Seattle Seahawks games are many things, but never easy. They’re joyful and dispiriting, agonizing and thrilling. Hell, they have a way of switching between all four of those in a single quarter.

Coming into Week 3 at Lumen Field against the New Orleans Saints, who’d looked pluckier than their 0-2 record indicated, it was logical to observe all the usual fanbase fanspace for fanfrownyface. Hadn’t the Seahawks lost seven of their past eight home games? (Yes.) Hadn’t the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune felled Seattle’s top two defensive weapons and sickened their top offensive threat? (Also yes. Assume the questions are Yes until further notice.)

And then, the game itself put all perturbation to rest. It was 21-0 before you could blink, 38-6 at half, and the entire fourth quarter wa

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