Let’s hear it for Atlanta!
The Atlanta Falcons pulled off a ridiculous comeback against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday night. Neither team is a threat to the Seattle Seahawks, as the Falcons have
already been eliminated from the postseason and the Buccaneers are now in significant playoff peril. But it’s now the second time that a team has revealed the Seahawks to be better at football than one might have thought.
Blowouts are rare in the NFL. Let’s define a blowout as a victory of 13 or more points – the amount that Seattle is favored this Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. Last year’s Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles had five last season. Two of those were against the Dallas Cowboys, which is always hilarious.
The Seahawks now have six 13+point wins in 2025, including back-to-back victories by over 25 points.
It’s getting ridiculous out here.
I want to reiterate something, which is that only really good teams do this. There was strange chatter about Seattle looking ‘bad’ against Atlanta, and other such unfounded nerves.
Whelp, the Falcons might have just knocked a team out of the postseason, on the road, a mere four days after not scoring a touchdown at Lumen Field.
That’s not just the first time this kind of thing has happened, either.
Not only could the Minnesota Vikings not get a touchdown, they couldn’t even score. Yes, yes, Max Brosmer is not JJ McCarthy. But prior to that game, McCarthy was the worst QB in the NFL.
The point is this: “Who have you really beaten” does not work when the Seahawks are steamrolling teams, in a month absolutely chalk full of upsets and playoff hopes dashed. In consecutive weeks, Seattle beat the living daylights out of a team. And in consecutive weeks, that loser went on to prove that they are, in fact, not the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Seahawks have given up nine points since Thanksgiving, outscored opponents by 54, and this current stretch is for real.
