Especially since a falcon still has it all over a — snicker! — seahawk in the mascot battle. Here's a look back at that 2013 story — including the extremely complimentary things even a Seattle-based expert was forced to concede about the superiority of the mighty falcon:

NFL playoff games are all about key matchups:

Offense versus defense.

Takeaways versus turnovers.

Falcons versus … osprey?

It’s true. Members of the Seattle Seahawks — that big, supposedly scary team playing the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday’s divisional playoff game here — have the wrong name splayed across their lummoxy chests.

A “sea hawk” turns out to be nothing more than a trumped-up name for an osprey. Which turns out to be nothing more than … well, what are osprey, exactly?

“They’re not real aggressive or fast,” Georgann Schmalz, who taught ornithology for 28 years at Fernbank Science Center, said of the large birds of prey found around water.

“Falcons are built for speed and are very effective predators, especially against other birds,” admitted Mark Myers, curator of birds at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. “However, since I live in Seattle, I do feel required to say that no falcon can beat a sea hawk.”