A season doesn’t end at 0-2, but there’s only one way to get to 0-3, and that’s by passing through, well, a Week 2 loss. The Seattle Seahawks spent 30 minutes Sunday morning in Pittsburgh looking like they were gonna choose Door 0-2, and in the process confirm every negative narrative floating in the aether.

They chose differently. When the clock hit zeroes, the Seahawks had outrun, out-passed, out-defended, out-executed and outsmarted a decent team on the road. Bad teams don’t tend to dominate NFL opposition. Mandatory disclaimer: there’s a lot of season left, and even the 2009 Jim Mora Seahawks shut out the Rams and Jaguars before Halloween. Fine, I’ll rephrase: a mentally weak, poorly coached team doesn’t win in every phase; instead they luck into victories.

This win wasn’t luck. It w

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