Seahawks survive

Richard Sherman just collapsed on the turf. He was too shocked to do anything else. Doug Baldwin stared in amazement on the sideline at Jermaine Kearse. Seconds earlier Baldwin’s fellow Seahawks receiver had predicted this unfathomable ending, the memory of which will last around here as long as Minnesota winters have ice. Most Seahawks ran around the field frantically, in every direction, as if they’d just stolen something. Which they had.

With the season on the line, Minnesota had driven into position for kicker Blair Walsh to win Sunday’s NFC wild-card playoff game. It was merely a 27-yard field goal. That’s 6 yards shorter than an extra point. Walsh had already made all three of his kicks, including one from 47 yards through the subzero air. But this time his holder Jeff Locke failed to spin the laces away, as kickers prefer. And Walsh hooked it badly wide left with 26 seconds remaining.

That’s how Seattle improbably rallied with 10 points in the final 12 minutes then held on for 10-9 victory over some stunned Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium in the third-coldest game in NFL history/ Gregg Bell , Tacoma News Tribune. More here.

Question: Does this mean Lady Luck is smiling on Seattle this postseason?