Leading up to the Seahawks’ 2014 post-season, there was talk among fans of the rival 49ers about the lack of Lombardis in the Seahawks’ trophy case. Writing in the pages of this paper, though, local Niners fan Kevin Sur explained that it wasn’t the trophies that mattered so much as the “finally” moment that marked the franchise’s turnaround—which for the 49ers took the form of The Catch, which famously sealed the team’s 1982 NFC Championship. The Seahawks got their “finally” moment just a few weeks after Sur’s piece was published in the closing seconds of their own NFC Championship against those very same 49ers. Trailing 23 to 17, the San Francisco team was marching downfield and looking determined to score. Seahawks fans flashed back to the previous year’s devastating playoff exit against the similarly late-marching Atlanta Falcons. Then, as the seconds ticked down, San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick threw aloft a pass intended for Michael Crabtree in the back of the end zone. You know what happened next: Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman miraculously reached up and deflected the ball into the waiting hands of his teammate Malcolm Smith. The game clock expired, and The Tip was immortalized as the most memorable moment of the Seahawks’ first championship season.

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