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The Seattle Seahawks did not directly make NFL history in Week 14, but it’s what they did in Week 13 that has created a league rarity.
Seattle hammered the Minnesota Vikings 26-0 last Sunday, making poor Max Brosmer a meme after his disastrous first career NFL start. It was the Seahawks’ first shutout since 2015, and the first Vikings shutout loss since 2007.
The Vikings got J.J. McCarthy back for Week 14 against the Washington Commanders, and after a stretch of bad play by Sam Darnold’s successor, he threw for three touchdowns and the Commanders were blown out 31-0 in Jayden Daniels’ short-lived return. Minnesota’s slim playoff hopes are still alive, and Vikings fans don’t have to abandon the McCarthy bandwagon yet.
Why is the Vikings win relevant to the Seahawks and the NFL? Because it’s the first time since 1992 that a team won via shutout after getting shutout the previous week. The Denver Broncos lost 30-0 at the Philadelphia Eagles, then took down the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland by a 12-0 score the ensuing week.
Those Broncos, incidentally, were one of two teams the Seattle Seahawks beat in an otherwise all-time miserable season of offensive ineptitude.
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