Seahawks Playoff Edge: How to Win Now

This would make head coach Mike Macdonald’s team automatically the top team in the National Football Conference (NFC) and seed #1 in the playoffs. The advantages of this: rest in the wild card round and only home games until Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara on February 8th.

The four rounds until a team hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy are:

• Wild-Card Round
• Divisional Round (the Seahawks would then enter here)
• NFC Championship Game
• Super Bowl LX

Four wins from four games that are still open is sporty – but the knowledge that you can completely control your own fate should provide a feeling of calm in Seattle.

But even without absolute certainty, things are looking good: after matchday 14, Seattle has a playoff probability of around 99 percent. However, the Seahawks cannot yet fully secure their participation on matchday 15. For the Seahawks to miss the knockout round, a lot would have to go wrong – that’s almost impossible.

However, it is entirely possible that they will lose at least one or two of their remaining games despite their current top condition. But it wouldn’t be the end of the world, because in addition to the #1 seed, six other playoff tickets will be awarded in the NFC:

• Seed #1: Best of the four division winners based on record
• Seed #2: Second best of the four division winners based on record
• Seed #3: Third best of the four division winners based on record
• Seed #4: Fourth best of the four division winners based on record
• Seed #5: Best team based on record that has not won its division (Wild Card 1)
• Seed #6: Second best team according to record that did not win its division (Wild Card 2)
• Seed #7: Third-best team based on record that did not win its division (Wild Card 3)

As of today, the Seahawks have a record of ten wins and three defeats, just like the Los Angeles Rams. The San Francisco 49ers, also on course for the playoffs, have one less win and one more loss.