Cliff Avril looks at his teammates this time of year and thinks, you don’t even know.
Seattle begins its fifth consecutive postseason run Saturday night against the Detroit Lions in an NFC wild card game at CenturyLink Field. Russell Wilson, Doug Baldwin, Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Bobby Wagner, K.J. Wright, all they know is playoffs, playoffs, playoffs. Every year, year, year.
Not Avril.
As a rookie he played for the 2008 Lions. That team went 0-16 — the most unplayoff-like NFL indoctrination possible.
“I think a lot of younger guys, they’ve been in the playoffs four straight years, five straight years, so you can get spoiled in it and not understand how special it is,” the Seahawks Pro Bowl defensive end said this week.