The Seattle Seahawks lost to the Arizona Cardinals 34-31 on Saturday. It was a tough loss for a number of reasons, but the Seahawks are still going to the playoffs and the Cardinals are not — same for all but 12 teams every season. Seattle has not been on the outside-looking-in since 2011, and there’s a lot to appreciate about that.
Another thing to appreciate are some of the individual performances this season, both against Arizona and for the season in total. This is a quick check-in on those stats.
When Russell Wilson has a bad game, as he did against the Green Bay Packers two weeks ago, I get all these tweets from fans of opposing teams telling me how funny it was that I said Wilson was one of the best players in the NFL.