RENTON, Wash. — In a locker room populated by the “Legion of Boom” and “Beast Mode” and even a “Fat Rabbit,” the most dominant unit on the most dominant team in the N.F.C. lacks a catchy nickname of its own. For this, Jeremy Lane, an integral member of that squad, apologizes.

“We tried,” Lane said, “but they were all dumb.”

Until inspiration strikes, Lane and his selected Seahawks teammates will settle for being identified as — wait for it — the punt team. All lowercase, thanks. Theirs is a group that covered punts, forced fair catches, downed kicks and minimized return yardage with such proficiency that Seattle came within 27 minutes of setting an N.F.L. standard for stinginess.

The Seahawks allowed 82 return yards. All season.

Some context: Two returners doubled that total in a single game. More context: In all, 12 exceeded it, and three of them — Tavon Austin of St. Louis, Keshawn Martin of Houston and Marcus Sherels of Minnesota — also faced Seattle. Sucked into the Seahawks’ vortex, those three combined for 8 yards.

“This is all kind of new for us,” punter Jon Ryan said. “The punt team doesn’t get a whole lot of attention, believe it or not.”