We are always quick to jump the gun about everything and anything in today's society. We always need to rush to calling something 'The best thing ever.' There were multiple things that were called 'The best thing ever' which was completely laughable. First, the National Anthem was 'Best Anthem Ever' which I agree pretty good but Whitney Houston will forever and always be the queen for it. Second, Bruno Mars was 'Best Halftime Ever.' Third, people called Seattle's defense, 'Best defense ever.' Everything went over-the-top and now people are ready to talk dynasty with the Seahawks.Dynasty is about as awkward as the word 'moist.' It is so easy to anoint a team 'one with dynasty potential' when they are filled with young players, and things get weird when they do not fill their dynasty aspirations. Seattle has a second-year quarterback, Richard Sherman is still a young player along with other members of Legion of Boom. Bobby Wagner and Bruce Irvin are both very young while their receiving core are all mostly guys under the age of 30. The table seems set for them to run through the National Football League in the next couple years and become of the most hated team in the country. It is not all that simple as things change rapidly in the NFL.
First of all, there will be some players that get more money from another team. While General Manager Jon Schneider comes from the Ted Thompson tree, he does things differently than him. Although Schneider will probably be reasonable about who gets major money on this team. Sherman's contract is up in 2015 and Russell Wilson is due in 2016 are the two biggest ones, but there will be smaller ones where Seattle just lets them go wander around in the league. Michael Bennett is a great example. He had a big year and a smaller contract that is due up this spring. He will net major money this offseason with his big season this year with Seattle. They do not have a bank of money to preserve this team for another year, and that will keep happening in the years to come.
Second, major injuries are something Seattle avoided for the most part this season. Imagine if Sherman got a high ankle sprain in the Divisional Round of the playoffs against New Orleans? He is not playing against San Francisco, and Seattle probably does not win that game. Marshawn Lynch played a full season, same goes for Wilson and most of their big named defensive players remain healthy as well. There was not one stretch in the season where we were talking about Seattle's injuries. All it takes is one year for everything to go completely haywire with multiple injuries with major players.
Third, I think due to his boyish looks, people think Pete Carroll is a young coach. He is not. Carroll became the third oldest coach to win a Super Bowl at age 62. How many coaches really push well into their 70's? Answer: Not many of them. I believe George Halas and Marv Levy are the only two coaches to coach until age 72. This means Wilson is likely having another coach in his quarterback career versus having Carroll for all of it. Carroll likely has an over/under of eight years left coaching in the NFL. Even with his youthful exuberance, there will be a time where everything slows down again for Carroll where things are not fun anymore for him.
I remember Green Bay getting called a potential dynasty with all their young talent, and they have not made it past the divisional round since their Super Bowl win. Seattle needs one more Super Bowl either next year or the year after to get talked about as a dynasty. Right now, it is just a conversation to keep sports radio hosts talking about the NFL for one more day.
Charlie.
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