Your Seattle Seahawks, our *defending Super Bowl champions*, just hit 3-3 after that brutal 17-14 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos on Thursday. Yeah, Thursday. That one hurt, man. It’s got everyone here in the Emerald City wondering: what is going on with our champs this season?
Is This the Champion’s Curse, Or Just a Trend?
Seriously, after winning it all, you expect to come out firing, right? But a 3-3 start? It definitely feels like a punch to the gut. The question hitting everyone, from Lumen Field to every taproom across Seattle, is whether this is some kind of Super Bowl hangover or if it’s just how things go. We’ve seen teams falter after lifting the Lombardi Trophy, but for *our* team? It stings a bit different. That loss to the Broncos in overtime? It just poured salt on the wound for a 3-3 record this early.
History Says We’re Not Alone (For Better or Worse)
So, is this 3-3 start some kind of unique struggle for our Hawks? Turns out, our defending champs aren’t exactly trailblazers here. Looking back at every Super Bowl winner since the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, a 3-3 record after six games is alarmingly common.
Check this out:
* The 2001 Baltimore Ravens? 3-3.
* The 2002 New England Patriots? Also 3-3.
* The 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Yep, 3-3.
* The 2005 New England Patriots? You guessed it, 3-3.
* The 2013 Baltimore Ravens? Another 3-3.
* And get this: our own Seattle Seahawks, back in 2014 after *our last Super Bowl win*, also started 3-3. Talk about history repeating itself!
* Even the 2018 Philadelphia Eagles and the 2022 Los Angeles Rams were 3-3.
That’s nine other champions, plus our own past team, hitting 3-3 after six games. It almost feels like a rite of passage for defending champs, doesn’t it? Of course, some teams did roar out of the gate, like the 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2024 Patriots and Chiefs who all went 6-0. The 2008 Giants, 2020, 2023 Chiefs, and 2021 Buccaneers all went 5-1. So, while a slow start isn’t unheard of, it doesn’t mean it’s the *only* way it goes.
So yeah, we’re 3-3, just like a bunch of other champs before us. Does that make that overtime loss sting any less? Nah, not really. But it does give some perspective. The season is still early, and the stage is set for our defending champions to either shake off this trend or get stuck in it. We’ve got to turn it around, and the 12s know our boys can do it. Time to shake off that champ’s hangover and show everyone why we’re still the best. Let’s go Hawks!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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