It's funny, I can't even remember what I was feeling going into that game. Obviously, we weren't hoping for a lot -- mostly I just was hoping the NFL wouldn't use the whole "losing team in the playoffs" thing to screw division winners out of a home game. So far, so good in that respect.
Interesting to look back at the roster from that team -- the last gasp for the '05 bunch with Hass, Lofa, Babs, Locklear and Trufant. And as well the seeds of the dominating force we've got now: Earl, Kam, Marshawn, 'Bane. Throw in a few random names, like Kelly Jennings, David Hawthorne and Tyler Polumbus and you've got a bizarre trip down memory lane. Who can forget the great Mansfield Wrotto?
Roster, cut 'n pasted from football reference dot com:
Stacy Andrews, Jordan Babineaux, Chris Baker, Kentwan Balmer
Allen Barbre, Deion Branch, Raheem Brock, Marcus Brown
Red Bryant, Deon Butler, John Carlson, Kam Chancellor
Chris Clemons, Colin Cole, Kennard Cox, Aaron Curry
Dexter Davis, Justin Forsett, Quinton Ganther, Mike Gibson
Amon Gordon, Clint Gresham, Ben Hamilton, Matt Hasselbeck
David Hawthorne, Chris Henry, Will Herring, LeRoy Hill
Kelly Jennings, Julius Jones, Roy Lewis, Sean Locklear
Marshawn Lynch, Olindo Mare, Ruvell Martin, Anthony McCoy
Matt McCoy, Brandon Mebane, Lawyer Milloy, Cameron Morrah
Nate Ness, Ben Obomanu, Russell Okung, Joe Pawelek
Chester Pitts, Tyler Polumbus, Jay Richardson, Michael Robinson
Jon Ryan, Junior Siavii, Chris Spencer, Brandon Stokley
Golden Tate, Lofa Tatupu, Craig Terrill, Earl Thomas
Walter Thurmond, Marcus Trufant, Max Unger, Leon Washington
Chris White, Charlie Whitehurst, Mike Williams, E.J. Wilson
Mansfield Wrotto