NFC Playoff Preview Seahawks at Vikings

Seattle, however, routed the 13-3 Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and won six of its last seven.

The only way the Seahawks and Cardinals meet again would be in the NFC championship game.

Before everything got underway for Week 17 of National Football League action, we updated you on the various scenarios that could happen to the Minnesota Vikings as far as where they’d be seeded in the NFC playoff field. Seattle took a game that meant little to nothing for the season and turned it into one of the biggest statement games of the season with a completely dominant win on offense, defense and special teams against the number one offense in the NFL. “I think he’ll continue to get better”, Carroll told “Brock and Salk” on Monday. But you wouldn’t say the Hawks were embarrassed or dominated. “Probably not as much since they pounded us like they did”.

Wilson and Doug Baldwin were the hottest QB-WR tandem in the league over the second half of the season.

Jan 3, 2016; Glendale, AZ, USA; Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll looks on during the first half against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. The team is no longer invincible and the Seahawks especially could have an edge if the two were to face each other again. Rather, the team is chalking it up to being unprepared mentally to play that game. It was only a 15 yard pass from Carson Palmer to Larry Fitzgerald, but it was Fitzgerald’s 104th reception of the season which marked a career high.

Some fans think the Vikings would have been better off losing tonight’s game in order to force a rematch with the Packers at Lambeau Field next week. But Lockett was just getting started as were the Seahawks.

“The Vikings played their way into a home game and a better seeding, but that might be something they regret, considering the reward is a matchup against the team that throttled them 38-7 in December at home”. Visitors went 118-138 this season, and the wild cards were a collective 19-13 away from home. Chandler Catanzaro missed the extra point for the 5th time this season making it a 10-6 game.

Lockett also captured the Seattle record for most all-purpose yards for a rookie (1,913) – also by halftime.

Tukuafu’s touchdown was his first reception of the season.

Wilson broke Seattle’s single-season records for yards passing (4,024) and touchdowns (34). Since then they are 8-2, capped by a 36-6 blowout of the second-seeded Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Instead it was Arizona nailed for 15 yards for facemasking. Bring some guys back down to earth and get back to work. Defensive backs Patrick Peterson and Rashad Johnson, each of whom have been nursing tender ankles, joined Palmer on the sideline. Wilson hit Jermaine Kearse in the end zone 3 plays later. “That’s why people love this sport, because people play through pain and do what they do”. Palmer completed only 12 of 25 passes for 129 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Meanwhile, Russell Wilson continued his torrid pace, with 21 completions in 27 attempts for 274 yards and three touchdowns.

Drew Stanton took over for Palmer and quickly threw an interception to Earl Thomas, his 5th pick of the year.

To do that, Seattle will likely have to go through Carolina and… The Seahawks are 3-3 all-time in Minnesota, including 3-2 in Minneapolis.