The Seahawks should win on Sunday. Should being the important word here. The Vikings should have demolished the Bills in week three but the reverse happened. So on any given Sunday…
But Seattle travels to Arizona having the better quarterback, slightly better offensive line (seriously!), better receivers and better individual players on defense, such as Earl Thomas and Bobby Wagner. But what do the statistics from each team tell us about who really should win on Sunday?
3rd down defense
In 2017, even with Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett and Kam Chancellor (for most of the season), Seattle stunk at getting opposing offenses off the field on third down.