No team has EVER played that poorly in a Superbowl

[JonLP24]

56. Seattle faces 2 top 10 defenses twice a year in their divison

They smacked around San Francisco twice in back-to-back seasons at home, crushing defeats. They faced New Orleans twice which has a top 10 D now with Ryan as D coordinator. Crushed them 34-7 in the first matchup. Held Carolina to 7 points but Carolina has a top D themselves and held Seattle to 12. Over a course of a season they make mistakes, play in other team's stadiums, also opponents are generally more familiar with Seattle. Plus Seattle had two weeks to prepare and I never seen them play this good before and they always play good.

I'm looking at teams Denver faced and the only one the really jumps out defensively is Tennesse who is #10 in pass defense. Kansas City was in the top 5 for half the season but fell far down the rankings.

They generally have better defenses in the NFC w/ the exception of the NFC North teams, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. Buffalo is also good too.