Merry Christmas, folks! A few things to wrap up Week 16...
1. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll got a richly deserved extension on Monday—contracting him through 2021—which makes this a good time to take a good look at how he’s breathed new life into his program over the last year, with Seattle headed back to the playoffs without Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril or Earl Thomas. Part of it, of course, was knowing when to part with established stars, and that his program needed to reestablish the culture of competition and physicality it was built.