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Lions at Seahawks

When the Lions visit Seattle they'll take on a Seahawk team struggling to live up to performance levels of the recent past. Over the past few years, Seahawks have dominated opponents with a combination of punishing defense and effective, ball-control offense. Their past stat profiles have been highly favored. This year not so much.

Always near of the top of our Killer Stat, Defense Opponent Yards per Pass, this season's team lands mid-pack. They are running the ball less, taking away from contol of the ball when on offense. They've gone from former league leader to below league average. See chart below, Seattle, Number of Rushes.

2016 through Week 17


Still, Seahawks are hard to beat at home and the Lions are an all-around average squad. Computer likes Seattle by 7. I'll go along but things won't be so easy for them the rest of the way.

Bill Sanders for BudGoodeSports.com
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