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Seattle Seahawks’ reign as NFC West champs is over as Arizona Cardinals clinch division

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Seattle’s two-year reign as NFC West champs is over thanks to Arizona’s 40-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night.

Arizona is now 12-2 and has a three-game lead on the 9-5 Seahawks with two games remaining.

Seattle won the NFC West in 2013 and 2014, drawing a first-round bye and homefield advantage.

But the Seahawks will now be relegated to having to open the playoffs on the road as a Wild Card team as either the No. 5 or the No. 6 seed in the NFC.

Seattle currently holds the No. 5 seed, The Seahawks are tied at 9-5 with Minnesota but has the tiebreaker on the Vikings thanks to a win at Minnesota two weeks ago.