The decision here is that it is no longer too early to start wondering where the Seahawks would be in the playoffs — or if they would be — if the season ended today.
And though there are now just seven weeks left, the playoff picture remains muddled — there are nine teams within two games of each other in the NFC.
The good news for the Seahawks is that if the season did end today they would be in the playoffs as the No. 6 seed.
That’s an improvement from last week when Seattle would have been out of the hunt (the Seahawks passed Dallas this week by beating Arizona while the Cowboys were losing at Atlanta).