Turns out this season was more like Pete Carroll's first year in town than anything else, which means these Seahawks still have a lot of work to do.
The 49ers have won 10 straight games, won in Seattle less than a month ago and yet I see a pretty clear path of how the Seahawks could win Saturday's game.
A prime-time gift from Detroit put a playoff bow on a season which has showcased why Pete Carroll is a great coach.
Skip Bayless isn't the only person who refuses to see the humanity of the athletes he covers, but he is one of the most prominent and a column from 2001 shows how little the man has changed.
There are people bemoaning Seattle's victory over the Jets because it cost the Seahawks draft position. These are fine and well-meaning people who are -- sadly -- lost and deluded.
This isn't about Steve Sarkisian's drinking problem or recovery, but my own and the truly transformative effect getting sober has had on my life.
I've cooked up a conspiracy theory that explains what happened to the Broncos, and while I concede I'm making this story up, I'm not sure it's any more ridiculous than what has actually transpired.
The Seahawks are very much "mid" as the kids say these days, and that's a very difficult place to be in the NFL because I'm not sure what it is they do well other than kick.
Seattle's route to the playoffs got (slightly) worse with Saturday's loss in Kansas City.
The update on Seattle's current draft position in the first round of the upcoming NFL draft.
No matter how far behind you feel, you're way ahead of me back in 2005 when my gift-giving indecision left me with in a pretty profound predicament late on Christmas Eve.
I've always joked about my willingness to hold grudges, but I wasn't really kidding. Over the past year, though, I've learned about what you can gain by giving up on that resentment.