The Seattle Seahawks wiped the floor with another team again for the second consecutive week. Last week, they posted a 26-0 shutout over the Minnesota Vikings. This week, it could have been another shutout, but the Atlanta Hawks made good on three field goal attempts, making the final score 37-9.
As per usual, Seattle's defense came up big against the Falcons, even though Sam Darnold and the offense had a bounce-back game following last week's slip-up. This week's win moved the Seahawks to 10-3 on the season, keeping them tied with the Los Angeles Rams in the division, who also picked up their 10th win.
The Rams also lit up their opponent, but the better NFC squad is still a toss-up. You can't argue with the Rams being the better team, but you also can't argue with it being the Seahawks. What's even more exciting is that the two best teams in the NFC (and perhaps the league) are division rivals. Nevertheless, former Seahawks legend Richard Sherman is going with his old team.
Richard Sherman hypes up "complete" Seahawks as the NFC's best
Sherman knows a thing or two about playing on a complete football team. There is a strong case to be made that during the Legion of Boom era, the Seahawks' defense was significantly stronger than the offense. However, back then, Russell Wilson made everyone a believer, and Seattle's offense was explosive in its own right.
The thing is, though, we haven't seen any resemblance to those all-around, dominant, and complete Seahawks teams since then, until today. There's no question that this 2025-26 iteration of the Seahawks is their most complete team since, and as Sherman claimed via X on Sunday, the most complete team in the NFC right now.
Sherman noted that the defense steps up when the offense struggles, but he also pointed to Seattle's special teams, which have quietly been highly productive this season. Rashid Shaheed has played a role in the Seahawks' special teams since coming over in the trade. But this week's game in Atlanta was by far his best — or at least, his loudest.
Darnold has struggled more lately than he did to start the season, but he looked much better in Atlanta, and that is what Sherman is alluding to. Even amidst the struggles, the Seahawks still look unmatched, which can be scary in the playoffs.
The question is: are the Rams actually the better team, even if Seattle is the more complete team? If you had to place their respective offenses on a scale, it may tip slightly in LA's favor. That said, Seattle has the better defense and special teams. Is Sherman right about the Seahawks? We'll have a much clearer answer in two weeks, when the Rams visit Lumen Field for a much-anticipated rematch.