"Seattle benefited from one of the weakest opponent schedules in the NFL this past season."
And if the mighty Steelers fall to this little weak Seattle nobody team, what would be your excuse?
The Redskins are still scratching their heads, and Carolina is still licking their wounds, and those wounds are deep.
I agree in part only that the schedule was weak and imho the majority of the NFC sucks. That schedule got them to the playoffs where they took care of business anyway which speaks more to their caliber as a team. A diamond in the rough, not a "cubic zirconia" as Skip Bayless at ESPN put it. If both teams bring their "A game" it will be an awesome game. I like the Any Given Sunday approach to the NFL. Being a PA native, the Steelers were a hard habit to break 8>)