Seahawks earn NFC’s final playoff spot thanks to Packers’ loss

A sleepless night in Seattle is ending with a celebration.

The Seattle Seahawks have clinched the NFC’s final playoff spot thanks to their Week 18 win over the Los Angeles Rams, along with the Green Bay Packers’ 20-16 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday night.

The seventh-seeded Seahawks (9-8) will play the second-seeded San Francisco 49ers (13-4) on Super Wild Card Weekend.

Following a 19-16 overtime win against the Rams during the late window, the Seahawks had to wait and watch to find out their playoff fates, as a Lions win would put them in the postseason and a Packers loss would send them home for the offseason.

Fortune smiled on the Seahawks, who are back in the postseason dance after a one-season hiatus, having rebounded from a last-place NFC West showing in 2021 to take second in the division.

With Geno Smith at quarterback for Seattle, this will mark the first postseason for the club without Russell Wilson on the roster since Matt Hasselbeck quarterbacked the 2010 squad to the playoffs in Pete Carroll’s first year at the helm. Wilson’s departure via trade this past offseason had most predicting it would be a rebuilding year for the Seahawks, but Carroll has guided his squad back to the postseason.

Having soared to a 6-3 start, Seattle found the stretch run to be a rough go, but was able to collect wins over the New York Jets and Rams to stay alive. Now they’ll have to pen some thank you cards for the Lions before heading out to face the Niners.

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