Your Seattle Seahawks are sitting at a solid 5-4 right now, fresh off a dominant 17-3 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. But while we are stacking wins, the real action is happening just above us in the NFC Wild Card race. The Minnesota Vikings, who just two weeks ago were the NFL’s last unbeaten team, are in a freefall after a Monday night double-digit loss to the Buffalo Bills, and it is blowing the doors wide open for our boys.
The NFC Wild Card Just Got REAL for Seattle
This is where it gets spicy for the Emerald City! The Vikings entered Monday night as the No. 2 seed in the NFC, but after that brutal loss to the Bills, they have tumbled all the way down to the third-best team in the NFC North. Think about that, they went from conference contender to looking up at two other NFC North squads. All three of the current NFC wild-card positions are actually held by NFC North franchises: Detroit (6-2), Minnesota (6-2), and Green Bay (6-3). But the Vikings’ playoff spot is in big-time danger, though, if they do not find an answer at quarterback.
Carson Wentz was at the helm, and the offense struggled once again, despite a tremendous defense. Our Seahawks, sitting at 5-4, are lurking in eighth place, with the Los Angeles Rams right behind us at 5-4, as potential replacements for the Vikings in those wild-card slots. The schedule for Minnesota gets brutal in the next two weeks too, with games against Green Bay and San Francisco. There is a decent chance they fall out of the top seven, especially if nothing changes with Wentz under center. Green Bay, on the other hand, has a lot to gain from its Week 10 home clash with the Vikings, as a win could move them within a half-game of the Chicago Bears, who are off next week. The stakes are sky-high, and our Hawks are in prime position to capitalize.
AFC Picture Taking Shape, But Our Eyes Are West
Across the league, the Buffalo Bills (7-1) joined the San Francisco 49ers (7-1) at the top of their respective conferences with their win on Monday night. Buffalo leads the AFC, maintaining its position atop the conference and sitting three games ahead of the New England Patriots in the loss column in the AFC East. They are trending in the right direction to cruise to the divisional crown. The Bills should be 9-1 heading into Kansas City on Thanksgiving after playing the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets in the next two weeks. Their challenging schedule really kicks off on Thanksgiving, and they also face the Denver Broncos on Christmas Day, as well as visiting Denver and Green Bay in consecutive weeks to start December.
Other top teams in the AFC include the Denver Broncos (7-2), Jacksonville Jaguars (6-2), and Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2) leading their divisions, with Kansas City (6-2), Cincinnati Bengals (6-2), and New England (5-4) holding the wild-card spots. The primary focus in the AFC in Week 10 will be the AFC North, where the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals face each other on Sunday night, with the winner taking sole possession of first place.
But let’s be real, 12s, our focus is squarely on the NFC. The path is clear, Emerald City. The Vikings are facing Green Bay and San Francisco in their next two. If they keep struggling with Carson Wentz at QB, our Seahawks are in prime position to jump into a wild-card spot. This season is far from over, and our boys are in the thick of it. Let’s get loud!
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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