MINNEAPOLIS — The way Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman sees it, Seattle’s divisional playoff game at Carolina next week will be getting “back to normality.’’
Sherman meant it mostly in regards to the minus-6 degree weather that greeted the Seahawks for Sunday’s 10-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings in a NFC wild-card playoff game. The early forecast is for a relatively balmy 50 degree next Sunday in Charlotte.
But for the Seahawks, playing the Carolina Panthers has almost become a norm in itself.
Seattle has played Carolina once in the regular season every year but one since 2010 and last year had to beat the Panthers in the same NFC Divisional round on their way to the Super Bowl.