01/09/2017
Seattle Seahawks travel to face the Atlanta Falcons (-4.5) in the first divisional round playoff game on Saturday January 14th at 4:35pm EST
These two teams have matched up 16 times in the past,
Seattle is leading the match up 10-6 (1-0 in post season)
They have each played 8 games at home.
Seattle averaging a score of 27.1 and Atlanta 24.1 during their match ups.
Atlanta ranks 1st in the NFL for points on offense (33.75/per game), While Seattle Ranks 3rd in points allowed for defense (18.25/Per Game).
Seattle offense, is nothing but an NFL average offense, averaging 22.1/ Points per game. (similar to Atlanta's schedule, except, 49er's 2x, Rams 2x, Jets, (needless to say, a much easier schedule)
Atlanta's Defense allows 25/per game (We need to consider their strength of schedule here, Tampa 2x, Saints 2x, Carolina 2x, Green Bay, Denver, Oakland, Philly, Arizona, KC, (All teams that are or were fighting for playoff spots. even though the saints did not have much contention in the playoffs, they ranked 2nd in offensive points, and first in total yards.
Richard Sherman doesn't need to worry about "a sorry receiver like Crabtree" this year, he gets to deal with JULIO JONES, 129 catches for 1'409 yards, ( 17.0/yds per reception!!!) No one who has caught 75 passes or more, is even within a yard of that average. He has broken 27 plays for 20+ yards. Second most in the NFL.