A Partially-Open Letter to the NFC West

Okay, so I mean...I've watched a lot of sports in my day. I mean a lot of sports. But THIS is ridiculous. Let's take a look at the NFC west, shall we?

These stats include the Rams-Seahawks Sunday night game.

Seattle (7-9, 6-6 NFC West)
St. Louis (7-9, 5-7)
San Fransisco (6-10, 4-8)
Arizona (5-11, 3-9)

After the Seahawks ridiculously questionable shaming of the Rams, I would like to take a moment to tell everyone what this means. In the 2010/2011 edition of the NFL playoffs, the Seahawks (7-9) will be in the postseason. That's right, when you're looking for that playoff game that paves a road to Super Bowl XLV, the Seahawks (7-9) will be there.

The Seattle Seahawks (7-9, 6-6 NFC West) won the NFC West division crown after beating the Rams in Seattle 16-6. In a game that was far more questionable than any irrational number can provide...the Seahawks go and win their division, with a division record of 6-6 and an overall record of 7-9. That means that they at best were .500. That is ridiculous. I mean, there are FIVE TEAMS in the NFL with records better than 7-9, and none of them get to go to the playoffs. Why? Because, the divisions they play in are too good. Now I'm not saying the NFC West is bad...
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...I'm saying it's terrible. When else would it ever be acceptable for a team to be under .500 and go to the postseason? It sure doesn't happen in baseball (although it nearly happened in the NL West several years back...more on that shortly), and you can't even get into the NIT or the NCAA tournaments with a losing record unless you magically win your conference tournament (doesn't happen often...only a few men's or women's basketball teams have actually won their conference tournament with a sub-.500 record). AND when that happens, it always begs the question....."Couldn't a better team be in that spot?"

The answer is yes (Exception, Purdue women's basketball 2007...still beat Utah in the first round: I'm open to suggestions of other exceptions...but there will be like....3).

So that said....the Seahawks get to HOST the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. A team which lots of people are saying are over-rated. And I for one, I have to honestly agree. Brees is a great QB, but the Saints as a team in the Super Bowl last year, didn't exactly outplay the Colts. They just made 2 plays that determined the game. Is that an outplay? Absolutely not. Just a matter of the game, and the game is the game. Me as a Colts fan and a Purdue fan, I was 50-50. I'm happy Drew Brees got his ring, and that's important. Where was I? Oh yeah, New Orleans...completely over-rated.



...Oh. But in my mind....will still produce the following score:
New Orleans 44 (Brees: 4 TD, 1 INT)
Seattle 3 (Whoever QBs, 3 INT)

And if (when?) the Saints come to Seattle to take a dump on your field...they will leave...with you (the Seattle fans) in tears....to the tune of "When the Saints Go Marching In"....played on a drum machine.....with 2 dead seahawks.