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Sheil Kapadia of ESPN explains why the Seahawks will win – and why they will lose. The Sherman-Jones matchup will be “awesome”, he said. “We’re going to come out and give them everything we got”. It’s like, ‘All right you’re going to let us play? Seattle isn’t going to blow the Falcons out, but they will find a way to win the game. Then as you get closer to the game you get in that state like, ‘I can’t wait for this game.

“He’s a great player”. Jones was attempting to catch a pass that would keep the game alive for Atlanta late in the game. He emerged from the meeting with an even better understanding of what it takes to develop a championship-type culture.

The Seahawks defense has many unsafe weapons to contend with. Here are three factors that make the Falcons look good for their upcoming game. Atlanta is just 3-7 SU and 2-8 ATS in its last 10 home games as a favorite of 5.5 points or less and has struggled all season in run defense, which suggests that the Seahawks might be able to furnish a ground game to complement quarterback Russell Wilson. Despite getting pushed around in the first half, the Falcons arguably should have won had a blatant pass inference been called on Richard Sherman, who was covering Jones near field-goal range. This Seahawks team has an terrible offensive line, a less than stellar ground game and passing game, and their always-great defense is missing Earl Thomas.

Similarly, Jones described Sherman as “very competitive”. “So if that’s what they want, it’s what’s going to happen”.

“It’s one of those games”, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday of the loss in January 2013.

“I haven’t thought about that yet”, he said with a straight face. After slightly underwhelming games to begin the postseason, we get to start the next round with what should be a fantastic game. The Falcons have Matt Ryan, the Seahawks counter with Russell Wilson. If he can’t get the job done Atlanta’s passing offense will have a hard time indeed getting off the ground.

The Superbook is tagging Jones with an O/U on receiving yards of 95.5 for Saturday, Baldwin at 72.5.

In addition to striving for balance, Atlanta’s running back duo just needs to trust in the line in front of it. Collectively, the Falcons’ offence was second in total yards and led the National Football League with 540 points, 71 more than second-place New Orleans. You can ” t fool him. It was relatively clear that Jones was interfered with, but no penalty as such was called. This could be one of the better shootouts we have seen in a while. “We’ll anticipate that one happening a bunch”. We felt that. They were there early.

The Seahawks’ best chance to contain Ryan, in fact, might be their own offence.

When the two met in Week 6, the Seahawks edged the Falcons in Seattle, 26-24.

The game could also mark an end of an era in Atlanta. All will be back on Saturday.

“We’re in the playoffs”, he said.

“It’s not the team we’re facing”.

Speaking further to Seattle’s dominance the last few years, the 4-point spread is the third-largest against the Seahawks since the seventh game of Wilson’s rookie season in 2012.

Carroll said defensive tackle Tony McDaniel has returned from the concussion he got New Year’s Day at San Francisco and will play against the Falcons. “Things could’ve went a different route, so we’re looking forward to this opportunity”.

“When the game was over I was disappointed”, Wilson said after the loss.

On Saturday, the Seahawks again meet the Falcons at the Georgia Dome. Houston is also 1-6 ATS in the past seven head-to-head matchups and 2-5 ATS in its last seven games as a road underdog. Interestingly, it is the only game that has experienced a jump, albeit slight, in average ticket price since Monday.