CLICK TO GRAB OUR BEST Expert NFL Picks for 2013 NFL PLAYOFFS Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nWashington’s Griffin-led drives after its first two scores went 8, 3, 23, 4, 17 and minus-12 yards.<\/p>\n
In 41 minutes after his team went up 14-0, Griffin generated four first downs.<\/p>\n
Seattle\u2019s offense continues to grow. Last week Marshawn Lynch ran for 131 yards on just 19 carries, and Wilson rushed for 67 yards and also passed for another 187 yards. It all led to a nice 24-14 win for the wild card road team. The Hawks enter Sunday\u2019s game with the league\u2019s 27th ranked passing attack and third best rushing attack and only getting better.<\/p>\n
Seattle is well balanced offensively, they are confident and have emerged as the team that absolutely nobody wants to face.<\/p>\n
Defensively, Seattle has been strong all season long and last week\u2019s performance only enhanced their standing as one of the league\u2019s elite. Seattle allowed the least points per game in the NFL this season (15.31) they were 10th against the run and 6th against the pass \u2013 something that will come in handy against an Atlanta team overflowing with talent in their passing game.<\/p>\n
The Atlanta Falcons had the week off to heal, prepare and scheme against their Divisional Round foe. Atlanta got it done this year with a good offense and an average defense. It is clear that Matt Ryan and company will have to be the difference on Sunday \u2013 the Hawks have a ton of momentum offensively and should be able to score against Atlanta\u2019s suspect \u201cD\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Falcons were the 7th best scoring team in the NFL this season (26.19 points per game). The owned the 6th best passing offense but had the 29th ranked rushing game in the NFL. Roddy White, Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez have been a handful for all of their opposition this season but Seattle\u2019s secondary should be a good test for the elite pass catchers of the Falcons. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n
Not much is expected from Jaquizz Rodgers and Michael Turner \u2013 it will likely be up to Ryan to guide his team to victory.<\/p>\n
Atlanta\u2019s defense has been just OK this season. Somehow they finished fifth in the NFL in points against (19.69) but they were 21st against the run and 23rd versus the pass. The Falcons appear to have the quintessential \u201cbend, not break\u201d defense but will have to step it up against a hot Seattle offense Sunday.<\/p>\n
Betting Prediction:<\/h3>\n
A few trends to consider:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2022Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
\n\u2022The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle’s last 6 games when playing Atlanta
\n\u2022The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games on the road
\n\u2022The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle’s last 7 games
\n\u2022The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games at home
\n\u2022Atlanta is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home
\n\u2022The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta’s last 7 games
\n\u2022The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing Seattle<\/p>\n
The Falcons are the #1 seed in the NFC for a reason but they are not without their deficiencies.<\/p>\n
Their defense has been their Achilles heel. Against a very balanced, uber-confident Seattle crew that now knows they can win on the road, it is difficult to imagine them stopping the Seahawks all together \u2013 Seattle is just too hard to game plan against at the moment. On the flip side, Atlanta\u2019s strength plays right into the hands of Seattle\u2019s strength \u2013 the pass defense.<\/p>\n
Richard Sherman, Brandon Browner and company are big, they are physical and they are a nightmare to play against. It all adds up to Seattle victory Sunday as momentum trumps rest.<\/p>\n
Pick: Seattle Seahawks +1<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle vs Atlanta Betting? Headline: Seahawks In Atlanta for the Right To Play for NFC Title The Seattle Seahawks keep it on the road this week looking for their third straight win away from home and their sixth straight win overall. The #1 seed in the NFC the Atlanta Falcons await having won 11 of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57647,1483,463,57714,8370,802,57705,830,856,57717,57718,57719,57720,2817,57715,57716],"class_list":["post-59190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-2013-nfl-playoffs","tag-atlanta","tag-free-nfl-picks","tag-nfc-divisional-playoff-spreads","tag-nfc-divisional-round","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-divisional-playoff-odds","tag-nfl-handicapping","tag-nfl-predictions","tag-seahawks-falcons-line","tag-seahawks-vs-falcons","tag-seahawks-vs-falcons-odds","tag-seahawks-vs-falcons-point-spread","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks-vs-atlanta-falcons","tag-seattle-vs-atlanta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59190"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59215,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59190\/revisions\/59215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}