Seahawks fall out of top 5 in USA TODAY’s post-Week 9 power rankings

The Seattle Seahawks have fallen out of the top five in the USA TODAY’s post-Week 9 power rankings, landing at No. 7.

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The Seattle Seahawks lost to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday and are now 6-2 on the season at the halfway point. As recent as just last week, Seattle was sitting pretty at No. 3 in the USA TODAY’s NFL power rankings. But after the loss to the Bills, the Seahawks have tumbled out of the top five all the way down to No. 7.

“‘I don’t even recognize us,’ Pete Carroll said of a defense on pace to allow a league-record 7,292 yards,” writes USA TODAY’s  Nate Davis. “The 44 points Seattle surrendered Sunday were the most by a Carroll team since he was at USC.”