It’s Thursday, Seattle Seahawks followers! For the second yr in a row, the Seahawks have a few Thursday night time video games, solely this yr there shall be a number of quick weeks, which actually sucks.
You understand what additionally sucked? My predictions for final week’s New York Giants sport.
Daring prediction: The Seahawks eclipse 200 yards dashing
Hahaha.
Seahawks offense prediction: Geno Smith may have his first multi-touchdown go sport of the season
Nope.
Seahawks protection prediction: The turnover drought ends
Lastly, it did. It even resulted in a extremely lengthy landing!
Enemy prediction: Daniel Jones shall be sacked fewer than 5 occasions
Sadly, sure. He was sacked 3 times and considered one of them was Jones fumbling by himself.
Recreation prediction: Seahawks have a messy however snug win
The Seahawks have been messy. Messy as hell. The win didn’t occur.
Let’s see if my predictions for the Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers fare any higher. I’d somewhat the final prediction be extraordinarily incorrect when it comes to the top end result.
Daring prediction: No sacks for Nick Bosa
You must return to Bosa’s rookie season (2019) for his final common season sport and not using a sack on a Seahawks quarterback. He by some means didn’t get a sack within the playoff sport, which is astonishing to me. In his final six common season matchups in opposition to the Seahawks, he’s racked up 8.5 sacks on the trio of Russell Wilson, Geno Smith, and Drew Lock.
On paper, this isn’t a good struggle. Seattle’s offensive line in opposition to a premier edge rusher is a recipe for catastrophe. Nicely this can be a daring prediction for a motive, proper? They held Aidan Hutchinson and not using a sack, so why not Bosa? I simply hope the Seahawks aren’t foolish sufficient to repeatedly put Stone Forsythe on an island with him.
Seahawks offense prediction: Kenneth Walker may have no less than 15 rush makes an attempt
It’s been publicly declared already by Mike Macdonald and Ryan Grubb that K9 wants the ball and may get extra carries. Final week he obtained his touches, however I’m undecided we ever need to see him lead the workforce with seven catches and have solely 5 carries.
The Seahawks can’t be naive and simply flip a swap to a run-heavy strategy understanding full properly the 49ers are going to key in on Walker, however so long as they don’t fall behind by an enormous margin, there shouldn’t be a repeat of 1st half run sport abandonment. In three full video games, Walker has had 20, 12, and 5 rush makes an attempt. His highest utilization was in opposition to the Denver Broncos, and never coincidentally the Seahawks leaned closely on Walker to spark the offense within the 2nd half.
Whether or not or not Walker is efficient along with his elevated workload is a unique story. Nonetheless, San Francisco’s rush DVOA is a middling seventeenth and they’re twenty sixth in rush success price allowed. Sure, the Arizona Cardinals have Kyler Murray and James Conner as a harmful duo on zone-read performs, however Ty Chandler isn’t any celebrity and even he had 82 yards on 10 carries for the Minnesota Vikings. Kyren Williams had 89 yards on 24 carries and a pair of touchdowns working behind the Los Angeles Rams’ third-string OL. If the Seahawks OL can’t open up any holes for Walker or Zach Charbonnet, this could be pushing 2017 for one of many worst OLs we’ve ever seen from this franchise.
Walker is getting the rattling ball.
Seahawks protection prediction: Derick Corridor retains his sack streak going
Bear in mind when Boye Mafe had a seven-game stretch with no less than one sack final season? Derick Corridor is nearly midway to matching what Mafe did in his second-year leap. It seems to be as if Corridor will play tonight, so he has an opportunity to increase his streak to 4 in a row with a sack and enhance his workforce result in six sacks with solely one-third of the season performed.
Brock Purdy is just not straightforward to sack, however at 7.1% he’s coping with the very best sack price of his younger profession. The 49ers offensive line exterior of Trent Williams has not been overly spectacular, so there shall be alternatives for Corridor to get after the QB and get no less than one sack. Boye Mafe’s return ought to assist Corridor tremendously.
Enemy prediction: Fred Warner forces a turnover off of Geno Smith or another Seahawks participant
Patrick Willis is without doubt one of the greatest linebackers of his period and he’s deservedly within the Corridor of Fame. Fred Warner could be on a trajectory the place he’s pretty much as good if not higher than Willis, which is horrifying to consider. Warner already has a pick-6 this season, and he had a giant interception off of Sam Darnold when the Vikings have been deep in 49ers territory. One other technique to put it: Fred Warner has as many interceptions as your complete Seahawks protection.
Warner’s profession excessive in fumbles compelled was hit final season when he stripped the ball out 4 occasions. He already has three in 5 video games, which is ridiculous. It isn’t unthinkable that he’ll find yourself profitable Defensive Participant of the 12 months, a lot to our chagrin as Seahawks followers.
Outdoors of the win over the New England Patriots, Seattle has been unable to remain off the turnover sheet. That can seemingly proceed tonight, and I predict Warner will instantly trigger it by way of both choosing off Geno Smith, or forcing (or recovering) a fumble on Smith or another Seahawks participant.
Recreation prediction: Seahawks are inside a rating late, lose by double digits
Almost definitely, the 49ers simply blow the doorways off of Seattle as a result of it’s a stylistic nightmare for this roster on either side of the ball. However perhaps the 49ers actually are usually not as vaunted as they’ve been the previous couple of seasons. The protection hasn’t been nice, and the offense has been uncharacteristically poor within the purple zone. Particular groups was already dangerous (even with final week’s blocked FG landing) and now they’ve signed a free agent kicker on quick discover because of Jake Moody’s damage.
I’m sensing this sport shall be a bit of nearer than anticipated. We might even see the Seahawks take a shock early lead earlier than the 49ers hit again, after which it’s an almighty wrestle till late within the fourth quarter. I’m going with 31-20 to the 49ers, however with the Seahawks inside hanging distance till a backbreaking drive by Brock Purdy ends in the game-clinching rating.
The one end result that I’d be very upset to see is one thing akin to the 2017 house sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams, and even final yr’s Thanksgiving mess. If the Seahawks are to lose, no less than lose with the sense that there are components of an excellent workforce someplace in there.
