SEATTLE — I wrote last week that success can prompt regret, using the Washington Huskies football team as Exhibit A. Despite having an improbable nine wins thus far — including one on the road against then-No. 6 Oregon — the string of victories had some players lamenting previous losses, particularly the 10-point defeat to Arizona State that cost them at any shot at a College Football Playoff berth.
Well, success can also prompt stress — and in this case, that applies to the Seahawks. Anxiety centered on this team's Week 12 result seemed improbable when this season — a supposed rebuild — began, but will be spiked this Sunday.
Ultimately, this is a good thing. Being relevant in the NFL always is. However, this storybook season in which all wins were supposed to be gravy has changed in narrative. It has gone from one where the Seahawks had no chance to one where the Seahawks have no margin for error.
