The Seattle Seahawks just got done playing the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts as part of their tour through the AFC South every four years. Playing that division feels like putting a powerful amulet around my neck, because the last time Seattle faced the Titans and Colts it won the NFL title in 2013 (the Seahawks also played the AFC South during their first Super Bowl run, in 2005*).
Of course the outcomes were reversed back in ’13, as Seattle beat Tennessee after Indianapolis served the Seahawks’ only loss in the first 12 games—a strange come-from-behind affair that saw Seattle roar out to a 12-0 lead in the first quarter before the game sort of turned on those 11th and 12th points when it looked like Jeron Johnson recovered a blocked punt in the end zone that should have put the Seahawks ahead 17-0.