In 2010 the Seahawks won the NFC west with a 7-9 record, it was a rather ugly season to say the least. This gave them the 4 seed in the playoffs though and behind what is arguably the greatest rushing play in league history by Marshawn Lynch they managed to beat the defending champ Saints at home. The next week they played a very "meh" game against a good Chicago Bears team and lost.
Had the Seahawks though, somehow managed to pull off a win in Chicago they would've hosted the 6 seed Packers in the NFC championship game. Let me put it another way, the UNDER .500 Seattle Seahawks would've hosted the NFC title game in front of that home crowd. Lots of what-ifs but I wonder what kind of spread that SB would've had, Pittsburgh was very good that year and was the AFC representative. I'm thinking at least a 15 pt spread.
In 2010 the Seahawks won the NFC west with a 7-9 record, it was a rather ugly season to say the least. This gave them the 4 seed in the playoffs though and behind what is arguably the greatest rushing play in league history by Marshawn Lynch they managed to beat the defending champ Saints at home. The next week they played a very "meh" game against a good Chicago Bears team and lost.
Had the Seahawks though, somehow managed to pull off a win in Chicago they would've hosted the 6 seed Packers in the NFC championship game. Let me put it another way, the UNDER .500 Seattle Seahawks would've hosted the NFC title game in front of that home crowd. Lots of what-ifs but I wonder what kind of spread that SB would've had, Pittsburgh was very good that year and was the AFC representative. I'm thinking at least a 15 pt spread.