The Seattle Seahawks finished the 2020 season 12-4 and champions of the NFC West. Important to coach Pete Carroll, they closed well, winning the final four games and six of the last seven.
Seattle’s strong finish came on the back of a near-miraculous defensive turnaround. The defense that seemed destined to set all-time horrible NFL records finished 23rd in the league in yards allowed.
For clarity, in mid-October the media noticed that the Seahawks were on pace to give up 7,500 yards and be the worst in NFL history by a bunch. Two months later, they lowered the average yards per game by a hundred.