
SEATTLE (AP)—Now that they’ve pulled off a comeback for the ages, the Seattle Seahawks must recognize how fortunate they are to be in a second consecutive Super Bowl.
And how much better they must play on Feb. 1 to grab another NFL championship.
Seattle’s memorable victory—forgettable if you are a Cheesehead—displayed a champion’s resilience and confidence. It also revealed issues that Pete Carroll’s team needs to solve before facing an equally resilient and confident bunch from New England.
“We had troubles with these guys,” said of the Packers, “and really we couldn’t get out of our own way. We couldn’t get our rhythm going, couldn’t get on schedule.
“It just took us a long time before those penalties that were jumping up and moving around, and all of the things that were kicking us in the butt went away. And then we started playing, and it was just we believed that once we started playing we can really go. And it just took a long time for it to show up, but once it did …”