Seahawks Nearly Give Packers Homefield For Playoffs
When Seattle trailed by two scores in the second half, I told both my buddy Murph and my dad ‘Weird shit always happens in Seattle.’ It’s true. Nothing ever normal actually happens when it comes to the Seahawks in that stadium or in any stadium. I love the tweet from The Ringer’s Kevin Clark about Seattle ‘never playing normal games.’ It would tear me apart if I were a fan. Seattle had a chance to win the game on a fourth and goal which would have gave the Packers the one seed. Sadly, Seattle came up short.
The @49ers stop the Seahawks at the goal line to win the NFC West! #GoNiners pic.twitter.com/nyHKB9Tioc
— NFL (@NFL) December 30, 2019
It was sooooo close. But Seattle deserved to lose that game. They were at the goal line and spiked it versus sneaking it in quickly with 30ish seconds left. Then as everyone tried to regain composure they get a delay of game penalty pushing them to the six-yard line. Yes, there was a controversial PI no-call, but that’s not that reason they lost this game.
Some Packers fans are happy that they’re the two seed. Why? It means New Orleans in the divisional round instead of a matchup with San Francisco, Philadelphia or Minnesota. Most likely, it would have been San Francisco and Packers fans would rather wait until the championship game to cross that bridge. I do understand when thinking about a dome-heavy team like New Orleans coming up to Green Bay in Mid-January. Also, do you remember what happened the last time the Niners were a one seed?
Playoffs are going to be fun. Hope the Packers can somehow host two games in Lambeau. If not, one will be more than enough.
Charlie.