The Seahawks' Christmas gift: A legitimate shot at the Super Bowl

With Sunday night's bludgeoning of the 49ers, the Seahawks have a new lease on life and the rest of the league suddenly has a reason to fear them.
Crosscut archive image.
With Sunday night's bludgeoning of the 49ers, the Seahawks have a new lease on life and the rest of the league suddenly has a reason to fear them.

The two words unspoken in Seattle for the last seven years — since the infamy in Detroit — may now be used with reckless abandon.

Super Bowl.

Not saying the Seahawks will make it. It's just that there does not appear to be a better team in the NFC.

Besides, it's Christmas, when dreams are the theme and Seattle's sugar plum fairies just danced on the heads of the San Francisco 49ers.Crosscut archive image.

Please support independent local news for all.

We rely on donations from readers like you to sustain Crosscut's in-depth reporting on issues critical to the PNW.

Donate

About the Authors & Contributors