[Josh W]

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My question is, what does Seattle have to do to get respect? I know they've had an easy schedule. I'm not arguing that. However, they've done fabulously since week 1...

If they win by 20, will people call them a great football team?

Simple question.

Josh

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I don't think they've been getting a 'lack of respect' any more than a typical SB underdog. the spread is fairly close, compared to recent SB's.

as for your question, it depends how they win. the Patriots beat the Rams as 14 point dogs - I'm not sure that made them a great team as much as it made them a team who played a great game. They were certainly not nearly as good as the great Patriots teams that beat Philly or Carolina.

it's also somewhat a question of semantics - what do you consider a 'great' football team to be? Is there one every year?

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I already consider them great [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

No, seriously, my question is if they will be considered a great team (not by me, but by public opinion at large).

As for them not getting disrespected...yeah, the spread is close, but its the 6 seed vs the 1 seed (granted, teh 6 seed is tremendous, and is the 6 seed only due to reg. season injuries, and they were favored on the road in the first round at the 3 seed, but still....)

Just wonderin what they gotta do....

Josh