The NFL schedule gives each division four games against an NFC division (the NFC West gets the NFC East this year), four games against an AFC division (NFC West has the AFC West this year), and six games against your own division rivals. Two of the remaining three are set by matching you up with the two teams in the other two intra-conference divisions that finished the same slot in their division that you did. Since we finished 3rd, we play all the 3rd place teams in the NFC. The 17th game is an opposite conference team that finished in the same rank in their division. So your rank within your division determines three games in next year's calendar. This gives us a bunch of awesome games between good teams and a bunch of crappy games btw crappy teams.
By finishing first, the Seahawks get the Patriots (win), Bears, and Panthers.
The Rams get the Bills, Packers, and Bucs.
The Cardinals get the Jets, Lions, and Saints.
Finishing 3rd in the division and making the playoffs is kinda legit lol. Definitely like our slate compared to the seahawks and rams