NFC West update: 49ers injuries may help Seahawks
By Lee Vowell
The Seahawks started off the season 0-2. But the season may have gotten more hopeful with some key injuries to players within the NFC West.
The Seahawks will now face the San Francisco 49ers twice this season without the 49ers having Jimmy Garoppolo. The quarterback tore his ACL and MCL on Sunday and will be out the rest of the season. Plus, Richard Sherman has a calf injury and will be out a few weeks. These are good things for Seattle.
Don’t get me wrong, though. I would prefer that Seattle beats the 49ers with San Francisco having their best players. That way there are no excuses on the part of the Northern Californians should the Seahawks win.
Three of the next four games for the 49ers would be extremely difficult to win, even if the team was healthy. San Francisco plays at the Chargers on Sunday, then two weeks later faces the Packers in Green Bay before coming home to play the Rams.
The 49ers could easily be 2-5 after their first seven games.
Clearly the Los Angeles Rams are the best team currently in the division. The Rams have talent all over their roster and are playing well to start the year. Seattle is already down two games in the loss column to Los Angeles and they won’t be catching up.
The Arizona Cardinals seem to be a complete mess. Arizona, with a new coach and now a new starting quarterback in rookie Josh Rosen, are 0-3. The Cardinals defense is 25th overall in the league and 18th in points allowed. And the defense is supposed to be the strength of the team.
Arizona’s offense has scored 20 points in 2018. 20. And no, I am not making that up.
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The point of all this is is that even though the Seahawks are 1-2 to start the season, the year could get better. Earl Thomas is playing extremely well. So is Chris Carson. And four wins for Seattle over the Cardinals and 49ers this season is not crazy to imagine.