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You can see the oddsmakers’ logic, installing the Seahawks as slim (2½-point) favorites over the visiting Rams in the NFC championship game.The teams split their games this season with the combined score (58-57, Rams) and combined yardage almost identical (830-829, Rams).Logical, but based on a fallacy. The Seahawks are not the same team now.What is more relevant is who the … [Read more...] about Why the Rams won’t be able to stop the Seahawks ascension to the Super Bowl | Dave Boling

RENTON, Wash. – The last time the Seattle Seahawks had a defense with a nickname, it solidified its place in history by knocking off the NFL’s best offense on its way to a championship. Mike Macdonald’s “Dark Side” defense can do something similar in the NFC championship game on Sunday at Lumen Field.Seattle allowed a league-low 17.2 points per game this season, capturing the … [Read more...] about Can the Seahawks’ defense contain Matthew Stafford? It’s the Dark Side’s toughest test | Analysis

49ers 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan said he would be “very surprised” if QB Mac Jones wasn’t on the roster to begin next season. “You always listen to people with trade offers, but we’re also not into getting rid of good players,” Shanahan said, via The Athletic. “So I’d be very surprised if Mac wasn’t around us next year.” Jones was in contention to be drafted by San Francisco before … [Read more...] about NFC Notes: Mac Jones, Kenneth Walker, 49ers, Rams, Seahawks

RENTON, Wash. – Mike Macdonald guided the Seattle Seahawks to a place they haven’t been in more than a decade by being everything John Schneider prayed for two years ago.On Sunday, the Seahawks will play in the NFC championship game for the first time since January 2015, the second consecutive year in which the NFC’s road to the Super Bowl went through Seattle. When the … [Read more...] about Mike Macdonald is a genius, but that’s not the only reason his Seahawks are Super Bowl favorites