Experts say that Seattle is favored by 4 over Washington and the point total is expected to be 40. So, again, back to algebra class: Seattle + Washington = 40 and Seattle = Washington + 4 then 40 = 2(Washington) + 4 and thus the experts are telling us Washington will score 18 points. This of course also means Seattle will score 22 so the experts are predicting Seattle 22 Washington 18.

Yeah, I don’t quite see it that way. First up as we are all tired of hearing about, Seattle is a passing team now. Well they should be, they have a playoff (and Super Bowl for that matter) tested quarterback and a coach who helped mold one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Then of course there is the terrible tragedy in the Washington secondary. Oh and by the way, there is also a former NFL MVP in the backfield, believe me, it’s the playoffs, if he decides he wants to run the ball, Seattle will be able to run the ball.

Then there are the differences between the seasons these two have had. A few weeks ago, we were calling for Joe Gibbs head. Washington had to put together a string of victories while riding an emotional roller coaster just to get here, not to mention they have to travel all the way across the country into a place that is notoriously difficult on visiting teams. Seattle by the way has very quietly cruised to an easy division title. Washington is without key personnel. Seattle is relatively healthy.

Put this all together and 22 sounds really low for Seattle. On the other hand I don’t think 18 is that bad of an estimate for Washington. I am going to say Seattle 35 Washington 17

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