Three Seahawks that need to impress in week 7 versus the Ravens
By Lee Vowell
The 5-1 Seahawks play the 4-2 Ravens in Seattle on Sunday. Here are three Seattle players that need to be great for the team to win.
The Seahawks get a home game on Sunday against the AFC North leading Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore is a good team, though their division is pretty crap. If Seattle wins in week 7 they will have gone a perfect 4-0 against the AFC North, a division with only one team above .500. This is not the NFC West, folks.
That said, Seattle will face the best of the best of that division on Sunday. The Ravens have a dynamic quarterback (sound familiar?), a good running game (again, familiar?) and very little pass rush. Hey! Are the Seahawks playing themselves on Sunday? Well, no. But maybe the closest thing the AFC has to them. The Ravens are the upside down of Seattle.
One of the bigger story lines going into the game, of course, is Earl Thomas‘ return to Seattle. Thomas is in his first season with the Ravens and is still very good. Would Seattle be better off on the field with Thomas? Yes/ But financially and in the locker room? Probably not.
Seattle is about close to entering a very difficult stretch of the season. Once the Seahawks shed their AFC North skin, they will have games against the Falcons and Buccaneers and then the hard part begins. Those games include the 49ers, Vikings, Eagles and Rams. Winning against the Ravens will be important.
So who needs to play big for the Seahawks in week 7 to beat the the Ravens. Here are three guesses.