Last week, after beating the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football, the national media maintained their positive outlook on the Seattle Seahawks. However, with positive outlooks and playoff expectations, the bar for success has risen for the Seahawks. Has this high bar maintained through the week eight bye week?

As is the case with all news cycles, it is very quick to be forgotten. Between the Monday Night Football game in week 7 that started at 10PM Eastern, and a bye week this past week, the Seahawks all the way out in the Pacific Northwest have quickly become an afterthought to many national media sites. However, for Seattle sports fans, that is only to be expected. To exemplify this, of the five national media sites polled (NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and CBS

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