Seahawks vs Panthers: 5 takeaways from a dominant win
By Keith Myers
Playoffs?
Tonight’s win pushed the Seahawks’ record to 8-3-1. It guarantees that they’ll finish over .500 for the 5th season in a row.
Seahawks will finish today 3 games up in the NFC West with 4 games to play. can clinch the division next week.
— Keith Myers (@MyersNFL) December 5, 2016
A Seattle win next week, coupled with a loss or tie by Arizona, and Seattle would clinch their ticket the postseason. Even if the Seahawks don’t get the help they need from Miami next week, they will still clinch the NFC the week after as long as the Seahawks keep winning.
More importantly though is that the Seahawks kept pace for playoff seeding. Detroit also won, so Seattle’s win was necessary to stop the Lions for passing them for a 1st round bye.
Kansas City topped the Falcons this morning, dropping them to 7-5. They are now a game and a half behind Seattle for No. 2 seed in the NFC. It seems unlikely they’ll be able to challenge for that all-important No. 2 seed.
On the other side of things, Dallas also won. At 11-1, they’re two and a half games up on Seattle in the race for home field advantage. The Seahawks aren’t likely to catch them, and should focus on he No. 2 seed and getting that 1st round bye.