Seahawks Seal Postseason Position For 9th Time in 11 Years

The Seattle Seahawks are accustomed to making the playoffs under head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider.

The Seahawks ensured their ninth postseason qualification in 11 years with Sunday’s 20-15 win over the Washington Football Team.

All of Carroll and the Seahawks experience and know how was evident in the victory which sealed their playoff spot with games still to play.

Pete Carroll executed a game plan which protected quarterback Russell Wilson although it didn’t give him a chance to shine.

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In order to counter the Washington defense and Chase Young, Seattle moved the ball quickly on short throws. As a result, Russell Wilson had a season low 121 yards on 18 of 27 passing. However, for the second week in a row he escaped without a sack. Washington only had three official quarterback hits.

“This is a tremendous pass-rush team,” Carroll said.

“They’ve got four [first-round picks] up there hauling ass at you, and they didn’t get Russ. That was awesome.”

“It’s a really big deal,” Carroll said regarding Seattle’s postseason qualification.

 “There’s a lot of stuff that happened. Getting 10 wins is a marker, and being in the playoffs with games to go, that’s a beautiful thing. We’re playing for everything, which is great. Again next week will be another championship game for us, just what we’ve been preparing for.”

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“It’s huge,” Wilson said. 

“It gives us a chance to try to do what we want to do, and that’s win a Super Bowl, and try to bring a Super Bowl back home to Seattle. I think that it’s been a crazy year just thinking about everything that we’ve had to go through with COVID and the whole process of everything, the daily testing, Zoom calls, and it’s been a challenging season. To be able to come to this point where we know that we have another chance to keep going, is a huge deal and it’s definitely a blessing, for sure. I’m grateful to be able to be back in the playoffs again. It’s something that you can’t take for granted.”