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The Chargers are 5-2 and are quietly having a great season, but this play has little to do with fading them. Although Los Angeles is coming off its bye, we are of the opinion that the break can often disrupt the positive momentum a team may have. The last time we saw the Chargers was in London in Week 7 when they hung on to beat the Titans 20-19. Prior to that, the Chargers had huge double-digit wins over the Browns and Raiders respectively. That win over Cleveland as dedicated to their owner, Alex Spanos, who had passed away the previous Tuesday at the age of 95. That day, the Bolts showed up, played their hearts out and dedicated the game to Spanos and his family. It was a fitting tribute to be sure, but Spanos hadn't been around the day-to-day operation of his team in over 20-years and unlike Seahawks owner Paul Allen, who saved his team from moving to Los Angeles, the Spanos clan couldn't help but leave their hearts in San Diego for the bright lights of Tinseltown.

This will be the first home game for the Seahawks in the "House that Paul Built", but their owner's impact on the Pacific Northwest cannot be understated. If not for Paul Allen stepping up to buy the Seahawks in 1997, there could very well be no professional football in Seattle at all. You see, former owner Ken Behring had threatened to move the team to Southern California (some things never change) and when Allen agreed to purchase the team, he was doing it more as a civil service rather than a profitable investment. Former Seahawks minority owner Herman Sarkowsky said, "I'm not sure anybody else in this community would have done what (Paul) did." King County Councilman Pete von Reichbauer added, “There was no Plan B. No one in this region was willing to buy a team when the (Kingdome) roof was literally falling down.” When Allen bought the Seahawks they played in the aforementioned already archaic Kingdome, which was just 20 years old in 1996, but like most of the other multisport concrete jungles built in the 1970s and 80s, it didn't hold up for very long after stand-alone ballparks like Candem Yards showed what could be done when you mix modern convenience with classic design.

The Kingdome would soon be demolished and it wouldn't be long until the Mariners moved to Safeco Field. The Seahawks would have a new home as well in what is now known as CenturyLink Field. It's one of the loudest barns in the league because of its groundbreaking canopies, which are shaped like parabolas and they are designed to keep the noise in and most of the rain out. Allen was very much involved in the design process of CenturyLink and it was his vision for it to be an open-air stadium with an intimate college football like atmosphere. Under Allen, the Seahawks went from laughable losers in the old AFC West to the class of the new NFC West when the divisions were realigned in 2002. Under Allen's ownership, Seattle went to the Super Bowl three times winning it all in February of 2014. Seattle's famous pregame raising of the "12th Man" flag was Allen's vision and he was, "the driving force behind keeping the NFL in the Pacific Northwest," as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in his statement after Allen passes away from non-Hodgkins lymphoma earlier this month. While Seattle dedicated their big win over the Lions last week to Allen's memory, the celebration of his life is not over. The "12th-man" flag has been flying at half mast, but will once again rise on Sunday just as it had so many times before with Paul Allen at the controls. There is no way the Seahawks come out flat in this one. Aside from that, the team itself is quietly turning into a beast again.

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