SEATTLE -- On Thursday night, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Los Angeles Rams, 38-37, in overtime to clinch a spot in the playoffs.
Through the first 15 weeks, the Seahawks looked like one of the best teams in the NFL while compiling an 11-3 record.
On Thursday night, with so much on the line in one of the biggest regular-season games in recent memory, they looked like a team of destiny. The story was all but written about how Seattle was going to have to take the long road in the playoffs, with two losses to the Rams all but ending their hopes of winning the NFC West and claiming the conference's top seed, with the first-round bye and home-field advantage that comes with it.