The Seattle Seahawks are two wins away from reaching Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara. One of the teams in their way are the San Francisco 49ers, whose home stadium could soon be where the Seahawks play on Feb. 8 if Seattle takes care of business over the next two weeks.<\/p>\n
Throughout the season, the Field Gulls staff has been mostly bullish on Seattle\u2019s chances to make the playoffs and even win the NFC West. Well, they\u2019ve done both and they\u2019ve got the top seed. Now, what lies ahead for Seattle in the postseason? Here\u2019s what the Field Gulls staff thinks.<\/p>\n
Mookie Alexander: I think I\u2019ll be the bad guy here. I expect the Seahawks to beat the San Francisco 49ers, albeit not in some blowout fashion as if to suggest we\u2019ll see Week 18 all over again but with the Seahawks finishing their drives with 7s and not 3 or 0. The NFC Championship Game is dependent on who they play. I believe they\u2019d beat the Chicago Bears should the Bears upset the Rams, and subsequently win the Super Bowl against the AFC champion. Unfortunately, I believe Chicago\u2019s Cinderella run is going to run out soon. If the Seahawks have largely looked like the better team over two games against the 49ers, I think the Rams have been the slightly better team over the two Seattle meetings. If I go by what I believe will happen, the Seahawks will make sure those 49ers fans are quiet for another offseason, while they lose the NFC Championship to the Rams, who then lose to the AFC champion in the Super Bowl in a huge upset. It\u2019s the happiest possible outcome should the Seahawks not win the Super Bowl. I think some of Seattle\u2019s bad habits with turnovers will cost them, and the defense\u2019s lack of a truly high-end pass rusher undoes them vs. Matthew Stafford. It\u2019ll still go down as a tremendous year, just not 2013-esque.<\/p>\n
Ted Zahn: In both of our 2025 prediction articles, I wrote that the Seahawks would make the playoffs as a wildcard and win two playoff games<\/a>, falling short on the road in the NFC Championship. Not all of that can be true, but do I want to double down on either winning twice in the playoffs or losing in the NFC Championship so I can say I was right? No, I don\u2019t think I want to. Seattle\u2019s defense continues to smother opponents in the playoffs, and they benefit from a surprise Bears victory to avoid the Rams. The Seahawks beat the Texans in Santa Clara 13-10 on a Nick Emmanwori pick-six in a defensive battle that everyone besides Seahawks fans hate. <\/p>\n Tyler Alsin: My favorite quote from Mike Macdonald this year was a small moment on the Seattle Sports Monday show when he said he\u2019s the type of guy who would rather be told what the rules are, and then try to be the best there is at playing by those rules. Contrast with Kyle Shanahan, publicly wishing for an extra day\u2019s rest. Macdonald\u2019s got this team the best prepared for every situation I think I\u2019ve ever seen, and in my opinion the NFCCG will be more hotly contested than the Super Bowl. I\u2019m not afraid of anything on the AFC side except Josh Allen, and it will be Seattle over his Bills or the Broncos for a second Super Bowl trophy. <\/p>\n John Tapia: The Rams are the scariest team in the NFC, however they have to play a cold weather game in Chicago (Stafford has not fared well in these.) Because of this, after defeating the 49ers in Seattle, the Seahawks will avoid the Rams and will go on to defeat the Bears in the NFC Championship game before taking on and defeating the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl 60. I am a very superstitious person (especially with the Seahawks), so I will blame myself if this does not happen.<\/p>\n Jack Freeman: Despite earning the NFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, there\u2019s still so much about the Seahawks\u2019 offense that concerns me. The latter half of the year has seen their efficiency decline and lean on near perfection from the defense to win games. It\u2019s a concerning, yet common, trend for teams in this year\u2019s playoffs, which is why I have the Seahawks making it to the Super Bowl after crushing past the 49ers and hopefully the Bears. Although I fear that\u2019s where their run will end, halted by a hungry Josh Allen who will outduel Sam Darnold for his and the Bills\u2019 first ring. <\/p>\n John Gilbert: No need to overthink things. The Seahawks have held the top seed in the conference and homefield advantage in the postseason three times in franchise history, and there\u2019s no reason to believe that doesn\u2019t become four of four this postseason in terms of Super Bowl trips. However, their track record in the Super Bowl isn\u2019t as great, so here\u2019s to hoping regression moves them back to .500 when the world championship is on the line.<\/p>\n Patrick Hood: I think that the rest from the wild card bye will help the Seahawks more than it will hurt them, so I like the team\u2019s chances against the 49ers in the Divisional Round. Seattle also has a pretty good shot to win the NFC Championship as well, seeing as it has not lost in the conference championship since 1983 (back when it was still in the AFC). I feel like the Seahawks will make it to Super Bowl LX, and depending on who they face, I think they will win, too.<\/p>\n