This NFL Thursday miniseries travels back west today to Seattle, the home of the Seahawks and their organizational winning percentage (.517) that may surprise some people. The team has made the postseason 20 times since its expansion inception as a member of the NFC West in 1976. Of course, the team was moved to the AFC West in 1977 before returning to the NFC West in 2002, creating all sorts of confusion.

The Seahawks have played in 3 Super Bowls, winning one of them—and all three teams made this list, interestingly enough. Seattle is also known well for being the first NFL team to make the postseason with a losing record (2010). That team? Ranked third-to-last overall in team history for sabermetric quality. Maybe that shouldn’t be a surprise, but we find it fascinating nonetheless. Enjoy these analyses below!

No. 5: 2005 Seattle Seahawks

A 13-3 record was good enough to win the NFC West for second time of a four-year roughshod run over the division. The Seahawks were ranked No. 4 in the overall SRS, thanks to the No. 1 offense and the No. 7 defense. In the postseason, Seattle beat the Washington Redskins and the Carolina Panthers to reach its first-ever Super Bowl. However, the Seahawks suffered a loss there, no thanks to a lot of bad officiating.

The team was led by running back Shaun Alexander (17 AV), quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (15), and guard Steve Hutchinson (15). Alexander was the voted MVP, although we disagreed with that result. Seattle had little problem with the Redskins in a 20-10 win and the Panthers in a 34-14 victory, respectively. But Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl, despite its QB posting a 22.8 QB rating for the game. Yes, it was brutal.

No. 4: 2014 Seattle Seahawks

This team, the defending Super Bowl champions (see below), seemed to fight an uphill battle on the way to a 12-4 record and another NFC West title. It only came in at No. 3 on the overall SRS rankings, based on the No. 10 offense and the No. 1 defense. Against the Panthers in the playoffs, Seattle scored 17 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to win, and then the Seahawks escaped the Green Packers in overtime.

QB Russell Wilson (19 AV) and cornerback Richard Sherman (18) were all worldly here, leading their respective units. The Super Bowl against the cheatin’ New England Patriots, though, is what sadly ended up defining this team. The No. 1 defense somehow gave up 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Patriots took the late lead, and then Wilson infamously tossed a goal-line interception in a situation where … well, yeah.

No. 3: 2015 Seattle Seahawks

This was the beginning of the end for the Seahawks dominance in the decade, as Seattle finished second in the NFC West with a 10-6 record—but still managed a No. 2 finish in the overall SRS rankings. This was based on the No. 4 offense and the No. 1 defense. The ‘Hawks truly escaped the Minnesota Vikings in the wild-card round, but then they lost, badly, to the Panthers in the next round, in some sort of poetic justice.

Wilson (19 AV) and Sherman (15) again were the top dogs, but the depth on the roster had started to drift and fade away. Against the Vikings, Seattle fell behind 9-0 before taking the 10-9 lead in the fourth quarter, a lead that luckily stuck, strangely. And then against Carolina, the Seahawks fell behind 31-0 by halftime—and never recovered in a 31-24 loss that wasn’t as close as the score might suggest. And that was that.

No. 2: 2012 Seattle Seahawks

An 11-5 record was good enough for second place in the NFC West, in a season when Wilson should have won the Rookie of the Year vote. The Seahawks were still No. 2 in the SRS rankings overall, built on the No. 9 offense and the No. 1 defense. They beat Washington, 24-14, in the opening playoff game with a fourth-quarter comeback before falling to the Atlanta Falcons’ own fourth-quarter comeback the following week.

This roster was loaded with high performers: Sherman (20 AV), center Max Unger (16), Wilson (16), RB Marshawn Lynch (15), and free safety Earl Thomas (15). Seattle fell behind Washington, 14-0, in the first quarter before coming back all the way to win. Then against the Falcons, the Seahawks were down 20 points in the third quarter before taking a one-point lead—only to see Atlanta kick the winning field goal late.

No. 1: 2013 Seattle Seahawks

With a 13-3 record, the best team in franchise history finished first in the NFC West—and No. 1 on defense again, the second year of a four-year streak with the best defense in the league. Does it win championships? This time it did, although the No. 8 offense helped the team to a No. 1 ranking in the overall SRS, too. Seattle played two close NFC postseason matchups before blowing out the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl.

Sherman (21 AV), Wilson (17), and Thomas (16) topped the team in value. For once, Seattle took a big lead against an opponent (New Orleans) before hanging on for a win, and then the Seahawks beat nemesis San Francisco is a tight rivalry game to advance to the Super Bowl. Seattle beat Denver, 40-8, in a game was just ugly as anything we’d seen in awhile: the ‘Hawks led 36-0 in the third quarter in a laugher that was unreal.