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How the Seahawks finished with the best regular season of all 14 playoff teams

That’s a wrap on the regular season. The NFL Playoffs are set, a bunch of Wild Card teams are better than two division winners, and Aaron Rodgers has bamboozled Baltimore once again. I knew from a few weeks back the Seattle Seahawks had done something impressive in terms of beating current playoff-caliber teams. That curiosity […]

Enemy Reaction 2025: San Francisco 49ers

Oh how sweet it is to win a division title and the number one seed. It’s even sweeter when it happens on the road against a team that’s had the upper hands for years. The Seattle Seahawks are NFC West champions and the top team in the conference after what had to be the most […]

Why Mike Macdonald is the obvious choice for NFL Coach of the Year

On Saturday night, two candidates for the NFL’s Coach of the Year award entered Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with the NFC’s No. 1 seed on the line. The San Francisco 49ers headman, Kyle Shanahan, stood on one sideline after somehow propelling an injury-riddled 49ers team to a 12-4 season. On the other was […]

Pete Carroll out as Las Vegas Raiders coach after 3-win disaster

In very unsurprising news, Pete Carroll’s Las Vegas Raiders head coaching days are over. The former Seattle Seahawks head coach has been “relieved of his duties” following a brutal 3-14 campaign, the second-worst season by win percentage since the Raiders joined the NFL from the AFL. On the plus side, the Raiders have the No. […]

Four Down Territory: How the (NFC) West was won

It was the biggest regular season game in franchise history, and the Seattle Seahawks delivered one of the most impressive defensive statements in franchise history. It was all Seahawks in a 13-3 pummeling that doesn’t accurately show how much Seattle dominated the San Francisco 49ers. After beating big brother number one in the Los Angeles […]

Pre-Snap Reads 1/5: Seahawks head into earned bye as best team in the NFL

In Today’s Links: Coach Macdonald and the teams that scorned him, numbers and notes from the big Seattle Seahawks victory Saturday night over the San Francisco 49ers, Charles Cross signs an extension, statistics from our squad’s tremendous 2025 season, thoughts and analysis pertaining to the ‘Hawks run game, why our team is now the favorite […]

Seahawks give Charles Cross a big contract extension

A day after the Seattle Seahawks secured the NFC’s 1-seed in the playoffs, they lock up their most consistent and battle-tested offensive lineman. The Hawks and star LT, Charles Cross have agreed to a multi-year deal that will keep him in the Pacific Northwest through the 2030 season. Cross was drafted 9th overall in the […]

Seattle Seahawks win NFL scoring defense title

The NFC West wasn’t the only title the Seattle Seahawks locked up this weekend. For the first time in a decade, the Seahawks have won the scoring defense title. That was during a period in which Seattle led the league in fewest points allowed from 2012 through 2015. Heading into the weekend, Seattle and the […]

Seahawks fan discussion: NFL Week 18 Sunday games

Rest easy, Seattle Seahawks fans! The first-round bye is secured after the Seahawks won the NFC West over the San Francisco 49ers, so the final Sunday of the 2025 regular season can be watched in peace. There are still some games to pay attention to for the Seahawks and Seahawks fans, whether for this year […]

Words of Prey, Seahawks-49ers: 1t 1s accompl1shed

The Seattle Seahawks’ season is not over. Yet it is already a success. Seattle hired Mike Macdonald to re-establish the franchise back on its rightful perch atop the NFC West, by way of a full defensive makeover. His job was clear: tame the offenses of football’s two pre-eminent masterminds, out-genius the other two geniuses in […]

Ted’s Talk: Weakened 49ers lucky to not get blown out by Seahawks

Earlier this week I wrote a pregame article about the Seahawks season coming full circle in this Week 18 game between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. That couldn’t have been more true with how this contest turned out, a thoroughly dominant 13-3 road victory riddled with missed opportunities that would’ve saved all Seahawks […]

The Seahawks have ruined football (for their opponents)

Once again, the Seattle Seahawks came into another stadium held the NFL’s number one offense to single-digit points. The San Francisco 49ers got to stay home and prepare for an entire week, with home-field advantage all the way through the Super Bowl on the line. They scored three points. But take heart! You’re not alone […]

Post-Snap Reads 1/4: Seahawks secure huge, NFC West sealing win in Santa Clara

Another undeniably uneven game by the Seattle Seahawks offense coupled with another absolutely dominant performance from the Seattle Seahawks defense delivered a somewhat unsuspected 2025 NFC West title for our favorite team. The ‘Hawks had opportunities to score a bit more than 13 points against the 49ers, and really the game should have been more […]

Seahawks-49ers score: Seattle dominates 49ers to win NFC West, top seed

The Seattle Seahawks (14-3) are NFC West champions for the first time since 2020! While Seattle didn’t put up nearly as many points as it should’ve given the offensive performance, the Seahawks defense stifled a red-hot San Francisco 49ers (12-5) offense. Zach Charbonnet’s 27-yard touchdown was the only TD of the game and it was […]

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Seahawks vs. 49ers, NFC West title game: 2nd half live discussion

The Seattle Seahawks are dominating the San Francisco 49ers through the first 30 minutes, something we’ve rarely said in recent seasons. It’s only 10-3 at the break. The Seahawks wasted an opening drive with a bad Sam Darnold sack on what should’ve been an easy touchdown to Zach Charbonnet, subsequently failing to convert on 4th […]