With early odds of 25 to 1 for the Seattle Seahawks to win the 2006 Super Bowl, some lucky bastard is bound to walk away with a decent amount of cash. 

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Nobody should be shocked to see the Seattle Seahawks in the 2006 Super Bowl.  After all they walk away from the season with a 13-2 record after beating the Indianapolis Colts in Week 16 and they clinched a playoff spot long before any other team in their respective conference.  The Seattle Seahawks will have home field advantage throughout.

And guess what?

The Seattle Seahawks odds to win the 2006 Super Bowl were still a respectable 7 to 1 after Week 16 at VIPsports.com

What does it all mean?

It means that had you bet Seattle early in the season at 25 to 1 odds with a $100 wager and the Seahawks walk off with a Super Bowl championship, you would walk off with a cool $2500.  But it gets even better.  A $1000 translates into a $25,000 payout.  Hence the reason why NFL future bets and other sports future bets are so rewarding. 

Seattle started 2-2, and then won a team-record 11 in a row. The Seahawks clinched the division title before their 42-0 drubbing of Philadelphia on national television Dec. 2.

The Seahawks swept all six games against the NFC West and beat Dallas and the New York Giants at home with late-game heroics.

Alexander was on pace to break Priest Holmes’ NFL record of 27 rushing touchdowns in a season. A young and talented defense, led by defensive rookie of the year candidate Lofa Tatupu, continually improved, allowing just three points during a two-week span in December.

“It feels like we’re on this ride right now. And nobody wants to see it stopped,” Shaun Alexander said.

Not so fast.

"We are not there yet. We still have a lot of work to do," fullback Mack Strong said.

Foremost, the Seahawks must repair a sometimes fractured defense, specifically an injury-depleted secondary. Sure, Seattle's defense looked great with successive wins over Philadelphia and San Francisco by a combined 83-3. But the Eagles and 49ers together are 9-21.

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning riddled the Seahawks defense for 116 yards passing on the two drives he played Saturday. The New York Giants rolled up 490 total yards on Seattle last month. The Colts and Giants are a combined 23-7. Seattle could see those two teams again in the postseason.

Even lowly Tennessee and fading quarterback Steve McNair passed for 417 yards and had a 24-14 lead until the Seahawks rallied with two touchdowns late to win two weeks ago.

There have been injuries to starting defensive backs Kelly Herndon, Andre Dyson, Ken Hamlin and now Marcus Trufant. He bruised his lower back Saturday and may not play in next Sunday's finale at Green Bay.

That is partly why Seattle has allowed four 300-yard passing days this season and likely would have given up a fifth had Manning made more than a Christmas Eve cameo.

All the starters but Hamlin are expected back for the postseason.

"It's very critical in the playoffs that you have a good balance of offense and defense," said coach Mike Holmgren, who won one Super Bowl and appeared in a second while coaching Green Bay in 1996 and '97.

"I think we will have a chance to play even better defense when we get some of our guys back."
 

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Originally published December 27, 2005 5:10 pm EST

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