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Seahawks 2013 team is franchise’s best of Super Bowl era

CBS Sports ranks the Seattle Seahawks 2013 team as the franchise’s best of the Super Bowl era.

Recently, Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports put together his list of every NFL franchise’s best team of the Super Bowl era and the 2013 Seahawks made the cut for Seattle.

Winning the Super Bowl that year, the Seahawks finished the season with a 16-3 overall record.

“Matched up against one of the most statistically dominant offenses in NFL history, the Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” defense held Peyton Manning and the Broncos to just eight points,” DeArdo writes. “The Seahawks’ offense put together five scoring drives while helping Seattle capture its first-ever Super Bowl title.”

“The Seahawks’ defense, a unit that allowed an average of 14.4 points per game during the regular season, was anchored by cornerback Richard Sherman, safeties Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, linebacker Bobby Wagner and defensive ends Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett,” DeArdo recounts. “Seattle’s offense featured three Pro Bowlers in quarterback Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch (1,257 yards, 12 touchdowns) and center Max Unger.”

Coach Pete Carroll will try his best to put together another Super-Bowl-winning team with a whole new squad when the players report to training camp on July 26.

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Seahawks advance to 5-0 start for 1st time in franchise history

After beating the Minnesota Vikings Sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks have advanced to a 5-0 start for the first time in franchise history.

The Seattle Seahawks notched another one for the history books Sunday night when they beat the Minnesota Vikings 27-26 to advance to a 5-0 start to the season for the first time in franchise history.

Seattle was shut out 13-0 by Minnesota in the first half but rallied for the win on the national stage. Quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense put on a magic show in the final minutes of the game to win it all with just seconds left on the clock.

“We just believed that if we got the ball back, something great was going to happen and we just said that on the sideline – stay neutral, and keep believing,” Wilson told NBC’s Michele Tafoya after the win. “We made a crucial catch by D.K. on fourth down, what an unbelievable catch. We went up and down the field there, and we had a couple chances to score early on, but it actually worked out better that we scored on the last play there on fourth down.

“It’s always a heavyweight fight.”

The Seahawks now enter their bye next week undefeated and have earned themselves some much-needed rest and relaxation after the victory.

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