Russell Wilson and fellow Seahawks can feel the lack of respect: "I like to have something on my plate for all the people who have doubted me all these times"

The Seattle Seahawks are the hottest team in the NFL, but to many outside of the northwest, they still haven't convinced the nation they are a top level team. Quarterback Russell Wilson stated: "I like to have something on my plate for all the people who have doubted me all these times," at his weekly news conference via Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times. "It's a lack of respect, a lack of accolades, a lack of acknowledgment, a lot of getting what you deserve for a lot of us," cornerback Richard Sherman said. "It's a bunch of people slighting you. For me, I think there's a bias against Stanford players. That bias is part of the chip." "Every single player has something to prove, and they want to prove it every game," Sherman said. "Every play they make is them proving somebody wrong. All of us doing it, that's how the chip manifests itself on Sundays." "That doesn't change anything," said S...