Week 8 NFL insider notes: Seahawks quietly contenders with new-look offense, Steelers can't bench Conner

The Seattle Seahawks were supposed to be dead, remember? Half of the football pundits, it seems, had already written them off before the season began. The other half had no use for them after they lost Earl Thomas for the season and sat at 0-2 to start the season. But guess what? Tale a look at the standings