The Seattle Seahawks are looking not just to return to the playoffs, but also get the No. 1 seed in the NFC. While the Seahawks have to do their part by continuing to win in a highly competitive conference, any outside help is greatly appreciate. This is why we\u2019re giving you what is otherwise a fairly simple rooting guide for this weekend\u2019s games.<\/p>\n
NFC playoff picture as of Cowboys-Lions, Week 14<\/p>\n
2.) Los Angeles Rams: 9-3<\/p>\n
3.) Philadelphia Eagles: 8-4<\/p>\n
4.) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 7-5<\/p>\n
5.) Seattle Seahawks: 9-3<\/p>\n
6.) Green Bay Packers: 8-3-1<\/p>\n
7.) San Francisco 49ers: 9-4<\/p>\n
9.) Carolina Panthers: 7-6<\/p>\n
10.) Dallas Cowboys: 6-6-1<\/p>\n
11.) Atlanta Falcons: 4-8<\/p>\n
12.) Minnesota Vikings: 4-8<\/p>\n
Which teams should Seattle Seahawks root for in Week 14?<\/p>\n
Green Bay Packers over Chicago Bears<\/p>\n
This is the featured late game on FOX after the Seahawks play the Falcons. A Green Bay win would bump the Bears out of the No. 1 seed and actually out of the division lead behind their hated rivals. Seattle cannot win out and win the No. 1 seed; they need a Chicago loss to clear the path for that coveted top spot. The Packers are at home and will be favored to win.<\/p>\n
Arizona Cardinals over Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n
This is probably not happening. The already eliminated Arizona Cardinals won\u2019t have Marvin Harrison Jr and a host of other regular contributors due to injury. The Rams might have stumbled against the Carolina Panthers but the Cardinals have absolutely cratered in their last two divisional games.<\/p>\n
A surprise Cardinals win would, of course, open the door for the Seahawks to take full possession of first place in the NFC West with a win over Atlanta. If Seattle somehow loses, then a Cardinals win would be like a lifeline thrown after jumping into the deep end of the pool.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Chargers over Philadelphia Eagles (Monday)<\/p>\n
Having another loss in the column for the Eagles increases the chance of the Seahawks having at least a top two seed by winning the NFC West. Philadelphia is 8-4 and a game behind Seattle in terms of win-loss, but the Eagles play in the weak NFC East and the Seahawks are in a division in which two other teams also have nine wins.<\/p>\n
Go Packers, go Cards, and go Chargers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks are looking not just to return to the playoffs, but also get the No. 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[138059,160188,99],"class_list":["post-334871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-seattle-seahawks-playoff-picture","tag-seattle-seahawks-scores-and-results","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}