The entire NFC landscape just changed around them–while the Seahawks didn’t do anything but watch.

Aaron Rodgers’ broken collarbone during Green Bay’s loss at Minnesota on Sunday brought the Packers (4-2) back from being the favorite to win the conference to the jumbled mass of contenders that includes Seattle.

The Seahawks are 3-2 returning from their bye week to practice Monday for their game this weekend at the New York Giants (1-5). The Giants won amid turmoil for the first time last night as a double-digit underdog at Denver.

Home playoff games–and more than just the one they got last January, in the wild-card round–remains the Seahawks’ goal this season. And that goal got a boost on Sunday. Some are writing off the Packers as done if Rodgers doesn’t return this season.

“This is as open as I can remember it in a lot of years, because it is hard to say who the top one or two teams are in the conference,” an evaluator said. “Usually, you would put the Packers and someone else — Seattle, maybe — that you feel strongly about. You just don’t feel as strongly about those teams this year.”