Outside the Nest: Seahawks beat writer offers view from other side

The Arizona Cardinals have a leg up on their NFC West rivals, but the Seattle Seahawks are not going quietly into the offseason. When the Seahawks lost five of six games after a 3-0 start, most pundits wrote them off as a team not embracing a needed rebuild; a team not talented enough to compete for a playoff spot.
But the Seahawks came out of their bye week with a stunning 20-17 win against the 49ers in Santa Clara, California. That win was aided by the absence of many of the 49ers' best players — tight end George Kittle, cornerback Charvarius Ward, safety Talanoa Hufanga, receiver Brandon Aiyuk and edge rusher Nick Bosa among them — but Seattle fixed some significant issues during the bye ...