SEATTLE — The Seahawks, considered a middling team by so-called experts when the season started, 3–2 after five weeks, doubted and daring and powered by The Darkness, slowly and surely and without much advanced warning, became inevitable, anyway.
Funny how that worked. In an NFL season with no favorites, parity absent any parody, Seattle found its formula: Believe in Sam Darnold, run the ball, minimize his mistakes and imprint, with physicality, creativity and verve, an elite defense and the best special teams unit in pro football. The result was surprising—and not surprising at all.
