Has a 7-Win NFL Team Made the Playoffs?

New Orleans Saints Seattle Seahawks in the second half of an NFL NFC wild card playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

During the 2010 season, the Seattle Seahawks finished 7-9, which was good enough for first place in the NFC West.

Seattle was the first NFL club to make the playoffs with a below .500 record. They defeated the New Orleans Saints in the wild-card round, 41-36.ย 

The Seahawks would eventually lose to the Chicago Bears in the divisional round, 35-24.ย 

Four years later, the Carolina Panthers finished 7-8-1, winning the NFC South. The 2014 Panthers would defeat the Arizona Cardinals in the wild-card round, 27-16, before losing in the divisional round to Seattle, 31-17.

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