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  1. Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Seattle Seahawks

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:23:38 -0000

    <p><em>Some people are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Seattle Seahawks. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far&#160;</em><a href="https://defector.com/tag/wyts-2026" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p><strong>Your team:</strong>&#160;Seattle Seahawks.</p> <p><strong>Your 2025 record:</strong>&#160;14-3. Super Bowl champions. One of the best teams in modern history if you go by DVOA, which I don’t because Aaron Schatz has never revealed the formula behind his hallowed metric. He could calculate it by mashing on an old Casio, for all I know. But here’s what I <em>do</em> know: These Seahawks won a title last year thanks to a playoff schedule that may as well have been drawn up by a kindergarten teacher:</p>

  2. Defector Has A New NFL Podcast, And It Won’t Have Any Gambling Shit In It

    Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:27:18 -0000

    If you’re as horny for football as I am, you’ve probably noticed that a vast, vast majority of NFL podcasts have some unwelcome amount of gambling/fantasy chatter in them. Corporate pods are often directly in bed with the sportsbooks, and a great number of indie pods have to take the books’ sponsorship money if they…

  3. Why Your Team Sucks 2026: New England Patriots

    Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:47:52 -0000

    <p><em>Some people are fans of the New England Patriots. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New England Patriots. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far&#160;</em><a href="https://defector.com/tag/wyts-2026" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p><strong>Your team:</strong> The New England Patriots, who are just outside of frame here. I swear it.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://lede-admin.defector.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2026/09/GettyImages-2260613383.jpg" alt="SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 08: Kenneth Walker III #9 of the Seattle Seahawks runs for a touchdown that was called back during the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on February 08, 2026 in Santa Clara, California." class="wp-image-234623" /></figure>