its a bit different because beli was already one of the GOAT defensive coordinators before the whole pats dynasty began
but yeah I cant get with that
seattle is still winning games with their D first and foremost. they just have great talent evaluator, and if pete was part of that than he deserves big praise. tons of guys they picked up that were flags or havent thought of highly- sherman, browner, baldwin, lynch, etc along with drafting mebane, thomas...it all stacked up. their back 16 makes 13m as a GROUP.
its silly to think that seattle wouldnt be shyt without russell right now. seattle was already a decent team in 2011 and in 2012 they started cooking on D. the team, just like Niners, is built from the ground up. they can win games even if the qb goes down.