For sure you’re right about SEA and home field, I was just pointing out that they are still very solid on the road with tied for best record and still great defense- their defense on the road is much better than most teams at home.

For a while against the 49ers, Lynch wasn’t doing good as they are one of the best run Ds in the league, however SEA kept to it anyway, allowing Lynch to pile up fair numbers. You could say that he didn’t do great except for his 40 yd TD run, but that’s what SEA and Lynch bring to the table, getting the small runs and the really big ones. I agree Denver did indeed shut down the early run game, but SEA will do what SD and NE didn’t which is keep pressing it continuously while Wilson along with Tate, Baldwin, Kearse, Harvin and TE Miller present a fair threat against a not so great pass D. SEA can do great in these situations as they can exploit 1 dimensional Ds overcorrecting. If Denver gets in a rhythm against the run, SEA might hit Harvin on a slant. They pull LBs back, Lynch is able to get through the first level their D and use his great open field skills. Denver might be able to stop this by pressuring Wilson, but as you said there will likely be a lot of scrambling. Wilson can handle pressure up the middle, and if they blitz then the WRs should be able to get open, especially if people try to take the obvious quick pass away by doubling up on Harvin leaving Baldwin, Tate or Kearse open, or hit Miller in the newly opened middle. Wilson is at his worst when he is pressured from the outside, like when Aldon Smith forced him to fumble, but Denver can’t afford to blitz with a secondary not nearly as good as the 49ers.

As for Wilson relying on defense too much, as many could agree but won’t admit, doesn’t Denver rely on offense too much? We can’t say for sure now, but it seems SEA defense is as good as Broncos offense, and while SEA offense and Denver defense may seem evenly matched, SEA has so much more potential with a rolling Lynch an a healthy Harvin, and when Wilson gets more than 2 seconds to throw the ball. People blitzed him in the 2nd half of the season because they didn’t really have a good, readily open go-to guy once Sidney Rice got hurt and even though his numbers weren’t great with SEA his affect was similar to Harvin’s- his size and relative speed made him tough to cover, while Harvin’s versatility and speed make him tough to cover. Teams could leave the WRs in press man coverage and load the box against Lynch. If it was a pass they brought those extra bodies into pressuring Wilson, if a run they sat tight and stopped Lynch. Their tendency recently to rely heavily on defense isn’t a liability, its a great asset. When the offense and defense were firing on all cylinders last year down the stretch they were more overall dominant than any team. How often did Denver win by a margin of 20+ points last year? 5. SEA? 5, with 3 in the last 4 games. 30+ points? Denver 2, SEA 3. 40+ points? Denver 0, SEA 1. 50+ points? Denver 0, SEA 1. They haven’t had the same offensive combo since then, but with Harvin in the field they could very well do that again.

Sorry for long response