rookie, winning a road playoff game and coming up one drive short in Atlanta.

Marshawn Lynch runs with as much heart as anyone in the League, and is complemented by a talented group of wide receivers.  Golden Tate is a star in the making, and Doug Baldwin is almost as good, sometimes better.  They make a lot of sleepless nights for defensive back coaches.  Line play has been solid, but hard to believe they have allowed 36 sacks this year.

They are going to the Super Bowl.  I will call it now.

So...am I off base?