At the end of the day, the Seahawks are now tied for the top seed in the NFC. Getting a bye or a home game in the first round goes a long way to getting the chance to win one. Darnold wasn’t great and he may fail again, but don’t you just have to get in and anything can happen ?
And I’m saying this as someone who was shook to pieces at how badly Darnold performed in the playoffs, but I’m not a front office executive