Is it fair to be more panicked about Seahawks this year than last?

Last year at around this time, the Seahawks were 3-3 and coming off tough back-to-back losses. Three games later, they were shredded on the ground by the Kansas City Chiefs, falling to a pedestrian 6-4. There was finger-pointing and Percy Harvin drama and questions about the future. Of course, the Seahawks rebounded with eight straight wins and a return trip to the Super Bowl.

The Seahawks currently sit at 2-4 and are coming off back-to-back blown leads in the fourth quarter. An amazing Kam Chancellor play and missed call by the officials against the Lions saved them from even worse. However, Seattle has also entered each fourth quarter ahead and has at times looked dominant.

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Thus the question: Is this season more worthy of panic?

“Brock and Salk” of 710 ESPN Seattle discussed the unsettling deja vu feeling from both seasons, questioning whether Seattle is facing a more stressful stretch than following the Chiefs loss a year ago.

“It feels that way,” Mike Salk said. “Now, granted, I’m in the moment, so it’s difficult to have any perspective on it, but today, sitting here the day after that loss, it feels it.”

With that stated, Salk said he doesn’t feel as if all hope is lost. In fact, he doesn’t feel that way at all.

“The team is still playing great football for most of their 60 minutes,” he said.

Brock Huard noted that Seattle has played four elite teams, which have a combined record of 19-3. Nonetheless, it seems as though the rest of the NFL is finding a recipe that keeps them from being intimidated by the previously daunting defense.

“The resume is kind of growing, that, well, ‘If Andy Dalton can do it, then I can do it,'” Huard said. “‘And Aaron Rodgers can do it and Nick Foles can do it, then I can do it.’ Right? And there’s some of that psyche and some of that belief that you do bleed.

“Oh my gosh, life always comes back to Drago,” Huard continued, comparing the Seahawks to the villain in Rocky IV. “You see, he’s not a machine. You see that secondary is not a machine. They are not invincible. That style of play is not invincible. We can actually beat them.”

Although it might not be time for a full-blown panic quite yet, there’s another Rocky-Drago, Seahawks-49ers bout coming up Thursday. If the Seahawks fall there, don’t be surprised if even more people start to throw in the towel.

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