This week at NFL.com it was determined by the fans that the Seahawks are NFL's #1 team, leapfrogging the 49ers. As a niners fan I can honestly say that I am glad. Not to gloat about a pre-season rankings system that has no validity, but to sort of sit back and breathe a sigh of relief. Why? Because now the pressure is off of the 49ers. Instead of being the target everyone is after the attention is now drawn to a new foe, releasing the pre-season hype and expectations of the 49ers winning the Super Bowl. Don't get me wrong, the expectations are still there, but by being #2 instead of #1 a little bit of the pressure is of and in a way they are now underdogs. The niners will carry this underdog mentality into the season like they have the last two years and prove that they are the top dog. Either way, whoever is ranked #1 or #2, we all expect this divisional rivalry to be the top games of the year and maybe the most anticipated of all season.
It doesn't matter who is #1 before the season, it matters who's #1 after the season.
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