Eric D. Williams took over the Seahawks beat and Seahawks Insider blog in December. Williams has covered the Seahawks, Sonics and high school sports for The News Tribune since joining the paper in 2006. Eric lives in Tacoma with his wife and two children.
Tacoma News Tribune columnist Dave Boling also contributes to the Seahawks Insider blog.
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My wife was pretty happy to pick a Redskins game correctly for once, but our 9-7 records in the picks were fitting given how this season went. She was right on the Patriots beating the Titans. I was right on the Eagles beating the Falcons (not sure what she was thinking there, but hey, she married me, so it's not her first regret).
The game that surprised me the most: Lions over Cowboys. Let's just say it's looking like the Seahawks should be OK in this wild-card game. Qwest Field will help the defense a great deal. On offense, Seattle had to like what it saw from Matt Hasselbeck on Sunday. If he plays like that, the Seahawks have as good a chance as most teams in the NFC.
The Giants-Eagles game will be interesting given that these are division rivals. You can't just assume the Eagles will win, even though they've played much better in the second half of the season. The Bears could lose to anyone with Rex Grossman throwing to the other team. Who knows how the Saints will respond to their first playoff appearance with this group of players? And then you have the Cowboys, a dysfunctional team with problems on defense and at quarterback, the most important position. It's wide open, really.
Note: We started picking on the blog in about Week 3, as I recall. That explains why we don't have a full season's worth of picks.
COMMENTS:
Tough Odds
Since the Wild-Card System began in 1970, only eight wild-card teams have advanced all the way to the Super Bowl. Of those, only four won the Super Bowl.
In 1969, the AFL implemented a playoff format that had the top two teams in each division qualifying for the post-season. The Kansas City Chiefs, who did not win the AFL Western Division title, accomplished the tough feat of advancing through the AFL playoffs before defeating the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
1975 Dallas Cowboys (10-4-0, 2nd Place, NFC Eastern Division)
Divisional Playoff – at Minnesota Viking – (W) – 17-14
NFC Championship – at Los Angeles Rams – (W) – 37-7
Super Bowl X – vs. Pittsburgh Steelers – (L) – 21-17
1980 Oakland Raiders ( 11-5-0, 2nd Place, AFC Western Division)
Wild-Card Playoff – vs. Houston Oilers – (W) – 27-7
Divisional Playoff – at Cleveland Browns – (W) – 14-12
AFC Championship – at San Diego Chargers – (W) – 34-27
Super Bowl XV – vs. Philadelphia Eagles – (W) – 27-10
1985 New England Patriots (11-5-0, 3rd Place, AFC Eastern Division)
Wild-Card Playoff – at New York Jets – (W) – 26-14
Divisional Playoff – at Los Angeles Raiders – (W) – 27-20
AFC Championship – at Miami Dolphins – (W) – 31-14
Super Bowl XX – vs. Chicago Bears – (L) – 46-10
1992 Buffalo Bills (11-5-0, 2nd Place, AFC Eastern Division)
Wild-Card Playoff – vs. Houston Oilers – (W) – 41-38 (OT)
Divisional Playoff – at Pittsburgh Steelers – (W) – 24-3
AFC Championship – at Miami Dolphins – (W) – 29-10
Super Bowl XXVII – vs. Dallas Cowboys – (L) – 52-17
1997 Denver Broncos (12-4-0, 2nd Place, AFC Western Division)
Wild-Card Playoff – vs. Jacksonville Jaguars – (W) – 42-17
Divisional Playoff – at Kansas City Chiefs – (W) – 14-10
AFC Championship – at Pittsburgh Steelers – (W) – 24-21
Super Bowl XXXII – vs. Green Bay Packers – (W) – 31-24
1999 Tennessee Titans (13-3-0, 2nd Place, AFC Central Division)
Wild-Card Playoff – vs. Buffalo Bills – (W) – 22-16
Divisional Playoff – at Indianapolis Colts – (W) – 19-16
AFC Championship – at Jacksonville Jaguars – (W) – 33-14
Super Bowl XXXIV – vs. St. Louis Rams – (L) – 23-16
2000 Baltimore Ravens (12-4-0, 2nd Place, AFC Central Division)
Wild-Card Playoff – vs. Denver Broncos – (W) – 21-3
Divisional Playoff – at Tennessee Titans – (W) – 24-10
AFC Championship – at Oakland Raiders – (W) – 16-3
Super Bowl XXXV – vs. New York Giants – (W) – 34-7
2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5-0, 2nd Place, AFC North Division)
Wild-Card Playoff - at Cincinnati Bengals - (W) 31-17
Divisional Playoff - at Indianapolis Colts - (W) 21-18
AFC Championship - at Denver Broncos - (W) 34-17
Super Bowl XL - vs. Seattle Seahawks - (w) 21-10
I think Thursday Holmgren should play , for the team , the forth quarter through post game of the Boise State / Oklahoma game . Talk about awe inspiring on never give up against all odds . It had all the cliff hangers of a blockbuster movie from underdog , do not belong status through winning with gadget plays and the marriage proposition from one of the star players to the head cheerleader .
Brought back memories of " The Replacements " with Keanu Reeves . The QB throws the INT ( rather than Keanu coming in in 4th ) with 1:26 left in the forth to give Sooners the lead yet pull it together to come back and win it .
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wil
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