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NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Seattle Seahawks finished the regular season where they started it: as the top team in the NFL.Defending Super Bowl champion Seattle (12-4) received 11 of 12 first-place votes Tuesday in the AP Pro32 power rankings, which are decided by a media panel that regularly covers the league.The Seahawks will open the playoffs at home on Jan. 10.Whos scared of the big, bad Seahawks? Everybody. Ira Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune said.The Patriots (12-4) received the other first-place vote. New England is the top seed in the AFC and also opens the playoffs at home on Jan. 10.The Patriots are better in two ways from last years AFC runner-up: an improved roster, and home-field advantage, said Jenny Vrentas of The Monday Morning Quarterback.According to Glantz-Culver, the Seahawks (at 2-1) and Patriots (at 5-2) are the favourites to reach the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 1.The Green Bay Packers (No. 3), Dallas Cowboys (No. 4) and Denver Broncos (No. 5) all finished 12-4 and won their respective divisions.The Cowboys open the playoffs on Sunday against Detroit.The surprise team of the 2014 season finishes things off in style with a resounding win at Washington, Newsdays Bob Glauber said. The only team in the tournament to beat the Seahawks on the road this season.Indeed, Dallas won all eight road games.Most of the remaining playoff teams rounded out the top 10: the Pittsburgh Steelers (No. 6), Detroit Lions (No. 7), Indianapolis Colts (No. 8), Cincinnati Bengals (No. 9) and the Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens (tied for No. 10).The Bengals, who havent won a playoff game since the 1990 season, face Andrew Luck on Sunday in Indianapolis. The Bengals have lost in the first round each of the past three years.Will they finally win a playoff game this year? asked NBC Sports Tony Dungy.The Ravens travel to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers on Saturday night, a renewal of their bitter rivalry.(Baltimore) hoping that Haloti Ngata can plug a few holes, Fox Sports John Czarnecki of the Ravens defensive lineman who is set to return after a four-game suspension.NFC South champion Carolina finished at No. 13 with a 7-8-1 record and faces the Cardinals on Saturday.The Panthers became the first team to win back-to-back titles in the NFC South since the NFL realigned in 2002, noted Rick Gosselin of The Dallas Morning News.Going into the season, Seattle was No. 1, followed by Denver, New England, Green Bay and New Orleans. The Saints finished 7-9 and at No. 23 in the final poll.At the opposite end of the poll, Jacksonville, Cleveland and Oakland were picked to finish No. 30 to 32. Jacksonville (3-13) did indeed finish No. 30 followed by Tampa Bay, which has the No. 1 pick in the draft, and the Tennessee Titans.The Browns were 25th and the Raiders finished 29th.___AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Nike Air Max Tilbud . He was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 5th. The 34-year-old Laval, Que. native has played six seasons with the Penguins. Air Max Danmark .com) - The Milwaukee Bucks will try to get another win on this homestand Thursday night when they welcome the Utah Jazz to the Bradley Center. http://www.airmaxdanmark.com/. As the only competitor to try two quads, much less complete them, Kovtun ended the day nearly nine points ahead of Japans Tatsuki Machida, who opened with a clean quad but then stepped out of the triple toe loop that was the second jump in his combination. Nike Air Max Danmark Billig .Gasol had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Bulls beat the winless Orlando Magic 98-90 on Tuesday night.Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 21 points and Taj Gibson added 16 for Chicago, which finally pulled away in the final minutes of a game that was tied after three quarters. Billige Nike Air Max . -- Josh Smith made a 3-pointer as time expired and finished with 20 points to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 99-98 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night in both teams exhibition finale.The Winnipeg Blue Bombers suffered a blow Wednesday when test results revealed Ryan Lucas will miss the entire season with a torn ACL. The Canadian defensive tackle suffered the injury on Monday and had tests done on Tuesday. He was a potential starter on the defensive line but head coach Mike OShea said he wasnt even thinking about the ratio when he got the news. “It becomes a personal issuue when I lose a guy with an ACL on the first day of camp, a guy who loves football so much that he cant stand it.dddddddddddd Its nothing about ratio.” Lucas has had bad luck with injuries lately; he missed most of last season as well. The 29-year-old has played five years in the league splitting time with the Blue Bombers, Montreal Alouettes, and Saskatchewan Roughriders. ' ' '