The World Cup’s been fun, but I’m counting down the days (58) until Week 1, when the Patriots visit the $9.6 billion-dollar Seahawks.Inside: Meet the Seahawks’ new owners after a record-setting sale, plus one breakout player for every team … and why Jacksonville might quietly field a top-five offense. Let’s go.This article is from The Athletic’s NFL newsletter. Sign up here to receive it directly in your inbox. It’s free to subscribe. Seattle Seahawks: Smart time to sellOn Saturday, the Paul Allen Estate announced an agreement to sell the Super Bowl champs for $9.6 billion.The announcement comes nearly three decades after the late Allen, who made his money with Microsoft, purchased the franchise in 1997. Allen paid $194 million and kept the team in Seattle, and his estate was rewarded with an enormous return, as the Seahawks essentially grew in value by 13.1 percent each year since.The price tag definitely suggests you’ll need to overpay, whenever you get around to making your NFL franchise purchase. Maybe we could all pool together?Every year, Forbes assigns a value to each of the 32 teams, based on things like stadium deals and branding. In the latest valuation, conducted a couple months before the Super Bowl, the Seahawks ranked 14th, valued at $6.7 billion:The Seahawks sold for nearly $3 billion over that price, a 43 percent premium above the valuation. There are only 32 teams, after all, and they rarely come up for sale. This is just the third time since 2022 that a controlling interest in an NFL team was sold, with a notable jump in price: