Seahawks versus Bengals: Our staff predicts a close game

The Seahawks and Bengals play in the first week of the 2019? Who wins? Who knows? But this is what our staff thinks will happen.

The Seahawks open up the 2019 season on Sunday versus the Cincinnati Bengals at CenturyLink Field. Last year Seattle started 0-2 but still made the playoffs. This week Seattle looks to be the clear favorite as Las Vegas favors Seattle by 9.5 points. Will Seattle win? This is how our staff sees the game taking shape.

Jon Helmkamp, contributor

I think Seattle pounds the ball all day long. The run defense for the Bengals was terrible last year and they didn’t do anything to improve it over the offseason. Chris Carson is poised for a monster game. On the other side of…