From espn.com's John Clayton:
Who will win the NFC Championship Game? The Seahawks will win and return to the Super Bowl. Over the past two years, this defense has become one of the five best in NFL history. It's slightly better than the 2000 Baltimore Ravens and is probably the best defense since the 1985 Chicago Bears. It will be interesting to see whether the Seahawks will be favored if they beat the Packers and wind up facing the Patriots in the Super Bowl. They were underdogs to Denver last year and ended up winning in a blowout.
what clayton? no way
the top 5 Defenses ever are as follows
85 bears
86 gians
02 bucs
00 ravens
13 seattle
with respect to the 76 steelers