MUNICH — All week long, Munich has been bursting with Seahawks-infused energy.
Oh, to be fair there was also a quite-evident Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ presence on the streets, but no doubt the preponderance of affection and affinity was tilting toward the Pacific Northwest. The sight of a few hundred German fans snaking around the block on Saturday for a meet-and-greet with Noah Fant and Marquise Goodwin at a shoe store told that story eloquently.
But after days of parties, rallies, and general frivolity, the European fans who had whipped themselves into a frenzy of anticipation over Seattle’s appearance in the first NFL game on German — many of them bedecked in every manner of Seahawks gear — had to wonder what had happened to their beloved team. Was it stuck in customs?
