Wait, the Seahawks playing what amounts to the division championship game without Richard Sherman, Bobby Wagner, Kam Chancellor, K.J. Wright and Cliff Avril?
Seattle’s chances to win the NFC West for the third time in four years—heck, their hopes to just make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year—depending on Michael Wilhoite, Terence Garvin, D.J. Alexander, Bradley McDougald and Justin Coleman?
What would have been unfathomable for Seattle as recently as last month is reality now. The NFL’s best team in December the last five years has changed from wondering who is going to star next in its annual push to the playoffs to a far more fundamental—and alarming—question.