The Seattle Seahawks' season has come to an end as they were officially eliminated from playoff contention after a series of losses and unfavorable results. The Los Angeles Rams, who started the season with a struggling record, clinched the NFC West title.
The Seattle Seahawks ’ nightmarish three weeks of losses and unfavorable results elsewhere has led to the end of their division title and playoff hopes. Absent a Los Angeles Rams loss to the Arizona Cardinals (spoiler: it didn’t happen), the next best thing for the Seahawks was to avoid having any four of the following six teams winning their respective Week 17 games: Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, Washington Commanders, and San Francisco 49ers.
Well, we didn’t even make it to the 49ers game on Monday. The Bengals won in overtime over the Denver Broncos on Saturday, the Bills blew out the New York Jets on Sunday, the Vikings held off the Green Bay Packers, and while the Browns lost to the Miami Dolphins, the Commanders (led by former Seahawks Super Bowl champion defensive coordinator Dan Quinn) rallied to beat the Atlanta Falcons in an overtime thriller. The Seattle Seahawks’ path to a strength of victory tiebreaker is out of the question. They are officially eliminated from postseason contention, and the Los Angeles Rams are NFC West champions after starting 1-4 with a slew of injuries on the offensive line and at wide receiver. This was what the NFC West standings looked like after Week 14: And this is what it looks like now: There were few paths where the Seahawks could’ve put themselves from sole possession of first place in mid-December to completely out of the playoff hunt before Week 18, but they found it. Yes, the Rams had some good fortune by winning seemingly every close game they had to win over the last five weeks, but they won them. The Seahawks had one close game they had to win against the Minnesota Vikings and lost it. Almost every other result related to Seattle’s playoff hopes also went against the Seahawks. It happen
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