Like clockwork, the Seattle Seahawks are being counted out to begin a season. What's new? In the latest power ranking from ProFootballTalk (PFT) to start Week 1, NBC's Mike Florio seems to have the Seahawks down in the lower echelon of teams in this league.

Right now, Florio and PFT have Seattle sitting at the lowly No. 22 position. As of now, only the Arizona Cardinals rank below the Seahawks.

Understandably, the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams rank higher than Seattle. The Seahawks went 0-4 against both of those teams last year, as they also made the postseason. San Francisco, being the reigning NFC Champions, is among the top five.

But this is nothing new for the Seahawks, or for the 12th Man to read about. Pick a season in the last few where they didn't think Seattle was going to be one of the worst teams? Most notably prior to the 2018 and 2022 seasons, where all the "experts" predicted the Seahawks were going to be picking towards the top of the next draft. Instead, in both years, the Seahawks made it to the playoffs.

With a new head coach, a returning defense that has been abysmal for a few years, and plenty of new pieces, I can see why there are those who think Seattle might be headed for a rebuild. But full-blown rebuilds are not in this team's nature. There is simply too much talent on both sides of the ball, as well as strong coaching, for the Seahawks to crater if they are healthy.

Seattle will get their first opportunity to prove the doubters wrong (again) on Sunday, when they host the Denver Broncos.

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This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Seahawks No. 22 in latest PFT power rankings