ITPV » The Seattle Seahawks improved to 7-2 on Sunday

Alex McGough Color Rush Jersey , one of the best starts in franchise history. One team standing ahead of them and a first round bye though is the 8-0 San Francisco 49ers, Seattle’s opponent next Monday in San Francisco. If the Seahawks lose that game, it’ll be near impossible for them to win the NFC West. Win, loss, or tie though, Seattle is well in contention for a wild card spot with seven games left on the schedule.Especially given a couple of other key results in Week 9.The Minnesota Vikings led 23-20 in the fourth quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs but ended up losing 26-23. That loss dropped the Vikings to 6-3.The Green Bay Packers never got anything going against the LA Chargers and lost 26-11, falling to 7-2.The 7-1 New Orleans Saints are on a bye week and they host the 1-7 Atlanta Falcons next Sunday.All told that makes the current NFC Playoff Standings as such:1 49ers, 8-02 Saints, 7-13 Packers, 7-24 Cowboys, 4-35 Seahawks, 7-26 Vikings, 6-3There are plenty of other teams in the mix Byron Maxwell Color Rush Jersey , including the 5-3 LA Rams, 5-3 Carolina Panthers, and 5-4 Philadelphia Eagles. Seattle has two games remaining against the 49ers, a game against the Rams, a game against the Vikings, a game against the Panthers, and a game against the Eagles. So when we say that the Seahawks control the destiny of the NFC playoffs, we mean it. The Seattle Seahawks finished the 2018 NFL regular season with a mark of 10-6 and a wild card berth, with a playoff game at the Dallas Cowboys coming up this Saturday night.As promised, I’ve given Arizona Cardinals fans a break from Enemy Reaction because, well, they aren’t a large fanbase and a 3-13 year tends to make doing these screenshots a little bit difficult. Hell, some of them might have been rooting for a Seahawks win just to get that #1 pick confirmed. In lieu of Enemy Reaction: Arizona Cardinals Sebastian Janikowski Color Rush Jersey , I’ve got something better in mind for you this week. Was it reasonable prior to the start of the season to predict the Seahawks would miss the playoffs? I’d think so. I had them at 8-8 before Week 1, which would’ve only put them a game out of a wild card spot this year. For the “experts” who predicted doom and gloom and a bad season for Seattle, and then stuck with it even through the slow start to the regular season? I’ve kept those receipts, the disrespect has been well noted, and we’re here to have fun with them to get 2019 started. Come along for the ride!(Thanks to Kenneth Arthur for compiling several of these links)Preseason TakesNate Davis, USA TODAYJonathan Jones, Sports IllustratedPete Prisco, CBS Sports (who has since finally admitted Russell Wilson is great)Michael Wilbon, ESPN: “They’re going to wind up being a 4-12 team”Cian Fahey, Interceptable Podcast hostBenjamin Allbright, NFL InsiderAlthon SportsAdam Rank, NFL.com Nicholas McGee, Sporting NewsBob Rose Dontae Johnson Color Rush Jersey , Canal Street Chronicles (picked Seattle to finish last in the NFC West)Chase Hammes, Steel City UndergroundNFL Network “expert” predictions in mid-AugustRobert Klemko, Sports Illustrated (yes, he wrote that article, and deleted the tweet below)Bonus In-Season Takes!Shannon Sharpe, Fox Sports (after Bears loss): “There’s no way they’re winning eight games”Mark Maske, Washington Post (after Bears loss): The glory says seem so long agoHeath Cummings, CBS Sports (after second Rams loss)Cian Fahey (after Seahawks beat Vikings) Cian Fahey... whatever the hell this is, literally January 1st, 2019...and last and also least.Mookie Alexander, Field Gulls editor (during first Arizona Cardinals game)And that concludes this special edition of Enemy Reaction! I hope that I’ve got at least one more regular edition to churn out before the season ends, which would mean reveling in the misery of Dallas Cowboys fans.Thanks for reading and go ‘Hawks!