The Seahawks are the best team in the NFL, but that doesn’t mean they’ll make it back to the Super Bowl, says master prognosticator Nate Silver.
Silver, whose FiveThirtyEight website regularly ranks NFL teams, gave the Seahawks the top ELO rating of 1,712. Better than No. 1 NFC seed Carolina. Better than No. 2 NFC seed Arizona. Better than the top AFC seeds, Denver and New England.
“The Seahawks are the best team in football,” Silver posted on Twitter.
But Seattle’s road to Super Bowl is a tough one because of it is the NFC’s No.