The offseason is mere days underway, and the opinion of the Seattle Seahawks is almost similar to what it was one 12 months in the past.
These way-too-early Vegas odds on subsequent season’s Tremendous Bowl are out, and Seattle is way down the record.
Actually far.
DraftKings Sportsbook at present has the Seahawks at +7000 to win, which is an implied odds of 1.41%.
The one six groups beneath the playoff-making Seahawks are the Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, and Houston Texans.
For anybody questioning, the Denver Broncos – whose fifth total decide is owned by Seattle – have the 14th greatest odds to win subsequent 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl.
What’s occurring right here?
One factor of curiosity is that a number of groups with none type of quarterback certainty are nonetheless ranked far above Seattle. It’s not solely a slight towards Geno Smith – both his expertise or his remaining with the group – that despatched the Seahawks 13 spots decrease than their 2022 end.
Clearly, the notion is {that a} important roster expertise disparity received’t be made up in a single offseason. Sure, Pete Carroll and Geno Smith wrestled their approach into the playoffs, however the perception is that November is extra indicative of the Seahawks true expertise than the five-out-of-six stretch.
John Schneider received the offseason final 12 months, signing Smith, bringing in Uchenna Nwosu and retaining Al Woods. With even higher draft ammunition than final 12 months, and one other shot at an influence participant or two within the coming months, there’s nonetheless in all probability little Schneider may do to maneuver these early-season odds a lot, moreover some huge QB splash.
Both approach, it’s huge disrespect to a group that made the playoffs mere months in the past, and an indication that the protection has a protracted method to go to be taken remotely critically.
