Coffee & Cigarettes: Seahawks links for Monday

Championship Week.

Seahawks built to weather the storm | HeraldNet.com - Sports
Kam Chancellor smiled, seemingly amused at the idea that Saturday's windy, monsoon-like weather constituted nasty conditions.

2013 NFL playoffs -- Seahawks hoping home is sweet - ESPN
Minutes after the Seattle Seahawks lost a 30-28 decision to the Atlanta Falcons in last season's divisional playoffs, Seattle coach Pete Carroll walked into the locker room and made a statement.

‘Beast Mode’ times two: Lynch, Seahawks' D lower boom on Saints - NFL - Sporting News
Seattle couldn’t pull away from New Orleans with quarterback Russell Wilson's offense nor with Earl Thomas' defense. Leave it to running back Marshawn Lynch to put it away.

Saints' mental errors stymie comeback vs. Seahawks - NFL.com
The prolific duo of Drew Brees and Sean Payton were psyched out once again in Seattle over the course of Saturday's 23-15 loss to the Seahawks.

Title-Game Tussles: Brady-Manning, 49ers-Seahawks - ABC News
Well, well. We meet again. Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady in the AFC championship game. The San Francisco 49ers vs. the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC title bout.

Seahawks Spencer Ware arrested for DUI - seattlepi.com
Seattle Seahawks running back Spencer Ware was arrested for driving while intoxicated, Washington State Patrol records show

49ers coming to Seattle next week | Seahawks Draft Blog
It seemed inevitable.

It’s Seahawks and 49ers for the NFC Championship
With their 23-10 victory over the Panthers in Carolina on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers are heading to CenturyLink Field next Sunday to face the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game.

Seahawks notebook: Lynch sets playoff record - 710sports.com
Marshawn Lynch ran all over New Orleans' defense and then into the Seahawks' record books.

Quick Take: San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks - ESPN
Three things to know about next Sunday's San Francisco 49ers-Seattle Seahawks NFC Championship Game at CenturyLink Field:

Pro Football Focus reviews Seahawks-Saints | Seahawks Blog | Seattle Times
Here we go with the weekly grades and notes from Pro Football Focus:

Snap counts for Seahawks-Saints game | Seahawks Blog | Seattle Times
Here are the snap counts for the Seahawks in Saturday’s win over the Saints. There were 60 offensive snaps and 76 defensive snaps. WR Percy Harvin played 19 of a possible 35 snaps in the first half before leaving with a concussion.

Seahawks built to weather the storm | HeraldNet.com - Sports
SEATTLE — Kam Chancellor smiled, seemingly amused at the idea that Saturday's windy, monsoon-like weather constituted nasty conditions.It felt ...

Seahawks' Harvin's brief, but brilliant impact | HeraldNet.com - Sports
SEATTLE — Once again, Percy Harvin's impact was brilliant but brief.The highly touted, supremely talented — and oft-injured — wide...

49ers say they are looking forward to matchup with Seahawks | Seahawks Insider - The News Tribune
“Yeah, I think we’re the two teams that everybody was kind of looking at from the beginning,” quarterback Colin Kaepernick said. “It’s going to be a knock down, drag out game.”

Super Bowl Win or Bust for 49ers After 3rd Consecutive Trip to NFC Championship | Bleacher Report
The latest NFL news, rumors, scores, schedules, predictions, picks against the spread, free agent updates, power rankings, mock drafts and more

Sorting the Sunday Pile: All hail Jim Harbaugh - CBSSports.com
Breaking down Saturday's Panthers-49ers playoff game, including a dominant coaching performance from Jim Harbaugh and his staff.

Ten things to ponder for conference championship weekend - CBSSports.com
Here are some of the most fascinating topics heading into next week's conference championship weekend.

Arizona Cardinals Twitter not amused with NFL Network - CBSSports.com
The Seattle Seahawks are not unbeatable at home. The Arizona Cardinals would just like to make sure everyone knows that.

Ten things we learned from Divisional Round Weekend - NFL.com
Divisional Round Weekend featured perhaps the best eight-pack of quarterbacks in playoff history. So why was it that the pass-heavy NFL trended toward the power running game the past two days?

NFL looking to sell part of Thursday Night Football broadcast schedule | Audibles - SI.com
The NFL Network's monopoly on Thursday night football may come to an end beginning next season. John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reported that the NFL has begun shopping a one-year contract for its midweek game, and that the NFL Network is expected to split the Thursday night schedule wit...

Previewing AFC, NFC Championship Games 2013 | Audibles - SI.com
For all the talk about parity around the NFL, and despite the rise of teams like Kansas City and Philadelphia this season, we more or less wound up right where many believed we would: with New England and Denver in the AFC title game, and San Francisco battling Seattle for the NFC's Super Bowl b...

NFP Sunday Blitz | National Football Post
Do NFL officials throw fewer flags during the postseason?

NFL prospect focus: Saturday 3-pack | National Football Post
Three more underclassmen declare for the draft, but one of them shouldn’t have.

Mild weather forecast for Conference Championship Sunday | ProFootballTalk
Weather has been an issue for plenty of NFL games over the last several weeks. Some fear (hope) it will be an issue for the game to be played in three weeks in New Jersey. Next Sunday, weather won't be a factor for the two games that will determine the representatives in Super Bowl XLVIII.

Titans can’t talk to Quinn until Seahawks’ season ends | ProFootballTalk
The Titans' failure to make a quick decision regarding former coach Mike Munchak has complicated their coaching search. With the team reportedly interested in Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, the Titans can't talk to him until the Seattle season has ended.

Jim Harbaugh feels like a “strong, mighty man” after Sunday’s win | ProFootballTalk
The second time around went a lot better for the 49ers. They were 10-9 home losers to the Panthers during the regular season and gained just 151 yards while picking up 10 first downs on the way to that defeat.

The Division Round Gives Us The Championship Round We Want
By all accounts, this was an underwhelming quartet of games played on The Best Weekend in Football. Last year, the division round gave us an incredible Russell Wilson comeback where the Seahawks scored three fourth quarter touchdowns before falling short […]