By james art 
Three former Seattle Seahawks players and coaches were on the cusp of reaching Super Bowl Lix on Sunday, but the Washington Chiefs lost 55-23 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.
Commanders head coach Dan Quinn and linemen Bobby Wagner and Nick Beller have strong ties to the Seahawks.
Quinn was Seattle’s defensive coordinator from 2013-14, when the team made back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, and he was one step away from reaching his fourth (head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 2016) as an NFL coach on Sunday.
Unfortunately, Quinn, along with Wagner and Bellor, trailed 27-15 at halftime against Philadelphia and were unable to recover. Washington mustered just eight second-half points on a 10-yard rush by rookie quarterback Jaden Daniels.
Wagner’s First Ballot Hall of Fame resume is already legendary without another Super Bowl appearance. He is an 11-time All-Pro—including a second-team selection this season with Washington—and a nine-time Pro Bowler with 1,838 regular seasons.
In the NFC Championship game against the Eagles, Wagner finished with nine tackles (tied for a team-high) and a tackle for loss. However, the Commanders’ defense allowed the most points it has all season in a brutal 32-point loss.
Bellor, who is listed as a linebacker on Washington’s roster despite primarily being a special teams and fullback for the Seahawks, registered one tackle against the Eagles. Bellor has appeared on defense in six regular season games, but has also been mostly on special teams for Washington.
Washington was in the NFC title game for the first time since the 1991-92 season, the same year it last reached—and won—the Super Bowl. The franchise defeated the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in Super Bowl XXVI on January 26, 1992.
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