SUNDAY (4PM): sea @ WAS

GAME CHART
11-5 (3-5 away)	sea		@		WAS		10-6 (5-3 home)
avg DEF ppg		15.3		27.2		avg OFF ppg
avg OFF ppg		25.8		24.2		avg DEF ppg
pass DEF rank		6th		20th		pass OFF rank
rush DEF rank		10th		1st		rush OFF rank
pass OFF rank		27th		30th		pass DEF rank
rush OFF rank		3rd		5th		rush DEF rank
defensive formation		4-3		3-4		defensive formation
none		key injuries				none
FORECAST
Cloudy
STAT ALERT
-          WAS has won their last 7 straight games -          SEA defence allowed the fewest points in the league during the Regular Season -          WAS offence led the league rushing yards during the Regular Season
ANALYST INSIGHT
This game will be won by the team that can establish a strong running game…The Seahawks have the edge on defense, as Seattle features arguably the best defense in the NFL, but the Redskins will have the home crowd in their favor – J. REED Having the home field, with a jacked-up crowd at FedEx Field, tilts the game toward WAS QB Griffin and the Redskins. Griffin will be amped to outduel SEA QB Wilson, will have more support from his running game and will feel less pressure with full support from a hungry crowd – V. IYER SEA has to fly clear across the country to face a frenzied Washington crowd that hasn’t hosted a playoff game in 13 years…This is a road playoff game for the Seahawks against a WAS team that is on a roll – R. THE HANDLE
FINAL PREDICTION
WAS		SU		vs SPR		WAS (+3.0)
The SEA defence is a unit which ended up placing in the top-5 in the league in total defensive play for the 2012-13 NFL Regular Season. WAS, though stout when squared up against the run, is particularly susceptible to the pass attack, a sore spot that nearly cost the team a playoff berth on numerous occasions this season past. The ‘wild card’ the ‘Skins own in this matchup is the home field advantage. The Seahawks are a ball club who operate increasingly more oiled when playing before their raucous home crowd. When traveling, however, this same squad sat two games beneath the .500 mark for the Regular Season and routinely failed to make big plays when needed in the final minutes of their road matchups. All told, SEAs defence allowed the fewest points to opponents this campaign past and will not roll over in this spot, road game or not on tap. This will be the best game of the NFL Wild Card weekend and is a showdown which, for all accounts, will settle just as to whom this season’s NFL Rookie of the Year is, WAS QB Robert Griffin III or SEA QB Russell Wilson, be it by vote or not.

	Pro*Line #	avg @road	prediction	QB	prediction	avg @home	Pro*Line #
Wilson	16.5	18.3	OVER		UNDER	15.3	16.5	Griffin III
	Pro*Line #	avg @road	prediction	RB	prediction	avg @home	Pro*Line #
Lynch	101.5	92.8	UNDER			105.6	92.5	Morris
	Pro*Line #	avg @road	prediction	WR	prediction	avg @home	Pro*Line #
Rice	3.5	4.3	OVER			2.9		Morgan
						4.4	4.5	Garcon

avg sacks		prediction	SACKS (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	avg sacks
2.1		UNDER	4.5	UNDER	1.9
season total		prediction	FUMBLES (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	season total
8		UNDER	1.5	UNDER	6
season total 40+		prediction	LONG PASS (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	season total 40+
11			46.5		8
season total 20+		prediction	LONG RUSH (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	season total 20+
14		OVER	29.5	OVER	16
season total 50+	season total 40-49	prediction	LONG FGM (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	season total 40-49	season total 50+
1-4	5-5	OVER	45.5	OVER	11-11	1-1
avg yds PTR		prediction	LONG PTR (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	avg yds PTR
8.7			16.5		8.2
avg half		prediction	1ST HALF (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	avg half
12.9			23.5		13.6
avg half		prediction	2ND HALF (PRO*LINE #)	prediction	avg half
12.9			23.5		13.6