Wild Card weekend is finally here. Saturday is featuring plenty of storylines for Seahawks fans to follow, such as the fact Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is in the playoffs for the first time since losing the 2013 NFC Championship to Seattle. However, he is not the only one seeking postseason success after an extended drought.
Current Pittsburgh Steelers and former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is in the tournament as well, and he is searching for his first playoff win since the 2019 season. Of course, 2019 was also the last time the Seahawks franchise won a playoff game as well. During the 2019 Wild Card round, Seattle had a rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles, who they defeated 17-9 earlier in the regular season. The game had an identical outcome, as the Seahawks claimed yet another 17-9 win over the Eagles.
Then that was it for both Seattle and Wilson. The Seahawks would go on to lose to the Green Bay Packers the next weekend. Seattle then lost in Wild Card weekend to the Los Angeles Rams in 2020, missed the playoffs entirely in 2021, and had their infamous divorce with Wilson prior to 2022.
Wilson had two disastrous seasons with the Denver Broncos where he never came close to sniffing the playoffs. As for the Seahawks, they returned in 2022 but were blown out by the San Francisco 49ers, and have missed the postseason the last two years.
Now Wilson has a chance to not only deliver a win for himself, but for the City of Pittsburgh as well. The Steelers have not won a playoff game since the final days of the Obama Administration, exactly eight years and three days ago. It won’t be easy, as they will have to defeat the Baltimore Ravens tonight at 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time. The Steelers have lost their last four-straight games.
