adding to that, i feel like the super bowl was a perfect indicator of what formula will win championships most consistently in this era:
good, cheap (cheap soon to mean "relative to other qbs" i guess) quarterbacks
wilson is a good QB, protects the ball, can sometimes make enough plays to win games for you when you need him to (and will only improve in this regard)
he's also cheap as fuck, earning a little over 0.5 million this season
compare that to the quarterbacks in killah's post ^ or to peyton manning
and this explains why seattle was noticeably a better team all around. at this moment, seattle has the perfect roster formula for success. and that's the tragedy of it, because as soon as wilson's contract is up, seattle becomes a worse team for it. to have so much money tied up in one position, even if it's quarterback, is detrimental to the rest of your roster. you basically have to make up for that lost money with cheaper players, who are generally worse. the worst thing you can do is spend a shit ton of money on a QB that doesn't really warrant it (see killah's post). or, to a lesser degree, are stuck to a QB that isn't really that expensive or bad but also isn't cheap or very good (an andy dalton type comes to mind). because chances are that QB will still eventually end up getting paid because it's not as much of a risk.
i don't know if this pattern will continue, i would think it's unsustainable. i guess it depends on how quickly QB salaries rise compared to the salary cap (TV money).