How Seattle can contain the vaunted Atlanta offense

If the first round of the NFL playoffs was something of a letdown, this week promises far more, and one of the most intriguing matchups of the weekend is the Seattle Seahawks traveling to take on the Atlanta Falcons.

Like seemingly every game this postseason, the two sides have already met in the regular season, with the Seahawks scraping a 26-24 win at home, but in a game that firmly declared the Falcons for real this season, and not simply a product of a weak NFC South over the first few weeks.

To go into Seattle and not just run the Seahawks close, but actually require some controversial officiating late in the game to prevent them coming back to win the game, made the point that this…