The Seahawks Are Headed To The Playoffs, Will Face 49ers In Wild ...

This is the Seahawks' 10th playoff berth in 13 seasons under Pete Carroll and John Schneider, and comes after an offseason of transition with the future looking bright. The Seahawks are not only playoff bound, but they also head into the offseason holding the No. 5 overall pick thanks to the trade that sent Russell Wilson to the Broncos, as well as their own first-round pick, and a pair of second-rounders.

"We're going to take the culture that we have created on this team with us," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said after the game and before Seattle knew its playoff fate. "I mean, I've been around a bunch of teams, and this is exactly the mentality that we need moving forward to do some great stuff. This is a championship team, and so we'll get opportunities to add to it and all of that, but the heart, togetherness, the willingness to work. We make our own attitude. We create our own attitude. Attitude is everything. Well, we got that. So we just need to get a little more experienced and help ourselves grow, as naturally will happen, and be a better executing team in all situations. You know, we're in a pretty good place right now."

The Seahawks win and the Lions loss allowed them to go from last place in the division in 2021 to the playoffs, and while few outside the organization expected a team that went 7-10 a year ago to make the postseason after trading Wilson and releasing Bobby Wagner, the belief inside the building never wavered.