The Seattle Seahawks have won the NFC West four times in the eight years of the Pete Carroll era and have been to the playoffs five years in a row, appearing in two Super Bowls, and winning one.
But Sunday at CenturyLink Field, after the Los Angeles Rams trounced Seattle 42-7 and the Seahawks trudged glumly back to the locker room in the bowels of a stadium that started emptying out in the third quarter, the setting felt like the end of an era.
“It’s huge. This was a big win,” said Rams quarterback Jared Goff. “I’m not gonna say it doesn’t feel good to win in Seattle.