You may think I’m a bit crazy for talking about the Seattle Seahawks getting a first-round bye in the 2018 NFL season, especially when consensus opinion is that Seattle may very well miss the playoffs again outright. We are going to shove that talk aside just for a moment, and focus on the potential best case scenario of the Seahawks returning to playoff form this year.
Seattle has been to two Super Bowls under Pete Carroll, and not coincidentally, they were the #1 seed both times. Add in the 2005 season and the Seahawks have a 100% success rate of winning the NFC when they have a first-round bye.