The Seahawks might still make the playoffs even if they lose these next 3 games just because of how awful the rest of the NFC is. Vikings offense was heavily elevated by Cousins playing out of his mind, Rams still have to play the Niners and 2 AFC North teams, and the NFC South is the NFC South.

There is a non-zero chance the NFC sends 3 losing teams into the playoffs. Meanwhile, multiple 10 win teams will miss out in the AFC.

If they’ve got the division or even 1-seed locked up they may rest their starters

If we go undefeated over these next 5 games and the Chiefs lose two more games (IDK how, but it’d be funny), that matchup with the Ravens could be for the 1st Seed in the AFC.

Peppers and Gates are locks, and this feels like the year for Willis to finally get in. After those 3, I think they’ll be discussions about a lot of Wide Receivers right on the bubble.

I never want to see the Browns succeed until Haslam is gone. I’m fine with the Bengals or Ravens winning, but the Browns org should not be rewarded.

I kinda want to see Jaguars vs either the Cowboys or Lions:

• Jaguars vs Lions would be the last time we’d ever see a Super Bowl between two 1st timers (lions are the only NFC team who hasn’t made a Super Bowl).
• Jaguars vs Cowboys is purely to see a coach finally win a ring with 2 separate teams. Pederson won with the Eagles; McCarthy won with the Packers. Someone would be punching their Hall of Fame ticket with that on their resume.

Jags vs Lions would not only be between 2 teams that never won, but it’d also be between two teams that had never even gotten there before. The Lions are the only NFC team that has yet to play in a Super Bowl, and the Jaguars are one of 3 AFC teams that haven’t.