Especially when it features the Seattle Seahawks hosting a Conference Championship game against an explosive NFC West rival they split the regular season series with, a week after they had a convincing Divisional Round win over a team they beat soundly earlier in the year,

The last time the Seahawks were 13-3 in 2013, did we have as many concerns as we do with this 13-3 team now? I don’t think that was the case, not with a stifling defense and a more than capable offense led by Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch. This ...

The last Seahawks team to go 13-3 earned the division title and top NFC seed over the 49ers, who were also 12-4 that 2013 season. Seattle beat San Francisco in the conference title game in January 2014. Sherman famously tipped Colin Kaepernick's pass in the end zone in the final seconds away from Michael Crabtree to Seattle teammate Malcolm Smith for the interception that sent the Seahawks to ...

And while this wasn't the question, this might also be the best free-agent class the Seahawks have had in recent memory considering it produced two Pro-Bowl selections in Lawrence and quarterback Sam Darnold, as well as another starter and big contributor in receiver Cooper Kupp.