Seahawks versus Falcons: 5 bold predictions for Seattle
By Lee Vowell
The Seahawks begin the 2020 season by playing the Falcons in Atlanta.
The Seahawks play the Falcons in week one of the 2020 in Atlanta. Both teams have excellent quarterbacks and talent on defense. But both teams have question marks on defense too. Seattle’s defensive line is iffy. The Falcons have a young secondary.
Here are five bold predictions about week one’s matchup starting with bold prediction number five.
Russell Wilson throws for 3 touchdowns but just 250 yards
The Seahawks play in weird games. They have weird statistics and play oddly scoring games and well, as 12s know, Seattle games just have a way of working themselves out. Russell Wilson is a perfect example of this. Wilson might have had an MVP vote or two by now had he been running a different kind of offense during his career but he hasn’t.
Seattle likes ball control. Sure, Wilson throws the best deep ball in the NFL and is accurate and great. But his stats are always going to be a bit limited compared to say a Peyton Manning because Wilson simply has fewer opportunities to throw for 50 touchdowns in a season than Manning did.
This is why Wilson will have Russell Wilson type numbers on Sunday in week one versus the Falcons. He will be extremely efficient and lead Seattle to scores but he won’t get a ton of yards throwing. Atlanta’s young secondary will try to limit Wilson’s deep passes and make him work underneath.
Wilson will still complete about 70 percent of his throws and throw touchdown passes to D.K. Metcalf, Greg Olsen and Chris Carson but his longest throw will go for 32 yards.