Seahawks heading to Super Bowl
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The NFC Championship Game had been foreign territory for the Seattle Seahawks since Malcom Butler’s game-sealing interception in Super Bowl XLIX. Since that infamous play call, Seattle did not advance past the divisional round of the playoffs from 2015-2024.
The Seahawks are now in their first NFC Championship game since 2014, and their third in a row as the conference's No. 1 seed. Seattle began Saturday night with a bang: Pro Bowl returner Rashid Shaheed raced up the middle of the field for a 95-yard kickoff return on the game's opening play,
A battle of NFC West rivals turned into a massacre in Seattle on Saturday, as the home team bulldozed the Niners 41-6. Its reward will be its first trip to the NFC championship game since 2015, where it will face the winner of Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears.