Panthers Happy To Play 'Tough' Seahawks In Playoffs
The Carolina Panthers have a very tough game to get past in this year's NFL playoffs, as they play the Seattle Seahawks.
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The Carolina Panthers have a very tough game to get past in this year's NFL playoffs, as they play the Seattle Seahawks.
When the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks last met, the Panthers squeezed out a close victory. Now, the two teams meet in the NFC Divisional round of the playoffs.
The Seahawks - Panthers game matches up two quarterbacks firing on all cylinders. But Wilson and Newton have very different personalities.
Seattle (11-6) still found a way to leave a bitterly cold Minnesota with a 10-9 NFC Wild Card victory, thereby punching their ticket to the second round of the playoffs, meaning a date next Sunday on the road yet again with the top-seeded Carolina Panthers.
The Minnesota Vikings play the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. The two teams met in Week 13 in TCF Bank Stadium with the Seahawks winning 38-7.
With their 20-13 win at Lambeau Field last Sunday evening, the Vikings exercised some demons, along with giving themselves a first-round home date this Sunday afternoon with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Minnesota Vikings open the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks at TCF Bank Stadium on Sunday.
It was a little over a month ago that the Seattle Seahawks swooped into Minnesota and did a number on the Vikings, rolling to a 38-7 win over the NFC North champions.
The Seahawks, with a convincing win over the Vikings and a favorable schedule remaining, could roll right into the playoffs.
This year, the Dallas Cowboys are taking on the undefeated Carolina Panthers and NFL on CBS lead sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson thinks it's anyone's game.
Against one of the top defenses in the league, Blaine Gabbert showed flashes of why San Francisco went ahead with benching Colin Kaepernick. But those positive moments lacked the consistency for San Francisco to take down the Seahawks on a day Seattle started to look more like the team that has won two straight NFC titles.
Ian Williams passed NaVorro Bowman in the locker room earlier this week and reminded his teammate they would be returning to Seattle's home field and the scene of major injuries from the 2013 season that temporarily derailed their careers.
The San Francisco 49ers may be just 3-6 this year, which is disappointing after the last four seasons of (mostly) success.
Jason and Nate discuss the news of Kevin McHale's firing in Houston, Brandon Crawford's new contract, Aldon Smith's suspension, and the Kings' matchup tonight in Atlanta, among other things.
Until the San Francisco 49ers prove they can solve the puzzle that is the Seattle Seahawks, there's no getting around it: The 49ers have a complex with their NFC West division rivals up north.
Jason and Nate recap a decisive win by the Kings after a few days of turmoil. They also give their NFC storylines and preview Thursday Night Football.
So much for momentum: The San Francisco 49ers lost on Thursday Night Football at Levi's Stadium, dropping to 2-5 on the season with the 20-3 loss against the hated Seattle Seahawks.
CBS Sports' Ian Eagle took some time to speak on three big games coming up this week including a huge NFC match-up on Thursday Night Football between two desperate teams.
It's been said that playing in an NFL football game is like getting into 10 car crashes in one day. If that's the case, it's very hard to recover from game day in a short week on the schedule.
A big time NFC West match-up between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers highlights Week 7 of Thursday Night Football.
Strange favors the NFL schedule makers gave the San Francisco 49ers this year: In order, the 49ers faced games against the last three teams to eliminate them from the playoffs.
