NFL Odds – Seahawks Looking For Late Season Run – Starting with Steeler Encounter
By Charles Jay
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are well rested and they are ready to move down the stretch toward a challenge for either the AFC North championship or a wild-card spot. The Seattle Seahawks won their last game and they know that this was about the time last season when they began to catch fire on the defensive end. So they are confident going into their Sunday matchup against the Men of Steel, which will begin at 4:25 PM ET at Century Link Field in Seattle. Vietbet patrons will get to take advantage of reduced juice wagering before the game begins, and then after the opening kickoff, they can test their skill against the NFL odds in real time through the state-of-the-art software offered through Live Betting Extra.
The Seahawks are just 5-5 straight-up on the season, and an even worse 3-6-1 against the football pointspread. But in the final six games of the 2014 season, they allowed just a sliver more than 200 yards per game and never more than 245, on their way to the playoffs and an eventual berth in their second straight Super Bowl. So undoubtedly this is the time that head coach Pete Carroll is looking for this team to gather some real momentum. However, they will have to do it without running back Marshawn Lynch, who has undergone surgery for a sports hernia and will be out for the foreseeable future. Fortunately for them, they have rookie Thomas Rawls, who has averaged six yards per carry, so the running game should be in pretty good shape.
For the Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger has been battling with injuries all season long, so the question as to whether he is “healthy” is kind of moot. No, his overall numbers are not sensational, but he has averaged almost nine yards per attempt and he has a set of receivers that are the equal of anyone’s in the NFL. That is a challenge for the Seattle defense. And the matchup everybody will be looking for is Antonio Brown against Richard Sherman.
In the NFL odds posted on this game by the people at Vietbet, the Seahawks are the favorites:
Seattle Seahawks -3.5
Pittsburgh Steelers +3.5
Over 46 points -110
Under 46 points -110
Brown has 79 catches on the season for 1141 yards, and he wasn’t even comfortable when Roethlisberger was out with an injury. His numbers could have been much bigger had Big Ben been able to remain healthy. How will Seattle deal with him? Well, backers of the Seahawks know that they have one of the best secondaries in the National Football League, although they have only had four interceptions on the season.
Not having Le’Veon Bell in the lineup is certainly not an advantage for the Steelers, but they are getting more than a workmanlike effort from DeAngelo Williams, who has gained 534 yards on the ground with a five-yard average. So there is balance on this Pittsburgh side.
And Vietbet customers can see that the Pittsburgh defense has probably progressed more than most people expected under first-year coordinator Keith Butler. Sure, they allowed 28 points to the Patriots and Tom Brady in the opener, but they have not met too many games get far out of hand since. In fact, only the Oakland Raiders have scored more than 23 points against them since that opening game. So perhaps the proposition that the Steelers can keep this game within a reasonable margin until the fourth quarter is not out of line at all.
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Russell Wilson is someone who offers the Seahawks that added dimension of a mobile quarterback who can pull it down and run with it; is 385 rushing yards can attest to that. So together with his rookie running back, we don’t have much doubt that Seattle can do some business on the ground. In terms of his connection with receivers, it is perhaps a little disappointing that Jimmy Graham, who was acquired in the off-season from New Orleans, has not had All-Pro numbers (44 catches for 530 yards), but that is obviously a reflection of the man throwing passes to him. The Seahawks’ passing game is adequate, but Wilson’s challenge is to stay upright, as he has suffered 35 sacks on the season.
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