Last week, after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars, the national media began looking at the Seattle Seahawks as a legitimate playoff team, and perhaps even a Super Bowl contender. However, how will this change after the Seahawks stout victory over the Houston Texans on Monday Night Football?

Well, this week, despite the win, the national media seems to be treading water on the Seahawks. The main media sites polled (NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and CBS Sports) all had Seattle lingering in the same area they had them last week. One thing that you quickly notice with power rankings is that once you reach the top of the league, there is not much room to move up, so the margin for error becomes much smaller.

Last week, NFL.com had Seattle ranked as the third best team in

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