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12/23/12 04:52 PM
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As good as it gets. That's not just a statement on the quality of Seattle's grudge match against San Francisco on Sunday night at CenturyLink Field. It's a summary of how the Seahawks are playing, having won three games in a row and convincing coach Pete Carroll his team is playing its best at any point since he became Seattle's coach. "Without question," he said. "In most of the critical areas we're just cleaning things up." Now comes the division's reigning kingpin in a prime-time matchup whose importance transcends its playoff implications. Seattle can still make the postseason if it loses. San Francisco can still win the division if it is defeated. But this game is a test to see whether Seattle has turned the corner. Seattle has shown it can rout lesser opponents like Arizona and Buffalo. Can it man up against a team like 49ers, who are 23-6-1 since Jim Harbaugh became coach and just last week beat New England in what some have called the best NFL game of the season. "Being the competitors we are here in Seattle, we definitely want to be the best, especially in this division," safety Earl Thomas said. "I feel like they're kind of in the way. So I feel this is definitely a great matchup for us so we can show what we can do, and show the whole world what we can do." Or at least the country after the game was moved to 5:20 to be broadcast by NBC. A victory would give Seattle its longest winning streak (four) since 2007. "You can see that our young guys are growing," Carroll said.
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