Should the Seahawks defeat the Rams next Sunday at Qwest Field, Seattle will claim the NFC West title with the completely mediocre record of 7-9. To say the NFC West has been dreadful this season would be putting it more than mildly. The NFC West’s poor play in 2010 has been downright historic. If the Seahawks prevail next weekend they will officially be the first team in NFL history to qualify for the postseason with a sub-500 record. Plenty of coaches in recent years have been fired for finishing the year with 7-9 records, but Pete Carroll may lead Seattle to their first playoff appearance in four seasons this year. St. Louis will be favored this weekend after claiming the top spot in the division by beating fellow NFC West jokers the San Francisco 49ers. Rookie quarterback Sam Bradford has matured nicely as the season has progressed and should perform well against Seattle’s swiss cheese defense. Seattle has, however, been better at home in 2010. Regardless of who claims the NFC West crown on New Year’s weekend, the division champs will be lucky to be in the playoffs.

The Seattle Seahawks acquired a new running back today.  A host of NFL teams had been thought to be interested in the Buffalo Bills back-up in recent weeks including the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles. It was head coach Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks who ended up winning the Lynch sweepstakes as the Seahawks gave up a 2011 fourth round pick and another conditional pick for the two-time 1,000 yard rusher. After making the Pro Bowl in 2008, Lynch got in trouble with the law in the offseason for a misdemeanor weapons charge and was suspended for the first three games of the season. The Bills gave Fred Jackson the starting job and Lynch was unable to recover his starting position following his suspension. Rumors that the former Cal stand out was on his way out of Buffalo swirled when the Bills selected C.J. Spiller with their first pick of the 2010 NFL Draft. Despite Buffalo losing all four games so far this year, Lynch showed he could still be force out of the backfield in the limited carries he’s received thus far this year. Seattle is in need of a back just like Lynch to help jump start the Seahawks’ running game.

The Seattle Seahawks Coach Mike Holmgren was seen with his boys on Thursday at the minicamp after a mini surgery forced him to stay away from the camp for a couple of days. There were no details revealed about the surgery, but coach Mike said that he was ready for the grueling season ahead and expected his team to perform well in the forthcoming football season. Holmgren is expecting all his players to fully utilize the minicamp practice sessions so that they will be ready for battle once the NFL season begins. Tickets to the games featuring Seattle Seahawks are currently being sold through various online ticketing sites.