Event: (269) Seattle Seahawks at (270) Detroit Lions Sport/League: NFL Date/Time: September 17, 2023 1PM EDT Play: 4% – (269) Seattle Seahawks at (270) Detroit Lions Total Over 47.0 (-110) Play Rating: 4% Result: Win
Sea +6 vs Det (47)
Just like the Balt and Cincy game - how good is Det and how bad is Sea.
My take is simple - Det is that good - their D looks for real while Sea, although not as bad as they showed in the 2nd half against the Rams, are a mediocre football team with a terrible secondary.
What is interesting to me here is that both offenses sputtered in Week 1 and we expect both to be highly efficient and effective.
We are going to look to play the Over in this game and lucky for us the number has been bet down from 51 and 49. Frankly, I was going to play the over at 51, so happy for the line move.
Let’s look at why.
First off both these teams are deep passing teams. St Brown and Metcalf will have big days and both should get to 100 yards of receiving.
This game is going to be played on carpet and it should help with the speed of these dynamic wide receivers.
We saw last year that Det can sputter on offense at times, but also have the capability of putting up 40+ points themselves in a game. If the Rams can move the ball on Seattle, the Lions should eat them alive.
As for Seattles offense - let’s not overthink this and just assume they will be as bad as they were in the 2nd half of week 1. This is a high profile offense with weapons up and down. They have a great WR corp, a good running game and a QB that can get the ball downfield.
I think we have to go counter intuitive from last week and I think we see the highest scoring game of the week here.
I would not be surprised if it is something like 34-27.
I lean on the Lions, but 6 is just too many points, so we are going to take the Over.