The most exciting NFL team right now: Seattle.

Towards the end of every season of any sport, you always hear about the team that is firing on all cylinders and peaking at the right time.  At the end of 2012 and going into January playoffs, that team is the Seattle Seahawks.

Russell Wilson, image from Seahawks.com

This is no Cinderella team; they're winning by being aggressive on defense and using brute force on offense, pounding teams with the quarterback option read.  Quarterback Russell Wilson seems destined for Rookie of the Year award; he can throw the ball 50 yards down field accurately and equally run 50 yards for a touchdown.  He's been absolutely spectacular.  Between Russell and Mr. Beast Mode Marshawn Lynch, it's a lot like thunder and lightning in the running game.

Love the attacking defense, too.  Rated near the top in nearly every category, Pete Carroll is the masterful coach most of us thought he was.  When he left USC for Seattle, it was bittersweet.  I didn't want to see him go, but if he was going to go to the NFL, no better team than Seattle!

And with the move by Jim Harbaugh to the 49ers (and their tremendous success), we now have one hell of a rivalry between Harbaugh and Carroll move from the college ranks to the NFL.  Expect to see Carroll show zero mercy; Harbaugh likewise.