No, Sunday’s game, which the Seahawks lost 23-20 in overtime to Arizona, did not have any playoff implications for either teams, but the result wasn’t entirely meaningless. With the regular season now finished, we now know next year’s draft order (at least for the teams not in the playoffs) and who teams will play since the schedule is in part influenced by where teams finish in their division.
At 7-9, the Seahawks finished with a better record than 10 teams, and the same record as Kansas City. The tiebreaker for draft order is strength of schedule, but as it turns out the Chiefs’ and Seahawks’ opponents finished with identical records. That means Kansas City and Seattle will have a coin toss sometime before the draft with the winner picking 11th and the loser drafting 12th.
Seattle’s schedule will obviously feature home and road games against the other three NFC West teams, Arizona, San Francisco and St. Louis. Here’s what the rest of the schedule looks like (only opponents are known now, dates are announced in the spring)
Home: Green Bay, Minnesota, New England, New York Jets, Dallas.
Road: Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Miami, Carolina.
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