"The Seattle Seahawks have lost three games, all by four points or less, and all against solid opponents. They have a top ten offense, defense, and special teams unit, have scored at least 26 points for six straight weeks, and just finished beating up the struggling Vikings in a shutout. They have a credible case as one of the three-to-five best teams in football, and now they're coming to town against our awful Falcons."
"The biggest is Geno Smith leaving and Sam Darnold entering. Geno's play was flagging a little bit last year and has cratered this year, while Darnold has been brilliant for stretches and turnover-prone and shaky at other times while providing an overall upgrade for Seattle. The real rest for him will come in the playoffs, given that the Seahawks will definitely be in them."
"Atlanta's only real chance in this one is to take advantage of Sam Darnold's willingness to turn the ball over and turn it into points. Otherwise than that and a middling rushing attack, the Seahawks are just demonstrably better across the board than Atlanta, to a degree these rankings probably can't properly capture. We knew this would be a tough game pretty early on this year, but we didn't know Seattle would be this good."
Seattle has lost three games by four points or less, all against solid opponents. The team ranks top ten in offense, defense, and special teams, has scored at least 26 points for six straight weeks, and recently shut out the Vikings. Seattle presents a credible top-three-to-five NFL-team case and arrives as a clear favorite over a struggling Atlanta. Atlanta’s path to victory hinges on exploiting Sam Darnold’s turnover tendency and turning those turnovers into points. Geno Smith departed, Sam Darnold has been both brilliant and turnover-prone, and the offense has improved under Klint Kubiak.
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