Good morning, Seattle Seahawks followers! It’s Week 14 and the Seahawks are positioned to win the NFC West. That lead may disappear in the event that they lose to the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale. A win (plus some assist from the Buffalo Bills) may give Seattle one thing near a agency grip within the division.
Before we get into this week’s predictions for the Cardinals rematch, let’s recap final week’s predictions for the New York Jets recreation.
Bold prediction: Geno Smith’s interception streak ends
Bingo!
Seahawks offense prediction: Kenneth Walker III breaks a run longer than 20 yards
The wait continues. And it gained’t occur this week, both.
Seahawks protection prediction: Riq Woolen picks off Aaron Rodgers
Who wants Riq when you’ve Big Cat?
Enemy prediction: Quinnen Williams feasts, data a number of sacks
Definitely disrupted the run recreation however didn’t have a sack, imagine it or not. His brother Quincy Williams did sack Geno Smith.
Game prediction: Geno Smith leads last-minute drive in ugly comeback win
Technically talking, he did. Not one among his completions really gained a primary down however this was an unpleasant comeback win and he’s credited with a game-winning drive. I had it 19-14 Seahawks and I bought each groups brief by a landing.
Now let’s get to the Cards rematch!
Bold prediction: Seahawks particular groups forces a takeaway
After one of many worst particular groups outings in NFL historical past, the Seahawks shuffled the lineup by canning Dee Williams and Laviska Shenault Jr. Unexpectedly, they could need to depend on the providers of Ty Zentner with Michael Dickson injured. Seattle’s particular groups has not been good for a lot of the season, however maybe that can change quickly simply from the standpoint of the return recreation.
But my daring prediction for the week is the Seahawks turning the tables and forcing a Cardinals particular groups turnover. Is former Seahawks working again DeeJay Dallas about to cough the ball up on Sunday? I believe so. Let’s see one thing constructive out of this particular groups unit (apart from Jason Myers and Michael Dickson) for as soon as!
Seahawks offense prediction: Jaxon Smith-Njigba lastly catches his first street landing
JSN has eight touchdowns in his younger profession, all of which have come at residence. He was pretty near a street landing towards the San Francisco 49ers a couple of weeks again, and he had a TD (wrongly, to me) overturned towards the Dallas Cowboys final season. The truth of the matter is he’s not caught a street TD but and the Seahawks haven’t thrown quite a lot of landing passes this yr. I imagine that drought ends right now! He’s been enjoying distinctive soccer since Week 9 and he ought to be the point of interest of the passing recreation once more.
Seahawks protection prediction: Leonard Williams retains his sack streak going
It’s been three years because the final time Leonard Williams recorded not less than one sack in three consecutive video games. With 4.5 sacks over the previous two video games, together with 2.5 towards Kyler Murray, it’s tempting to say he’ll get a number of sacks for a 3rd straight week, however I don’t essentially see it taking place. He’ll nonetheless have an impactful efficiency and report not less than a sack to inch nearer to double digits on the season. ‘Big Cat’ is enjoying at an All-Pro degree and I don’t assume he’s going to be denied entry to the backfield.
Enemy prediction: Cardinals power not less than two Seahawks turnovers on offense
Seattle has solely dedicated two offensive turnovers in the course of the three game-winning streak, each by way of very unhealthy Geno Smith interceptions. The different turnovers have been on particular groups towards the New York Jets. Arizona has not been a excessive takeaway staff this season, however the protection has gotten not less than one turnover in every of the final three video games. With the continued move safety struggles I wouldn’t be shocked to see Geno throw one other interception and/or undergo his first strip-sack misplaced fumble on the yr. He was strip-sacked by Zaven Collins within the first assembly however recovered his fumble.
The Seahawks have oddly been a lot better with taking good care of the ball on offense on the street in comparison with at residence, however I believe the trickiness of the Cardinals protection will result in a number of errors… which hopefully aren’t pricey.
Game prediction: Seahawks commit too many offensive errors, lose to Cardinals
The Seahawks win in Glendale with regularity. If historical past is a information, this ought to be one other win. I dislike the best way the offense has appeared post-Atlanta Falcons recreation and really feel like they’re making too many errors when it comes to turnovers and execution errors to not be punished horribly. I’m fairly down on the offense in methods I didn’t anticipate this season.
While Seattle’s protection has considerably improved, so has Arizona’s, notably alongside the defensive position. The Seahawks appeared to have few solutions for the Cardinals’ simulated pressures and protection disguises, and the run recreation actually didn’t do a lot of something the primary time. There are too many “tells” in Ryan Grubb’s offense that result in a busted play-action recreation and extreme predictability.
I simply really feel like Seattle goes to have a kind of “f—okay round and discover out” moments the place the offense has one too many premature sacks, turnovers, and/or purple zone failures that they’ll’t escape by means of the stinginess of the protection. Arizona takes it 23-17 and the Seahawks discover themselves doubtlessly needing to win three of their final 4 to make the postseason.
