GAME: Seattle Seahawks (4-0, 1st, NFC West) at Indianapolis Colts (3-1, 1st, AFC South). TYPE. Regular season. WEEK: 5. WHEN: Sunday, 10 a.m., Lucas Oil Stadium. MEETING: 11th (Colts lead 6-4). STREAKS: Colts W 2; Seahawks W 4. HEAD COACHES: Pete Carroll, Seattle; Chuck Pagano, Indianapolis. LINE: Seahawks by 2½. TV: FOX. RADIO: ESPN 710 AM, KIRO 97.3 FM.

Doug Baldwin plays with Russell Wilson, but predicted Wednesday that Andrew Luck, the Indianapolis quarterback with whom he played at Stanford, can become the greatest at his position ever. "I'm on record as saying that Luck can become the greatest quarterback whoever played the game of football," Baldwin said. "I've seen him do some unbelievable things that I still can't believe a quarterback was able to do. I have tremendous respect for that guy."

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WR Stephen Williams, who had an impressive preseason to become the fifth receiver on the 53-man squad but had no catches in four regular-season games, was cut Saturday by the Seahawks to make room for LB Bruce Irvin, who is returning from a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.

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News Thursday that the Seahawks are considering expanding the Clink by 2,000 to 3,000 seats generated rumors in San Francisco that the 49ers are petitioning the NFL to switch to the Canadian Football League.

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Loquacious cornerback Richard Sherman, who has intercepted two passes, knocked down four others and did a lock-down job on Anquan Boldin in Week 2, was selected the NFC Defensive Player of the Month Thursday. The Stanford alum, who came to the club as a fifth-round draft choice in 2011, is the first Seattle cornerback to win the award.

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The competitive tension between the Seahawks and 49ers, who hold claim to the NFL's best rivalry, is starting to reveal itself in previously unrecognized fashion. Coaches Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh, who birthed the "what's your deal" confrontation while the former was at USC and the latter at Stanford, ratcheted up the intensity. Wednesday afternoon at VMAC, the spotlight moved to the front office.

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The Seahawks, Saints, Chiefs, Broncos and Patriots all reached the quarter pole 4-0, equaling the most 4-0 teams in any season in NFL history (there were also five 4-0 teams in 1968, 2003 and 2009). All of the 4-0 clubs -- except Seattle -- received big passing games by their quarterbacks to remain undefeated.

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Lost amid the tumult over the most remarkable comeback victory in Seahawks history was the scary look of the injury to DT Michael Bennett in the second quarter of Seattle's 23-20 OT win against the Texans. During a pass rush, Bennett dove low at Houston quarterback Matt Schaub, his head colliding against Schaub's knee. Bennett's body wrenched back awkwardly and he went limp near midfield. He was carried off the field and taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he underwent a CT scan.

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The Seahawks, whose passing attack foundered with three offensive line starters (Russell Okung, Max Unger, Breno Giacomini) missing due to injuries, will play without Giacomini for an unspecified period -- it could be a few weeks or perhaps more than a month -- after the tackle underwent arthroscopic surgery on a knee. Coach Pete Carroll made the disclosure on 710 ESPN Monday.

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While the Mariners are 286.5 games behind since Howard Lincoln (chairman, CEO) and Chuck Armstrong (president) lit their version of the Everett Tire Fire (see below) July 1, 1992, the Seahawks are making history of a different sort beyond the unprecedented 4-0 start. You know that they rallied from a 20-3 halftime deficit to beat the Houston Texans Sunday. But did you know that in doing so they snapped an 0-for-105 streak?

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SCOREBOARD, BABY

Seahawks 23, at Houston Texans 20, OT

TERSE TRUTH

The only way the Seahawks could have been deader at halftime was finding 53 toe tags in the locker room. Overwhelmed in all phases by the hyper-aggressive Texans and a rowdy crowd in Houston, the Seahawks were still down 20-6 with eight minutes left.

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In one of the more remarkable games in franchise history, the Seahawks rallied from a 20-3 deficit, sent the game into overtime on a 58-yard pick-six TD by Richard Sherman, and defeated the Houston Texans Sunday on a 45-yard field goal by Steven Hauschka. Russell Wilson keyed the improbable 23-20 victory, enabling the Seahawks to start 4-0 for the first time in franchise history.

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GAME: Seattle Seahawks (3-0, 1st, NFC West) at Houston Texans (2-1 overall, 1st, AFC South). TYPE. Regular season. WEEK: 4. WHEN: Sunday, 10 a.m., Reliant Stadium. MEETING: 3rd (series tied 1-1). STREAKS: Texans L 1; Seahawks W 3. HEAD COACHES: Pete Carroll, Seattle; Gary Kubiak, Houston. LINE: Seahawks by 3. TV: FOX. RADIO: ESPN 710 AM, KIRO 97.3 FM.

The Seahawks deal with tough individual matchups every week, but they won't face a tougher one all season when they confront Houston defensive end J.J. Watt. Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell says he "can wreck the whole day for us."  Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden famously dubbed him "J.J. Swat" after watching the former Wisconsin Badger bat down a series of passes at the line of scrimmage.

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The prospect of three starters absent from the offensive line for Sunday's game in Houston  -- LT Russell Okung, C Max Unger, RT Breno Giacomini -- predictably generated no hand-wringing from coach Pete Carroll Friday.

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Few Seahawks fans took note of the signing in mid-March of free agent defensive lineman Michael Bennett. Sunday, after he played all five D-line positions hard and well, he became visible as a forest fire.

"That was about everywhere that you could put a D-lineman," said coach Pete Carroll of his roving ambassador of unpleasantness. "He’s a very effective player. He’s more than we thought he was."

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The Seahawks' offensive line is nicked up at an inopportune time. Seeking the first 4-0 start in the franchise's 37-year history, Seattle likely will  have to overcome the absence of  two starting tackles when they play the Texans (2-1) in Houston Sunday (10 a.m. PT, FOX).

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Some might suggest that Sunday's 45-17 squish of Jacksonville, perhaps the NFL's worst team, was not much of a metric for an elite team. But Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was not among the hair-splitters: 3-0 is 3-0, and only five other NFL teams can claim it (six, if Denver beats Oakland Monday night).

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Stats don't appeal to all, but two from Sunday are worthy of a second look, if only because of their historical significance. One involves Felix Hernandez of the Mariners, the other Russell Wilson of the Seahawks. The Hernandez number is likely to fade from public memory quickly, but the Wilson stat will have shelf life for as long as the Seahawks' CenturyLink winning streak, currently at 10, continues.

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The Northwest had a football weekend in which the three most popular teams (Huskies, Cougars and Seahawks) outscored opponents by a number I could never count to while eeking through remedial college math class. Thankfully, calculators are easily accessible on laptops (the combined total was 143-17). Sportspress Northwest photographers Drew Sellers and Drew McKenzie captured the 45-17 Seahawks win over the Jaguars Sunday at CenturyLink Field.

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Yes, the opponent was the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are barely a lounge act on the NFL stage. But they set up well the main act, the Seattle Seahawks, who did so many splendid things Sunday at the Clink that the marquee needs to be bigger and brighter.

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