Seahawks: It Just Feels Like It's the End of the World

by user Andersed

Christmas Eve is a time of joyous anticipation, not nervous hand-wringing. Unless you're a Seattle Seahawks fan. Last year the Hawks played the Colts on Christmas Eve in a grand party that capped off an undefeated home season. Players ran around the field slapping hands with fans afterward. The team clinched homefield throughout the NFC playoffs. Mike Holmgren caved to chants of "Shaun, Shaun, Shaun" by putting Alexander in to tie the single-season record for TDs.

But this December 24th, the man who took Alexander's record and his AFC-leading comrades will come to town. They will take on a Seahawks team playing like the decade of 7-9, 8-8, and 9-7 teams that preceded last season's breakthrough run to the Super Bowl. After two losses to the 49ers and a loss to the Cardinals, fans are panicking. My least favorite Seattle Times columnist wrote that their is "no hope" for the Seahawks. My dad told me that the game was terrible. The day later, 1 million Seattle residents lost power. Symbolic?

Actually, the Seahawks aren't in such dire straits. They are two games ahead of the woeful 49ers franchise with two games to play. But of course the Niners (the Niners!) hold the tiebreaker. The Hawks still have the reigning MVP, the best homefield advantage in the league, and the distinct advantage of playing in the NFC. Any chance of a first-round bye is gone.

The Seahawks have survived the Madden Curse, seem to have survived the Super Bowl losers' curse, and have put themselves in the running. Even though it's what fans wanted, we can't be displeased with the season. The best it yet to come, right?