The Seattle Seahawks turned in a dud at home, losing 27-13 to the Arizona Cardinals and seriously damaging their hopes of getting the #1 seed in the NFC. As you all know, the #1 seed means the only “away” game you’re playing the rest of the postseason is a neutral-site Super Bowl, so teams in contention push hard to get home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Here’s the problem for the Seahawks: They don’t really have a home field advantage anymore.
From 2012-2016, the Seahawks were 39-6 (playoffs included) at CenturyLink Field, best in the entire damn NFL and six games better than the second-best team in the NFC (Green Bay Packers).