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Matt Calkins

Matt Calkins: Why the Seahawks could be a playoff team after all

SEATTLE — The postgame vibe Sunday wasn't that the Seahawks were 3-3 and out of the red from a win-loss perspective. The vibe among the players after their 19-9 win over the Cardinals was that they were in first place in their division.

Never mind that the Rams and 49ers share the top spot in the NFC West with the same record. Never mind that the NFL season is barely more than a third of the way through the season, either.

The fact is, these Seahawks were slept on before the year began. But now you have to wonder if this team will go from one that generated zzzzzz's among pundits to one with that will end the year with a "z" next to its name — the letter assigned to a division winner in the standings.

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