Thanksgiving has come and gone, and for the next six weeks we will be surrounded by holiday spirit, cheer and more Christmas songs than most people prefer to hear. And the Seattle Seahawks are right in the middle of a fantastically close playoff race in the NFC. As I noted Tuesday, all three of the Thanksgiving Day games had playoff implications in the NFC, and for the most part things went well for the Seahawks.
In the opening game of the day the Detroit Lions had the ball late with a chance to take the lead on the Chicago Bears, but a pick-6 on a pass to the left flat all but ended the game.