Despite being besieged by injuries that have prevented the Seattle Seahawks from truly getting into regular-season form, the team still should be considered the favorite to win the NFC West for a fifth consecutive season.
It's not necessarily that the Seahawks in their current form are that good; it's that the rest of the division is that bad. While the Seahawks continue to chug along in what is Mike Holmgren' final season, a look around the division indicates why Holmgren once again should get at least one home playoff game.
Arizona has an inexperienced quarterback in Matt Leinart who is throwing to a receiver, Anquan Boldin, who is being asked to be traded and who is not speaking with the coach; San Francisco has settled on unproven J.T.