“How I would view that season would completely depend on what happens with San Francisco and LA,” Dayna said. “If LA has Matt Stafford, which I don’t think they’re going to, but if they have Matt Stafford and every single player manages to stay on the field and they have a crazed year, that doesn’t make me so mad at Seattle, right?
“Same with San Francisco. I don’t know how it’s going to happen. Their injury list—it takes three scrolls to get through when you’re looking at their injuries. I mean, it’s just like they’re a mess right now. An absolute mess. But if everything worked out on paper and the players they have play above their talent level and to where they need to be, you have those two possible powerhouse teams. Seattle still manages to win nine games, but they miss the playoffs. I’m not really mad at that because you this division can be, and used to be, the hardest division in football. And so I think that that’s my caveat a little bit with that.
“However, Stafford’s not around. San Francisco is San Franciscoing and Seattle still doesn’t manage to do it, that changes my thought process on it completely without a major injury, because I think that that shows whatever they’re trying to do, I’m assuming on offense—I’m not trying to be disrespectful, but the defense seems good like that’s fine—is not working. And that’s two years in a row of it not working.
“The other thing too, guys, I don’t know if you’ve heard this, but there have been a number of national media members that have said they’re not sure why they basically gave Kubiak the keys to the kingdom. They don’t know if he’s proven it yet. So far, I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve seen out of Kubiak. I think that it’s such a step above where we were last year that I think that, you know, we’re we should all be pretty happy with that. But that would make me question it. That would really make me wonder.”