{"id":18086,"date":"2021-07-19T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18086"},"modified":"2021-07-19T01:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T01:17:34","slug":"seattle-seahawks-2021-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks-2021-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 2021 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No team stands to lose more this season from the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 acquisition of Matthew Stafford than the Seattle Seahawks, who claimed the NFC West title last year thanks to Jared Goff\u2019s struggles only to be exited in the Wild Card round of the playoffs by those same Rams and Goff, who (frankly) had one of his best games of the year with a broken thumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was plenty of drama early in the offfseason for Seattle as All-Universe quarterback Russell Wilson and his team floated the idea that he might want to be traded instead of taking another beating behind their patchwork offensive line. Unlike what\u2019s happened in Houston and in Green Bay, the Seahawks and Wilson seemed to have buried the hatchet, even though they did little to upgrade their offensive front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seattle is a team, like all the others with franchise QBs, that will be a contender as long as Wilson is healthy. For squads like the Seahawks, the playoffs are an afterthought. They want to get through them and claim another ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEATTLE<\/strong> SEAHAWKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season:<\/strong> 12-4, 1st<\/sup> place, NFC West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 odds:<\/strong> over 9.5 wins -155, under 9.5 wins +125<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 NFL Draft:<\/strong> D\u2019Wayne Eskridge, WR, Western Michigan \u2013 Round 2, Tre Brown, CB, Oklahoma \u2013 Round 4, Stone Forsythe, OT, Florida \u2013 Round 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UDFAs:<\/strong> Aashari Crosswell, Safety \u2013 Arizona State, Jake Curhan, OT \u2013 California, Greg Eiland, OT \u2013 Mississippi State, B.J. Emmons, RB \u2013 Florida Atlantic, Jarrod Hewitt, DT \u2013 Virginia Tech, Jared Hocker, OG \u2013 Texas A&M, Cade Johnson, WR \u2013 South Dakota State, Josh Johnson, RB \u2013 Louisiana-Monroe, Pier-Olivier Lestage, OG \u2013 Montreal, Bryan Mills, CB \u2013 North Carolina Central, Jon Rhattigan, LB \u2013 Army, Tamorrion Terry, WR \u2013 Florida State, Connor Wedington, WR \u2013 Stanford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquisitions:<\/strong> Al Woods, DL \u2013 Free Agent, Gabe Jackson, RG \u2013 Free Agent, Aldon Smith, Edge \u2013 Free Agent, Gerald Everett, TE \u2013 Free Agent, Kerry Hyder, Edge \u2013 Free Agent, Ahkello Withersppon, CB \u2013 Free Agent, Salvion Smith, CB \u2013 Free Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Losses:<\/strong> Jarran Reed \u2013 DL, K.J. Wright \u2013 LB, Greg Olsen \u2013 TE, Bruce Irvin \u2013 LB, Quinton Dunbar \u2013 CB, Jacob Hollister \u2013 TE, Carols Hyde \u2013 RB, Mike Iupati \u2013 LG, Luke Wilson \u2013 TE, Branden Jackson \u2013 Edge, Phillip Dorsett \u2013 WR, Chance Warmack \u2013 LG, Jonathan Bullard \u2013 DL, Damontre Moore \u2013 Edge, David Moore \u2013 WR, Shaquill Griffin \u2013 CB, Chad Wheeler \u2013 RT, Lineden Stephens \u2013 CB, Stephen Sullivan \u2013 TE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESUMED STARTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Russell Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> Chris Carson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> D.K. Metcalf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Tyler Lockett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Freddie Swain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Gerald Everett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FB:<\/strong> Nick Bellore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Duane Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Damien Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> Ethan Pocic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> Gabe Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> Brandon Shell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Carlos Dunlap II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDT:<\/strong> Poona Ford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDT:<\/strong> Bryan Mone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> Kerry Hyder Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Jordyn Brooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLB:<\/strong> Bobby Wagner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Ben Burr-Kirven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Ahkello Witherspoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> D.J. Reed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS: <\/strong>Jamal Adams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> Quandre Diggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K:<\/strong> Jason Myers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> Michael Dickson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORECAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Seahawks did very little in the offseason to improve, their NFC West counterparts have all worked trades, free agency and the draft to get much better. The fact that the San Francisco 49ers could open the season healthy alone is a huge problem for a Seattle team that has match up issues with every one of its divisional counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schedule is tough, with a 17th<\/sup> game draw of the Tennessee Titans to make it worse in the season\u2019s second week. There\u2019s a good chance the Seahawks could ride with a sub .500 record until the middle\/second half of the season when they get a nice series of cupcakes to boost their postseason push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Record Prediction:<\/strong> 11-6, NFC Wild Card<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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