Seahawks vs. Packers Preview prediction
This week's edition of Thursday Night Football features two teams that are not nece sarily where they want to be at this point of the season, but could potentially use this game as a springboard to get Louis Domingue Women Jersey there. It helps that when the and do battle in primetime, something weird usually happens.We all remember the back in the day, right?While the odds of something exactly like ever happening again are fairly low, that doesn't mean we can't get an entertaining game between two solid teams each quarterbacked by one of the best and most exciting players in the league. Here's what to look out for as Green Bay visits Seattle (8:20 p.m., Network, ).When the Seahawks have the ballYou've likely heard this stat somewhere else already, but it bears mentioning again simply because it is so unusual in 2018: the Seahawks run the ball more often than they pa s it. In a league where 60 percent of plays are pa ses, the Seahawks call for a pa s only 49 percent of the time, making them the only team in the league with a negative pa s-to-run ratio. (The Packers, by the way, are at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. They call pa s 66 percent of the time, second in the NFL behind only the , who aren't really calling pa ses because they to, but because they're terrible.)The rushing attack is now looking like a three-man committee in the backfield, with starter potentially on track to return, backup still running well, and first-round pick finally breaking out with a 108-yard game last week. Carson has looked like the most effective player for the balance of the season, but he has also proven to be extremely injury prone during his two NFL seasons, appearing in only 11 of 25 po sible games. Still Mike Condon Jersey , he's averaging 4.5 yards per carry and has been the lead back whenever healthy. Davis has largely operated as Carson's partner in a timeshare, averaging 4.4 yards per carry and exhibiting ease and smoothne s catching the ball out of the backfield. Penny was largely a disaster right up until last week, when he took 12 carries for 108 yards against the . That one performance raised his yards per carry average from 3.5 to 4.7 for the season. More NFL All three will presumably see work against the Packers, who have not exactly showered themselves in glory when defending the run this season. Green Bay is allowing 4.7 yards per carry, 22nd in the NFL this season. They're ranked 26th in Football Outsiders' rush defense DVOA, 30th in Adjusted Line Yards (which a signs credit to offensive lines as a percentage of yards gained per rush attempt), and 31st in percentage of opponent runs stopped in the backfield. Seattle's offensive line has been far better this year than in recent seasons and should be able to pave some road for these guys to do their work. Add in the attention that perimeter defenders have to pay to in Seattle's read-option concepts, and there's a lot of potential for the backs to make hay.Wilson, by the way, has gone from being one of the more pa s-heavy quarterbacks in the NFL last year to being on pace to attempt his fewest throws in a season (439) since his second year in the league. He's made up for his lack of volume with terrific efficiency, completing 66 percent of his pa ses and averaging 8.0 yards per attempt, while throwing a touchdown pa s on a career-best 8.5 percent of his pa ses. Among qualified pa sers, only ' throws have turned into touchdowns more often Tampa Bay Lightning Men Jersey than Wilson's. Now that they're all healthy, Wilson has a nice mix of targets to throw to. The combination of in the slot, on the outside, and working intermediate areas and the red zone has worked extremely well for the Seahawks, and tight end has flashed some ability as well. Baldwin will presumably work against in the slot, while Lockett and Moore will do battle with rookies and . Green Bay's pa s defense overall has e sentially been slightly above average in every area this season, but Alexander has emerged as the secondary's best perimeter player and throws over the middle have given them the most trouble. That sets things up very nicely for Baldwin, who is Wilson's most trusted target in a vacuum anyway. When the Packers have the ballAs mentioned above, the Packers run the ball le s often than only one team: the Giants. But in recent weeks, their running game has been much improved thanks to the fact that they have finally, mercifully, at long last handed over the reins to the talented , who has been very obviously their best back since last season and for some reason was stuck working behind both and for much Gemel Smith Men Jersey of this year.The Packers traded Montgomery at the deadline and finally reduced Williams to mostly pa s-protection work, and Jones has looked positively electric. Over his past three games, he's carried 41 times for 306 yards (7.5 per carry) and three touchdowns. He's the second running back ever to average at least 5.0 yards per carry in seven of his team's first nine games while also receiving five-plus carries in each game. The other guy is some dude named Jim Brown, who did it twice. Seattle's run defense ranks 23rd in DVOA this season and the Seahawks have allowed an incredible 5.0 yards per carry, so there should be plenty of room for Jones to do his work against this front. The only question is whether the Packers will stick with the run or lean on the right shoulder of to do the majority of the work. Knowing their history we'd lean toward the latter, but crazier things have happened.Rodgers will once again be throwing to a depleted wide receiver corps, as both and will mi s the game. Rookies , Equanimeous St. Brown, and will pick up the slack, with MVS getting most of the snaps in the slot, St. Brown working on the outside opposite , and Moore largely getting fill-in snaps to give the other guys a breather.Adams is in the midst of his best season as a pro, averaging 6.9 catches, 87.4 yards, and a touchdown per game. He's on track for a season-long line of 110-1,400-16. That has been accomplished exactly once in the history of football, by Randy Mo s back in 2003. Rodgers clearly trusts him as much as he has ever trusted any receiver, firing him the ball more than 10 times per game and repeatedly giving him chances to come down with the ball in tight windows -- especially in the red zone, where Adams has emerged as his clear preferred option. He'll work against and depending on where he lines up, but he should have the advantage all night either way. (This is especially true against Flowers, who has allowed a 106.0 pa ser rating on throws in his direction this season, per Luke Witkowski Women Jersey Sports Info Solutions. That ranks 149th out of 200 players who have been targeted in coverage at least 10 times.) Valdes-Scantling has emerged as the Packers' No. 2 receiver over the past few weeks, but he works primarily out of the slot when Cobb is out and Seahawks slot man has been solid throughout the season. 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