Seahawks and Falcons Meet Saturday

The next round of the playoffs onto the Super Bowl begins on Saturday afternoon. It will be a tough game because the Seahawks have a poor record playing on the road during this season as well in the playoffs. They have only won one game on the road and losing seven. The only victory was the very first one against the Miami Dolphins many moons ago.

If the Seahawks can play this week like they did against the Detroit Lions than they have a good shot in winner. The Falcons are not good against the run either and the Seahawks need to establish running the ball early. It would be nice to score on their first possession of the game. Scoring a touchdown first would be a good thing however they will need to be able to stop the Falcons offense as well. Running the ball for the Seahawks will keep the Falcons off the field and let the defense be rested.

Like most games for the Seahawks if the game is close going into the fourth quarter it will be a good thing since they play well at the end of games. The offensive line will need to be able to protect Russell on passing downs and the Seahawks will need to score touchdowns when they are in the red zone especially early. Kicking field goals only won’t be a good thing unless they have long drives. Other words if they keep the ball for seven or eight minutes is great but if they go down quickly within two minutes and kick a field goal not so good.

The defensive line will have to be able to get to quarterback Ryan as well or at least make him rush his passes. It will be important that the defensive backs don’t give up too many long passes either.  An occasional one is OK as long the Falcons don’t get into the end zone. Kam Chancellor will play a big role in this game. If he or Richard Sherman can pick off a pass or two that would be a big benefit too. Keeping Julius Jones to a minimal catches would be great to as long as another receiver isn’t able to get many catches either.  A low scoring game would benefit the Seahawks the most. They can’t start off slowly where they have to comeback against the Falcons. Wish the Seahawks the best and let’s go to another Super Bowl. Go Hawks!