Finally, some good news for the Seahawks in a month that so far has brought almost nothing but dread — a loss by the Los Angeles Rams in Minnesota Sunday.
That dropped the Rams to 7-3 and it means that if the Seahawks can beat Atlanta on Monday night, Seattle, which at the moment owns the tiebreaker on Los Angeles due to a win there last month, can again move into first place in the NFC West.
Therein lies the hard part.
The Seahawks will have to beat Atlanta, and every other team remaining on its schedule, without cornerback Richard Sherman and probably without safety Kam Chancellor.