Editor's note: With offseason work across the league coming to an end, the focus shifts to the steamy summer workouts ahead. To get you fully primed for the preseason and beyond, Sporting News provides in-depth looks at all 32 teams leading into training camp. Today: Seattle Seahawks.
Prediction: First, NFC West.
Up next:San Francisco 49ers Success. The Seahawks chased it for
Pete Carroll's first three years as coach, and now he will see how his team handles it.
The Seahawks have a rising stars at quarterback in Russell Wilson and a defense that allowed the NFL's fewest points last season. They were being hailed as a Super Bowl contender even before an offseason that was both impressive and aggressive.
The team added
Percy Harvin — a veritable Swiss Army knife — to an offense that turned the corner in the final month of last season. It followed that up by signing pass-rushing defensive linemen
Cliff Avril and
Michael Bennett to address a chronic issue.
The Seahawks, with one of the league's youngest rosters, will be facing the pressure of expectations for the first time.
Russell Wilson (AP)
Editor's note: With offseason work across the league coming to an end, the focus shifts to the steamy summer workouts ahead. To get you fully primed for the preseason and beyond, Sporting News provides in-depth looks at all 32 teams leading into training camp. Today: Seattle Seahawks.Prediction: First, NFC West. Up next:San Francisco 49ers