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The game takes place at 10:00 PM ET, Friday, August 14 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington.
The Seahawks are favored by 5 points, while the total has been set at 37.
The Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks will meet in what has become a grudge match over the last couple of years. The Broncos still look like the team to beat the year in the AFC West, but that gap is closing as Peyton is getting older and the Broncos have lost some key pieces on their offense the last couple of years. Last year in the second half of the season, Denver really showed what they may need to do to get another year from Peyton and that is shortening the game with a ball control offense. That will protect their Star and they need to as they don't have good depth at the QB spot. Actually their depth seems to be fading overall on the team.This should be an exciting race in AFC West this year.
Over in the NFC the Seahawks are coming off a tough Super Bowl loss to the Patriots, in which Seattle had a chance to win the game in the final minute of play. Now the question becomes, will the Seahawks suffer a hangover? It seems to have been a trend that the Super Bowl loser rarely makes it back to the playoffs the next year, but if their is any team that can break that, it is the Seahawks. This team may slip a little on defense, now that Dan Quinn is gone, but the offense looks improved and they will be a force in the NFC once again. Still the rest of the division is getting tougher, so it won't be a cakewalk for Seattle this year.
As for this game I like the Under. Both teams should have solid defenses this year and I just can't see either team going all out on offense. The Broncos have very little depth at the QB slot and that really has me expecting them to use their ground attack more. Yesterday many of the preseason games were very low scoring in the second half and that should happen here as well, which will game the game from going over the total.
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