LineCatchers
What an intriguing match up we have to open the 2014 NFL Season, the Green Bay Packers on the road against the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. I really like the Packers in this spot on Thursday night for several reasons.
The new enforcement of contact in the secondary will not affect any team more than the Seahawks and their “Legion of Boom” defense. In my view, the officials will want to make ALL teams aware of just how serious they are in protecting receivers from hard hits. Aaron Rogers is the best QB on the planet and with a deep WR core which the Packers now possess, I really do believe that we will see this Seattle team tested to its full capacity tonight.
Seattle at home have been an automatic wager over the last 3 years and I’m certain they will be one of the top teams in the NFC this year once more. All the talk about the ‘Legion of Boom’ has over shadowed the fact that they have lost their number 1 WR and target for Russell Wilson in Golden Tate who signed with the Lions. Tate led Seattle with 64 catches, 898 receiving yards and 5 TD catches. He also had 520 yards after catching the football, a threat which this Seahawk offense no longer carries down the field.
Over the last three seasons, Green Bay are 32-7 in Regular Season play with Rogers starting under centre and of those seven defeats, six of them were by an average of just 4.5 points. I like the packers to keep this game very close and maybe win this game outright. It is very unlikely that we will see the Packers listed as six point dogs for the remainder of the season as long as Rogers stays healthy.
Green Bay Packers + 6