The Seahawks are coming off of a bye week, giving them ample time to prepare for a terrible Browns defense. Look for Seattle to soar to the easy victory today.
The Cleveland Browns are a mess defensively, and with an extra week to prepare, look for the Seattle Seahawks to take full advantage today.
[articleBanner]who2beton[/articleBanner] The Browns have allowed a 100-yard rusher six times in their first seven games, and their pass rush is non-existent, sacking the opposing quarterbacks only seven times all year. As a result, their secondary has been torched repeatedly, ranking 31th in the NFL against the pass. Even Miami’s Cleo Lemon, making only his second career start, had six completions of longer than 15 yards against this defense, as the Dolphins scored a season high 31 points against this Browns ‘D’. St Louis enjoyed their best offensive performance in more than a month against the Browns defense last week, and things aren’t likely to get better for Romeo Crennell’s stop unit this week, after the loss of leading tackler LB D’Qwell Jackson.
Seattle is coming off a bye, and they have a major advantage with quarterback Charlie Frye arriving from Cleveland earlier this season, with intimate knowledge of the Browns playbook. With three losses already and a razor thin lead in the NFC West, this is a crucial game for Seattle’s playoff hopes. Mike Holmgren’s squad is fresh, much healthier than they were before the bye. We’ve seen them win by a big margin on the road already this season, a 20 point victory at San Francisco, and while the Browns were struggling with the Rams last week, Seattle destroyed St Louis 33-6 right before the bye.
Expect Mike Holmgren’s squad to handle Cleveland with relative ease on Sunday.
Free Pick: Seahawks +1