In this Election Day edition of the Seahawks NFL power-ranking roundup, we have something we generally don't have across this country. Agreement. The NFL power-ranking industry is nearly agreed on the Seattle Seahawks.
And it agrees that the team that has lost five of their last six generally falls between 18-20 in the rankings. That's where most of the rankers have them. Of the nine rankers, seven slot them between 18-20.
The other two have them slightly lower. But we'll let them tell it: ESPN : 18 You could pick any of the Seahawks' four remaining division contests given how tightly packed the NFC West is, with only one game separating first-place Arizona and last-place Seattle. But their next game [at San Francisco] is the most important one, and not in a coach-speak sense.
There's the practical matter of needing to beat the 49ers to avoid a season sweep and the tiebreaker going to San Francisco. But they also need a win given how deflating it would be to lose six of their past seven games and seven straight to their divisional rivals — coming off a bye, no less. NFL.
com : 19 Seattle earned a reputation as one of the toughest, loudest places to play in the NFL during the Pete Carroll era, with the Seahawks finishing .500 or better at home in all but one of his 14 seasons as head coach. Following Sunday's loss to the Rams, the 'Hawks now find themselves at 2-4 in games played at Lumen Field — and 0-4 there since Week 3 — in Mike Macdonald's first season, with only thr.
