Sometimes, it just hits you...

Aros":1msuel64 said:

I was watching NFLN the other day and they had a segment about who the nation thought would be the next dynasty. Fans from around the country would text their vote. The teams that were offered up were the Cowboys, Packers, Colts, Patriots and Seahawks.

Back in the day, it would have been absurd to include the Seahawks in such a poll. After all, we were the red-headed step child of the NFL for decades.

Not only are we included in such polls, but we WON THE POLL.

Lord, how far we have come. Thank ya (insert deity of choice here)!

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Aros":1sjxu4mt said:

I was watching NFLN the other day and they had a segment about who the nation thought would be the next dynasty. Fans from around the country would text their vote. The teams that were offered up were the Cowboys, Packers, Colts, Patriots and Seahawks.

Back in the day, it would have been absurd to include the Seahawks in such a poll. After all, we were the red-headed step child of the NFL for decades.

Not only are we included in such polls, but we WON THE POLL.

Lord, how far we have come. Thank ya (insert deity of choice here)!

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FlyingGreg":fewt4k28 said:

I happen to turn to NFL Network, right before "America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions - 2013 Seattle Seahawks" starts up.

:th2thumbs:

I instantly smile. And the timing could not be better... I finally just got around to re-watching the Super Bowl yesterday and it set me off in some kind of fugue.

Sometimes, it just hits you... and at times, it's still hard to believe (not to mention we were THIS CLOSE to winning back to back).

We are so fortunate to have claimed a Lombardi - they can never take it away. I always think about how Bills fans (losing FOUR STRAIGHT! - still no ring) or Vikings fans (four losses total and still no ring) must feel.

Cheers...

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RiverDog":2edyii1z said:

FlyingGreg":2edyii1z said:

I happen to turn to NFL Network, right before "America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions - 2013 Seattle Seahawks" starts up.

:th2thumbs:

I instantly smile. And the timing could not be better... I finally just got around to re-watching the Super Bowl yesterday and it set me off in some kind of fugue.

Sometimes, it just hits you... and at times, it's still hard to believe (not to mention we were THIS CLOSE to winning back to back).

We are so fortunate to have claimed a Lombardi - they can never take it away. I always think about how Bills fans (losing FOUR STRAIGHT! - still no ring) or Vikings fans (four losses total and still no ring) must feel.

Cheers...

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It seems to me that as just getting there is such a huge task, history is beginning to recognize, as well it should, the Bill's 4 straight SB appearances as a monumental achievement even though they were all losing efforts.

There are fan bases that are, in my opinion, worse off than the Bills and Vikings. The Lions haven't been to so much as a conference championship game since the merger, and I'd have to do a google to see when the last time they appeared in a pre merger NFL championship game. Their ineptness spans 3 generations. The Browns not only have never been to a Super Bowl, but lost their original franchise and haven't so much as seen the playoffs since they were re-invented, and now they have that terd Johnny Football hanging around their necks.

I heard a story of a Browns fan that as part of his burial wishes, wanted members of the Browns to be his pallbearers so they could let him down one last time.

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FlyingGreg":17hfqw9d said:

I happen to turn to NFL Network, right before "America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions - 2013 Seattle Seahawks" starts up.

:th2thumbs:

I instantly smile. And the timing could not be better... I finally just got around to re-watching the Super Bowl yesterday and it set me off in some kind of fugue.

Sometimes, it just hits you... and at times, it's still hard to believe (not to mention we were THIS CLOSE to winning back to back).

We are so fortunate to have claimed a Lombardi - they can never take it away. I always think about how Bills fans (losing FOUR STRAIGHT! - still no ring) or Vikings fans (four losses total and still no ring) must feel.

Cheers...

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