Has everyone caught their breath and fully recovered from last week's thrilling overtime win over the Rams? You have? Good, because it's time, once again, to open up the mailbag and answer some questions about your playoff-bound Seattle Seahawks.

As always, thanks to everyone who asked questions this week, and apologies if I wasn't able to get to yours this time around. And remember, the mailbag is always open for submissions at Seahawks.com/mailbag.

@ThatWiiMaster asks, "Where does last Thursday's win rank among your favorite regular-season Seahawks wins?" Lianne from Kapolei, Hawaii also asks where Thursday's game ranks in Seahawks history.

A: It's definitely up there. The only comeback I can think of that was similar in terms of both the deficit and the quality of opponent is the NFC Championship win over the Packers. Obviously that game was much bigger in terms of the stakes, but Thursday's win over the Rams was obviously awfully big, and equally unlikely. What happens the rest of the way will also form how we remember Thursday's win. If the Seahawks can take care of business the next two weeks, earn the No. 1 seed and use homefield advantage to get back to the Super Bowl, then Thursday's win has to be one of, if not the greatest, regular-season wins in team history.

Even without knowing how things will play out at this point, it's definitely up there in terms of most meaningful and impressive wins given how late in the season it was and how good the Rams have been this season.

In terms of other contenders for best regular-season wins, I'm only going to focus on the time I've covered the team (2009 to now) because I just don't have as good of a feel for the significance of every regular season game prior to that period. As for a few that jump out, I'd start with the final four games of 2012, and especially the 42-13 win over the 49ers, who would go on to play in the Super Bowl that year. That was when it became clear just how good of a team John Schneider and Pete Carroll had on their hands, and laid the foundation for the Super Bowl run the next year. When it comes to that Super Bowl-winning 2013 season, the Week 13 Monday night win over the Saints stands out. The Seahawks were 10-1 at the time while New Orleans was 9-2, and in a battle between two NFC heavyweights, the Seahawks rolled to a 34-7 win, making it clear that the road to the Super Bowl was going through Seattle. One other I'd point to in terms of impressive regular-season wins was the Seahawks' 2016 win in New England. The Seahawks were coming off a Monday night game going across the country to face a Patriots team coming off a bye. New England, which would go on to win the Super Bowl that season, was 7-1 coming into the game, and given the extra rest and homefield advantage, were a heavy favorite coming in, but thanks to big games from Russell Wilson, Doug Baldwin and C.J. Prosise, and a great defensive effort that included a goal-line stand to end it, the Seahawks handed the Patriots one of their two losses of a championship season.

Az12thman.bsky.social asks, "Do you have a favorite end zone at Lumen Field? South: Gilliam fake FG TD, the tip, Kearse to the Super Bowl Beast Quake. North: F(H)ail marry, Russ' 2-point moon ball to Luke Willson, Zackward pass, Romo bobbled FG attempt."

A: As you outlined, for just plain weird plays, nothing tops the north end zone. From Jordan Babineaux' game saving tackle of Tony Romo to secure a playoff win over the Cowboys to the controversial Golden Tate touchdown to beat the Packers to Kam Chancellor's punch out to preserve a win over the Lions to that wild 2-point conversion against the Packers in the NFC Championship Game to Thursday's strange 2-point conversion to, a less positive note, Jacob Hollister getting stopped a yard short of an NFC West title, a lot of very strange things have transpired in that north end zone. And I'm sure I'm missing some on top of that list.

The south end zone, however, has the best Seahawks memories. The Tip, of course, might be the single most important play in franchise history, while Jermaine Kearse's walk-off touchdown to send the Seahawks to the Super Bowl a year later capped one of the wildest wins in team history. That end zone is also where Marshawn Lynch capped off one of the best runs in NFL history with a famous dive (and grab) on his way into the end zone.

Whichever is your preference, all of those examples above are a good reminder that Seahawks fans have been treated to a lot of great finishes and big moments at Lumen Field.

@casper1288.bsky.social asks, "What's your take on Sam Darnold's play in the Rams game? He threw two more ugly picks. The narrative might be a lot different if Seattle lost.

A: I'd push back on the notion that those were two ugly picks. Obviously all turnovers are bad, but Darnold didn't make terrible throws or even awful decisions on those plays, he just got beat by clever defensive calls. Again, you don't want those to happen, but sometimes defenses make good calls and players make good plays, and in both cases, the Rams found ways to fool him. He and the Seahawks will want to learn from those, but I'd be more worried if he was forcing throws to covered receivers or just making inaccurate throws.

And yes, the narrative would be different had the Seahawks lost, but they didn't, in large part because Darnold played really well down the stretch to help lead the comeback.

Of course Darnold and the Seahawks would love to play turnover free the rest of the way, but to me, he showed a lot more positives than negatives in helping his team to a win on Thursday.

@EastCoast_12 asks, "How concerned are you about this week being a trap game given the holiday schedule, traveling east and coming off an emotional win?"

A: Honestly, I'm not too worried about it. For starters, the Seahawks are a really good road team, so having to go east again for an early kickoff is pretty much a non-issue at this point. And the way Mike Macdonald has had his team so focused on process all year, I just don't see the Seahawks looking ahead to a big Week 18 win, nor should they spend too much time basking in the glow of Thursday's win.

If the Seahawks have a hard time with Carolina on Thursday, it'll be because the Panthers are a pretty darn good team that is in a playoff race, not because they looked past their opponent.

@wenfot asks, "When will we know the date/time of their final game?"

A: Likely not until Sunday night. If the Seahawks and 49ers both win, their game in Week 18 would be for the NFC West title and the No. 1 seed, which would make it a prime candidate for the Sunday night game. But with the 49ers and Bears playing Sunday night this weekend, I'd imagine the league might want to wait until that is over to make a call on the Week 18 schedule.

@mookiealexander asks, "How about Josh Jones' solid performance against the Rams? Do you think what he showed should ease concerns about any more time missed by Charles Cross?"

A: Jones was indeed very solid in his first start with the Seahawks, including great protection on the winning 2-point conversion. Obviously the Seahawks will want to get Charles Cross back at left tackle as soon as he's healthy, but the way Jones stepped up against a really good opponent is definitely encouraging.

"Josh was amazing," Darnold said. "He was amazing all day, just doing his job. I don't think it's any more than that. He's been doing it in practice when we've needed it. Even throughout the season, guys go down, and he's able to step in even if it's for a play or two. Even in our goal line package throughout the season, he just does his job every single play. We're just going to continue to look to him to step up whenever we need him to."