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"The wind wont affect this one... OH and he missed!" - During Sunday Night Football Dallas vs Washington, after they missed a previous kick because of the wind.

How You Like them Now? The Seahawks are Playoffs Bound

With the recent win over the San Francisco 49ers (and what a win it was, embarrassing them on national TV), the Seattle Seahawks have clinched themselves a playoff spot for 2012 season. This is great news for a team that appears to be peaking at the absolute perfect time. They have won their last three games by a combined score of 150-30. The offense, which started the year as a liability, has turned into one of the best in the league. A large part of this turnaround is because the coaching staffing took the restraints off Russell Wilson and he has responded by playing at an elite level. His passing has been accurate and timely and his ability to decide whether to run or throw has been a major advantage for the Seahawks. He is definitely not racking up stats on the back of an All-Pro receiver a la Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson. All this adds up to me really liking the Seahawks chance in the playoffs.

The teams guaranteed a playoff spot are the Falcons, Packers and 49ers. The Cowboys, Redskins, Vikings, Bears and Giants all have a shot at the final two spots. Looking at those teams on the Packers scare me and the Seahawks have already beat them once this year (albeit on in one of the most controversial games in recent history). Playing them in Lambeau will be a difficult no matter what.

The Falcons are probably the least scary #1 seed in recent memory. They have four wins against playoff caliber teams, the Broncos, Redskins, Cowboys and Giants.  Only the Broncos are an actual power house. The Falcons have picked up their 13 wins by beating bad teams. Now it isn’t their fault they have such and easy schedule and they clearly are a good team because they aren’t losing to these jokers, but they just don’t strike fear into opponents.

If recent history is anything to base a judgment on, the Seahawks have little to fear from the 49ers. They just finished demolishing them 42-13. Their previous meeting in October the 49ers won at hard fought game 13-6. In this game Russell Wilson hadn’t been allowed to flourish yet and suffered from several critical dropped passes. Changed a couple of those drops to catches and you have a very different game.

The Seahawks have already beat the Cowboys (for this game a more appropriate verb would be stomped as it was 27-7 and never really close), the Bears and the Vikings (another rout). Only the Redskins and Giants are unknowns. The Redskins are a team that has basically thrived on the stellar play of one guy, Robert Griffin III. The Giants are the defending Super Bowl champs, but haven’t looked that impressive at all this year.

All this basically means I feel very confident going into the playoffs. These Seahawks appear to have vanquished their past demon of playing on the road. As the away team, they beat the Panthers, Bears and Bills this season. The QB of the Seahawks is great (let’s not joke around and pretend he is just good or having a string of luck) and appears to be improving every week. The defense is still stoat, allowing the fewest PPG and fourth fewest YPG. Finally they are peaking at the absolutely best time. They have found a rhythm and are destroying teams in all three phases.