Well folks, history has been made. For the first time, a team with a losing record has WON their division and will be preparing for the postseason. Yes, the postseason. The Seattle Seahawks (7-9) will host New Orleans and play the defending Super Bowl champs at home. A losing team hosting a playoff game...hmmm.
Anybody else see a problem with this? I mean, come on now, the Seahawks?! A team that went 7-9 is playing past week 17! And to think, teams like San Diego, who by the way had the league's number one offense AND number one defense, will be watching from their couches. The Giants and Bucs had 10-win seasons, both playing in divisions that put the NFC West to shame this year. Where are they today? Cleaning out lockers and conducing exit meetings.
Rules are rules I guess, according to Pete Carroll's words of wisdom in his post-game conference Sunday night. Seattle won its division with a sub-.500 record (the Rams also finished 7-9, but had a worse in-division record). The rules state that the winner of each division gets to go to the playoffs. I just find it mind numbing to think that teams like the Giants (10-6), Bucs (10-6), Chargers (9-7), and yes even the Raiders and Jags (both 8-8) are missing out.
Now I'm not sure if things should change or not. It seems fitting that by being the "best" team in your division should get you a ticket to the postseason, but when the best you can offer is a losing effort, that's where I have to question the system. It's like when your odd cousin comes to visit over summer break and you HAVE to pick him for your team for the simple reason that he's family (and your mom told you to). Well, welcome to the playoffs Cousin Seahawks. You're only here because you are a defaulted winner of the worst division in football and Mama Goodell said you could play.
Good luck facing the Saints on Saturday. Not saying it isn't possible to pull off a win, I mean come on right...you DID just come out on top of your division as being the best of the worst right?
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