Sunday, January 01, 2006
1880 AND 28 = ONE
Sure, the Seahawks lost to the Packers today 23-17.
The Seahawks, however, finish the 2005 regular season at 13-3, a franchise-best record.
The main goals today in Green Bay were to keep everyone healthy and to allow Shaun Alexander to win the NFL rushing title and break the NFL touchdown record. Well, nobody got hurt. Alexander earned his rushing title and touchdown record.
Alexander ran for 73 yards and scored a touchdown. He finishes the 2005 season at 1,880 yards, 20 yards ahead of New York's Tiki Barber. His 1-yard run in the 2nd quarter was his 28th TD of the 2005 season, breaking Kansas City's Priest Holmes' mark of 27 TDs, set in 2003.
There is no set standard as to whether it's good or bad for a team to win or lose their final game, if they have a first-round bye. I'm sure the Seahawks players wanted to win this game today. They didn't, however.
I'm not going to worry about today's loss too much. This has been a very exciting season for the Seahawks and their fans, up to this point. Winning 13 games is something that this franchise has never accomplished. They've never had homefield advantage throughout the playoffs, until this season.
Enjoy the new year, even with today's loss. As I mentioned in the game thread post, be glad that you aren't a Chargers fan. Things could be a lot worse. We know the feeling of what it's like to be on the outside looking in.
The Seahawks will play their first playoff game on either Saturday, January 14 or Sunday, January 15 at Qwest Field. They will either play the #4, #5, or #6 seed in the NFC. The #4 seed is the NFC East champion New York Giants while the #5 seed is the Carolina Panthers. The #6 seed will either be the Washington Redskins or the Dallas Cowboys. If the Redskins beat the Eagles, they are in. If they lose to the Eagles and the Cowboys win tonight against the Rams, the Cowboys are in. If the Redskins and Cowboys lose, the Redskins are in, thanks to their sweep over the Cowboys this season.
The regular season is over. It's time to start thinking playoffs.
Enjoy the ride.
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