Nearly five years ago – Jan. 9, 2021 – the final embers of the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl era were snuffed out by the Los Angeles Rams.

A month after that playoff loss, Russell Wilson publicly expressed his discontent and was traded a year later. Two more lackluster seasons resulted in severing the final on-field tie to the glory days . Meanwhile, the Rams supplanted the Seahawks as the preeminent team in the division after the playoff win in Seattle catapulted them to a Super Bowl title the next season.

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It was from these ashes that Mike Macdonald rose. He is by all measures the foil to Sean McVay. The adjectives used to describe McVay and his offensive mastery (“wunderkind,” “genius,” “prodigy”) are identical labels applie

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