Seattle is such a brutal road team and Atlanta got screwed on a non call on Julio Jones last time they played at Seattle with Earl Thomas. There is no Earl Thomas...Pat freaking Terrell is no Earl Thomas. Falcons on a fast track is not a good thing for Seattle at all. Atlanta may blow them out worse than we did. My only hesitation on Atlanta is they aren't big winners. They lose in these positions under Ryan.
So, Seattle more playoff success with Wilson but a brutal road team. Atlanta a high flying circus act who fails in the playoffs but is at home. Toss up to me.
There was a great Seattle Atlanta game a few years back in the playoffs at the Georgia Dome. I hope we get one like that and the same result with Atlanta narrowly taking them down so we go there if we beat Dallas.
As for us... that pressure of a 1 seed has waned over the last several seasons...it used to be a 50/50 proposition which is ridiculous.
Here's some concise info on being a 1 seed: (from profootballtalk.com)
Before the lockout, teams with the top two seeds were
12-12 in their first playoff appearances. In the five seasons
since then, the top two seeds are 16-4.From 2011 through 2014, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds were 3-1 each January.
Last year, it was a 4-0 clean sweep, with the Broncos, Patriots, Cardinals, and Panthers all winning at home.
Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."