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Seahawks Quinton Jefferson Color Rush Jersey , and mostly favorable for the Minnesota Vikings. Regardless of the outcome on Monday Night Football, both teams will still occupy the two wild card spots, but merely flip places.According to the trusty New York Times Playoff Machine, a win over the Vikings is as close as you can get to clinching a playoff berth without officially clinching.With the Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and Washington all sitting at 6-7, while the Green Bay Packers are 5-7-1, the Seahawks are now in a position where beating Minnesota and then suffering an inexplicable collapse to 8-8 more likely than not will get them a wild card berth.We can ignore Washington at this point, as they are banged up and bad enough to the point where losing out is a distinct possibility. The Eagles are at the Los Angeles Rams and host the Houston Texans, and both could lead to Ls for the defending Super Bowl champs. Carolina has slumped from 6-2 to 6-7 and finish the year with the New Orleans Saints twice in three weeks, and it’d be a surprise if they managed to win out at this point. Lastly, the Packers are at the Chicago Bears Tom Johnson Color Rush Jersey , the New York Jets, and then finish up with the Detroit Lions at home. Even if they win out, the Vikings hold the tiebreaker on them so they have to hope the Vikings finish below .500 or that everyone else above them is 8-8 or worse.Should the Seahawks lose to the Vikings, they’re still at 79% odds. The big story here is that the Seahawks are in tremendous shape to make the playoffs, so there’s no need to freak out if Monday’s result doesn’t go as planned. If they do win, though? You can pretty much start celebrating. Just a few short hours after Mike Daniels’ surprising release from the Packers, and this foreshadowing from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo...Heard they’re going in a different direction. Stay..." Latest NewsRoster NewsReport: Seahawks sign defensive tackle Earl Mitchell New,16commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Report: Seahawks sign defensive tackle Earl Mitchell TwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty ImagesJust a few short hours after Mike Daniels’ surprising release from the Packers, and this foreshadowing from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo...... the Seahawks have made their addition, signing veteran defensive tackle Earl Mitchell, per Garafolo.As Garafolo mentions, Mitchell Rasheem Green Color Rush Jersey , if not at the level of Daniels, will be able to fill a need for Seattle through their first six games and Jarran Reed’s suspension. During Mitchell’s two seasons with the 49ers, he started 28 of 32 games. On the market since the end of the season, Mitchell visited the Seahawks earlier in free agency but left without a deal. With training camp just a day away, Mitchell will join a DT group consisting of Reed, Poona Ford, Demarcus Christmas, Al Woods, Jamie Meder, Bryan Mone and Jay-Tee Tiuli. Reed will be available to Seattle up until Week 1, at which point his six-game suspension will begin.