The Seattle Seahawks have enjoyed a level of consistent winning never before seen in franchise history. Seattle’s only clearly subpar season under Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson was missing the playoffs at 9-7 in the 2017 season, and that disappointment prompted major changes within the coaching staff and a mini-rebuild of sorts that produced three subsequent seasons of at least 10 wins.
But if the early years of Carroll and Wilson produced two Super Bowl appearances and a Super Bowl title, what the Seahawks have lacked since 2015 is a deep postseason run. Their three playoff wins over the past six seasons have come against fairly mediocre opposition, and they have scarcely played with a lead in any of their Divisional Round matchups.