For the first time since 2009, the Seattle Seahawks are quite clearly one of the worst teams in the NFL. Their 3-8 record is only better than the Detroit Lions in the NFC, and barely superior to the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars.
This was not how this season was supposed to unfold. There were high expectations after the great start to 2020 cratered to a mediocre and all too familiar ending of an early postseason exit. The subsequent (and somewhat manufactured) offseason drama created a sense of uncertainty unlike any other point in time in the Pete Carroll era.