Fireworks

It was the last day of the NFL regular season today, and it was an exciting one.  The Seattle Seahawks had a chance of making the playoffs, but they needed a miracle.  First they needed to win their afternoon game against the reigning Superbowl champions the Los Angeles Rams.  And then they needed the Detroit Lions to beat the Green Bay Packers in the Sunday night game.  I'm not going to lie, I was cheering on the Seahawks and the Lions today.  Mainly because I absolutely hate the Green Bay Packers and their anti-vax quarterback Aaron Rodgers, so I didn't want them making the playoffs.  Firstly the Seahawks-Rams game, which was tense and tight.  So much so that it went to overtime, but the Seahawks somehow prevailed.  But this was the easy task - the Rams are nothing like the team that won the Superbowl last year, and they didn't even make the playoffs this year.  So then it came down to the Lions-Packers game.  With Seattle's win, Detroit were eliminated from the playoffs.  So they were playing for nothing but pride.  And their record at Green Bay was abysmal.  But miraculously, in another tense and tight game, Detroit managed to pull out the shock victory and send the Seahawks into the playoffs.  Cue the fireworks - despite the heavy rain outside.  So the Seahawks move on, and have the daunting task of facing division rivals and #2 seed the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday (having lost both meetings this year) - on what is the best weekend for American football in the year.  But even making the playoffs is a massive achievement for the Seahawks - so I think they can play with nothing to lose.