“Relax.” That simple word came out of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodger’s mouth after the Packers 0-2 start last season.

It’s time for Seahawks fans to take the advice of last year’s league MVP.

A 2-3 start to the season, low-lighted by blowing a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter at Cincinnati on Sunday, has the 12th Man reeling.

After Bobby Wagner’s fumble return for a touchdown made it a 24-7 game, 12s rejoiced with just over 20 minutes to go in regulation, thinking they were on their way to take back over as the class of the NFC.

Then the unthinkable happened. The seemingly forever un-clutch Bengals came back and tied the game as time expired, eventually winning in overtime.

The discouraging collapse has inspired panic about the outlook of the season and the team’s future.

It’s time to relax. The Seahawks’ three losses have come against quality opponents on the road, and Kam Chancellor missed two of them. Both the Packers and Bengals, traditionally good home teams, are undefeated, and the St. Louis Rams have been a thorn in the Seahawks’ side for the past couple of seasons.

The Hawks can still get to the playoffs if they do what they do best—win at home.

If the Hawks take care of business at CenturyLink Field, their remaining schedule includes very winnable road games against San Francisco, Baltimore, Dallas and Minnesota.

In order for the team to get things back on track over the next few weeks, the biggest problem they need to address is cornerback Cary Williams.

The Bengals exploited the Hawks’ biggest weakness on defense by lining up physical pass-catching tight end Tyler Eifert and star wide receiver AJ Green against him most the game.

The good news is that the team’s next three opponents rank near the bottom of the league in passing, or are missing key pieces of their pass attack. That gives the Hawks three games and a bye week to figure out what to do with the second cornerback spot, before the team takes on division-leading Arizona.

This week’s match-up against the undefeated Carolina Panthers will test the team’s ability to stop the run and to grind out a win against a tough defense, which plays right into the identity of this team.

In two games against the Seahawks last season, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton threw three interceptions and posted total QBRs of eight and 21.9 in each game.

If the Hawks chalk up another loss this week, then we can talk about panicking.