Saturday the Seattle Seahawks will host the Los Angeles Rams at Lumen Field in the NFC Championship Game in an atmosphere that is likely to be the most electric most fans and players have experienced.
The contest between the two division rivals will not only decide the season series after the team split the two matchups during the regular season, the winner will likely be favored in Super Bowl LX.
With the stakes effectively as high as can be, there is little need for any extra motivation, but that isn’t going to stop the Seahawks from adding fuel to a...
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The Seattle Seahawks’ tradition of raising the 12 Flag high above Lumen Field before home games has become more than a hype-creating event in recent years.
In the post Legion of Boom era, it’s turned into a way of celebrating the team’s past and connecting with the crowd. Look no further than last week’s flag raiser, Doug Baldwin, who brought the same fiery energy he played with, igniting the crazed Seahawks fans across the world before Rashid Shaheed had even given them something to cheer about.
In Seattle’s three previous appearances in the NFC Championship, the team’s late owner, Paul...
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For the fourth time in franchise history, the Seattle Seahawks are playing in the NFC Championship Game.
The last time the Seahawks were on the doorstep of a Super Bowl berth was the 2014 season, amidst the greatest run in franchise history. Seattle was defending its Super Bowl 48 championship from the year prior, once again boasting the league’s No. 1 defense in points allowed. This was the peak of the Legion of Boom era, with Pete Carroll overseeing a terrorizing unit that finished first in the NFC for the second straight year.
A few other notable names from the...
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After cruising past the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round, the Seattle Seahawks are set for their biggest game in more than a decade against the Los Angeles Rams with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.
Much has been, and will continue to be, made about the stars the Seahawks will need to step up to win this game. From the endless conversations about quarterback Sam Darnold’s turnovers and play in big games to how the team will deal with the loss of running back Zach Charbonnet, the national narratives surrounding the game are set...
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In Today’s Links: our Seattle Seahawks have played D better against the Los Angeles Rams than one might recall, how the ‘Hawks can contain Puka Nacua, reasons why pundits are bullish on Sam Darnold, more on Rashid Shaheed and the impact Jay’s Jiants have made on our squad’s success, John Schneider finally gets his flowers (a lot of them), Ernest Jones IV’s and DeMarcus Lawrence’s impact on the Seahawks D, the Matthew Stafford test, the Seahawks Syndicate comes together again to preview Sunday’s NFC Championship game, Cigar Thoughts with Mike-Shawn Dugar, and more! Just a handful of hours til the...
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The Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams are fittingly playing for the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. In a year in which three NFC West teams made the playoffs with 12 wins, it felt inevitable that at least one would make it to Conference Championship weekend, and it’s appropriately the top two teams.
This trilogy figures to be more competitive than the Seahawks’ 41-6 drubbing over the San Francisco 49ers, but I don’t think anyone here would complain if the Seahawks somehow repeated that fear against the Rams, too. There are so many angles and points of analysis for this...
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The Seattle Seahawks are gearing up for their biggest game in a decade with lingering questions surrounding the roster, thanks to a lengthy injury report.
All three of the Seahawks’ left tackles missed practice with lingering injuries for the second day in a row. Seattle’s head coach, Mike Macdonald, did give a favorable projection on starter Charles Cross, saying he’s “optimistic” that he’ll be able to play in the NFC Championship versus the Los Angeles Rams.
Meanwhile, Macdonald said backups Josh Jones and Amari Kight are “day-to-day.” Jones is still out with knee and ankle injuries, which held him out...
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And then, there were four.
With the Divisional Round in the rear view, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already faced off twice this season, with the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams splitting the series in the regular season — both times in thrilling fashion.
*When we look at X-Factors for each team in these games, for the Seahawks, it’s hard to think...
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Maybe it’s overdue, perhaps it’s the perfect time, but it’s finally happened for John Schneider.
The longtime Seattle Seahawks general manager has won his first Executive of the Year award, which is voted on by the Professional Football Writers Association (PFWA). While he never won an award for building the Legion of Boom and an eventual Super Bowl champion, this iteration of Seahawks football under a new power structure has earned him major recognition.
Schneider’s 2025 offseason, his second following the departure of Pete Carroll, was bold and ambitious. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb was fired and replaced by Klint Kubiak,...
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The NFL Honors finalists have been revealed, and there is a significant Seattle Seahawks presence across eight Associated Press awards.
Superstar wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is obviously a finalist for Offensive Player of the Year, although the inclusion of MVP contender Drake Maye could significantly hurt his chances of winning. Perhaps that’s a consolation prize for Maye should he not win MVP over Matthew Stafford, as it’s not been common lately to win MVP and OPOY. Puka Nacua, Christian McCaffrey, and Bijan Robinson are the other finalists.
Head coach Mike Macdonald is a finalist for Coach of the Year, joining...
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The Seahawks arrive at the NFC Championship riding their most complete performance of the season. The Divisional Round tape against the San Francisco 49ers showed a defense capable of controlling games through structure, discipline, and communication, paired with an offense that dictated terms early and finished drives. But there is an important and uncomfortable reminder attached to this matchup.
The only moment all season where the Seahawks defense was “dominated” on tape came against the Rams second matchup. Early in that game, Los Angeles displaced Seattle’s front, consistently won at the point of attack with their 13 Personnel, stressed second-level...
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This is the first time in 11 years that the Seattle Seahawks are playing (and hosting) the NFC Championship Game. When looking at the age of many players on the roster, 11 years is roughly half of their lives. Take Nick Emmanwori for example, who is only 21 years old. This means that the last time the Seahawks hosted the NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers, Emmanwori was just about to turn 1years old and was not even in middle school. Safe to say, it has been awhile since the Seahawks have been in position to make the...
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