After six playoff appearances, four division titles, two Super Bowl berths and one Lombardi, Seattle brass is ripping the Band-Aid off its ailing mini dynasty and retooling. But it's the blueprint from which the past decade's preeminent NFC power was built that Snead and his star-studded coaching staff have also taken.
Few NFL decision makers have attacked their roster via trades with a greater urgency than Snead over the past three years, the most recent blockbuster coming Thursday night with news that Aqib Talib will leave the Denver Broncos and join fellow trade acquisition Marcus Peters in Wade Phillips' new version of the "No Fly Zone.