The last month or two there's been a lot of big talk coming out of the Seahawks that rings a lot of a bunch of old fucks that are yelling at everybody to respect them because they used to be good ... the reality of how good they think they are versus what they are right now is vastly different.
Bennett/Sherman are acting like the bully that gets his ass beat by someone, which makes no one fear them anymore so they lash out by yelling at everyone about how tough they still are.
5 years ago, this hawk D didn't give a shit how the officials called the game as they were young/talented/good enough to not worry about it.
Now both of them (but especially Sherman) spend all game bitching at the ref's how guys are holding, pushing off, etc.
In Bennett's case, it would be about guys diving at his legs. The same Bennett who did that on back to back plays at the end of the yesterday's game when Atlanta was in the victory formation.
To add to the analogy, they have the teacher who wants to be the cool guy and let's them do whatever they want.
I've long said that Carrol's coaching style works just fine when you're winning. When the Rust starts to show, things will fall apart in a big way
Not many teams in the NFL go to the 2nd round of the playoffs five years in a row. He's not Mora. There hasn't been an implosion. The D is aging and the OL sucks.
As long as Russell Wilson is on the team they will contend.