No bye: Seahawks playing for home playoff game next week after Packers win at Detroit

The Seahawks now know what they are playing for. It isn’t a playoff bye.

That goes to the Packers. Aaron Rodgers rallied Green Bay from two touchdowns down in the second half at Detroit as the Packers beat the Lions 23-20 on the final play Sunday.

That means the Seahawks are either going to be the third seed in the conference playoffs, with a home game next week in the wild-card round against Minnesota, or the fifth seed on the road next week at the NFC East champion. That will be either Philadelphia or Dallas, depending on if the Eagles beat the Giants later Sunday.

If the Seahawks (11-4) beat San Francisco (12-3) tonight in the NFC West title game at CenturyLink Field, Seattle is the three.

A Seattle loss makes the Seahawks the fifth seed, a wild card, and the 49ers the first seed in the NFC with home-field advantage throughout the conference’s postseason.

This story was originally published December 29, 2019 at 1:25 PM.

Gregg Bell

The News Tribune

Gregg Bell is the Seahawks and NFL writer for The News Tribune. He is a two-time Washington state sportswriter of the year, voted by the National Sports Media Association in January 2023 and January 2019. He started covering the NFL in 2002 as the Oakland Raiders beat writer for The Sacramento Bee. The Ohio native began covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season of 2005. In a prior life he graduated from West Point and served as a tactical intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, so he may ask you to drop and give him 10. Support my work with a digital subscription