If anyone on your friendly neighborhood Field Gulls staff is the eternal optimist, it is yours truly. I will very nearly always pick the Seattle Seahawks to win their division.* I will go into a viewing experience armed with reasons the Seahawks will prevail, anticipating a victory. Almost every time.
*usually a safe bet, after eight titles in the past 14 seasons, leading to three conference crowns
I’m the guy who kept repeating that XLIX’s abrupt gut-punch would not affect the team (whoops), that the offensive line would be better this season, and that season, and again that season, and finally this season (whooooops), and that even if they weren’t, Russell Wilson would overcome their errors anyway.