Let's Be Real...

The Seahawks aren't making the playoffs.

The last chance the Seahawks had vanished when the Cardinals blocked a punt to win in overtime, and that last chance would have been due only to the ineptitude of other NFC West teams. The Seahawks would have had a sliver of a chance only because Arizona would have shown they couldn't get out of their own way. Now, Arizona has a pair of big wins over Buffalo and Dallas. They're a full two games ahead of the second place, 2-4 49ers, whom they also have a win over. Barring and injury-riddled collapse, the Cardinals have this division locked up. I've already posited that the Seahawks have no chance at a wildcard spot, but I'll hammer home the point now:

• The NFC East has three teams with four wins and a fourth team, Dallas, with three wins.
• The NFC North has three teams with three wins.
• The NFC South has three teams with four wins and a fourth team, my preseason dark horse New Orleans, with three wins.

That's ten teams with three or more wins, of which seven will be fighting for two wildcard spots. The NFC is incredibly strong this year. I was shocked when I looked at the divisional standings. Ten teams are at least two games better than the Seahawks. You know what else that means? It means the Seahawks have a horrible record.

Who else is in the one-win club? Cleveland. Houston. Oakland. Kansas City. St. Louis. Seattle.

Right now, the Seahawks have a better shot at a top-10 pick than they do the playoffs. Depressing...