Leonard Williams isn’t letting the Seattle Seahawks get comfortable after their Super Bowl run.
Fresh off a championship win over the New England Patriots, the Seahawks could have spent the offseason basking in it. Williams says that hasn’t happened inside the building. The veteran defensive tackle made it clear on Saturday that the message in Seattle is simple: go back to work and start over.
“I don’t see a single person in the building patting themselves on the back for what we did last year. I think everybody … understands that we have to start from the bottom all over again," Williams said via Brady Henderson of ESPN.
That mindset fits a team that has kept things pretty restrained even after winning it all. Seattle has not been showered with the kind of attention you might expect for a reigning champion, especially with much of the spotlight instead landing on NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams.
But the Seahawks may not mind that one bit. The quiet treatment gives them another edge, another reason to stay locked in while they chase a second straight trophy.
Williams is a central piece of that effort on defense. Over his three seasons in Seattle, he has piled up 167 tackles and 22 sacks, making himself one of the team’s most important voices and most productive players.
The Seahawks made sure he would be around for a while, too, signing the 32-year-old to a three-year, $90 million extension shortly before the regular season. Williams has also been open about how much Seattle changed things for him. On Hard Knocks, he said he had thought about retirement before joining the Seahawks.
That came after the first eight years of his career were split between the New York Jets and New York Giants, a stretch of constant turnover that wore on him. Seattle gave him a fresh start, and it also brought back his love for the game.
Now Williams is looking ahead to another title push, fully aware that repeating won’t come easy. Still, he and the Seahawks are headed into the new year ready for the grind again.
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