Mike Tannier

Christmas and New Year's could be ruined because you have to deal with Garrett and maybe Donald is there by now and McDuffie and everything else.

So beset on all sides if you're the Seahawks right now.

Well, it's funny.

We were running the DVOA analytical projections yesterday.

and they're neck and neck with the Seahawks.

And it's literally the Seahawks and Rams.

Let's call it neck and neck because I know that Aaron Schatz doesn't want the official numbers out.

He's still running simulations and all.

But it's those two teams and everyone else.

And the reason why it's not higher is because the jump from Vers to Garrett just isn't that much because Vers was in there and the Rams pass rush was in there as awesome, awesome, awesome.

And now it's like awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome.

You know, they can only go so much further in that respect.

And the simulations still look at the Rams kicking game and say that's a problem.

They don't have good return men.

The kicker's a question mark.

Simulations still look at the Seahawks and say, oh, all the guys are back.

Shaheed's back.

The kicker's back.

The punter's back, et cetera.

So that's the difference maker.