Detroit Lions @ Seattle Seahawks
It is a fact that both teams are having a very bad season so far, the Detroit Lions (1-6) not even with QB Matthew Stafford cannot stop losing games after games, which is understandable since is his rookie year on the NFL, but because the team has several injured players in key positions and the main absence of this Lions team is their best player, WR Calvin Johnson. Without him, the team can't score much more points and that is a bad thing, because this team suffers a lot of points.
The Lions D is very bad, they conceded a lot of points and on the road games, they are a complete mess, usually suffering around 30+ points which is ridiculous. Without Calvin Johnson, Matthew Stafford is in deep trouble, because the Lions' rushing game with RB Kevin Smith is not a big deal either, so we have a Detroit Lions team with a weak offense and one of the worst defenses in the NFL on the points allowed ranking.
Seattle Seahawks (2-5) this season have not convinced, it is true that QB Matt Hasselbeck has missed some games, but even with him the team has been far away of what was being expected of the Seahawks this season, yet they play at home today and it's never easy to play in Seattle and they will face one of the worst teams of the NFL. Against lousy teams like the Rams, they didn't suffer a single point and against the Jaguars the end result was a clear 41-0. It's on the road games that they are completely dominated.
Why I see value on this point spread of the Seahawks is easy to explain. The team as a good quarterback and Hasselbeck has good receivers to pass the ball like WR T. J. Houshmandzadeh and WR Nate Burleson, which will surely cause a lot of damage on the weak Lions' defense and even on the rushing game RB Julius Jones will be able to do a good game, because Detroit defense is also weak against this kind of offense.
Again, it's true that the Seahawks has convinced anyone this season, but they have a good team and playing at home against the worst team of the NFL right now, I believe that Seattle will win this game by 2 or more touchdowns.
Pick: Seattle Seahawks -10 -110 (1.91) Bookmaker
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