The Seattle Seahawks will make the long road trip east in an NFC Wildcard Playoff as they face the Washington Redskins in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time from Washington is scheduled for 4:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The point spread from this NFC playoff game opened up with the road team Seattle Seahawks favored by -3 points with an over under line of 46 points. Early money from the bettors has landed on the side of the home underdog Redskins as Seattle is now favored by -2 ½ points. The total has moved down a ½ point to a current line of 45 ½ points.
The teams last met last season and it was the Redskins with the 23-17 road win at Seattle as a +3 point underdog. The game landed over 37 ½ points. NFL Trend: Washington Redskins are 7-0 ATS in their past seven games.
Seattle enters the NFC Wildcard game with a record of 11-5 on the year. The team is 3-5 away from home. They finished strongly with five straight wins and had a playoff spot clinched after a 42-13 home win in week sixteen against the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks finished as the fourth ranked defense in the NFL by allowing 306 yards per game. They are a top ten defense against both the run and pass. They bring the third ranked rushing attack into the playoffs with 161 yards per game. Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson finished with 16 touchdowns and 10 picks with a completion percentage of 64%. Running back Marshawn Lynch is the key to this game as he is running for five yards per carry this season.
The Washington Redskins will host Seattle as NFC East division champions with a record of 10-6 on the year. The team went 5-3 on their home field. The team is hot winners of seven straight following their bye week. Entering their bye on November 4th the Redskins had dropped three straight and six of their past eight games. They clinched their playoff spot last week in a 28-18 home win against the Dallas Cowboys as a -3 point betting favorite. Running back Alfred Morris on 33 carries ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns. The Redskins had four rushing touchdowns and 274 yards on the ground in their win. Like Seattle the Redskins run game is outstanding as the team is ranked number one in the league with 169 yards rushing per game. On the other side of the football the Redskins defend the run pretty well but are the worst ranked passing defense in football by giving up 281 yards through the air per contest. Quarterback Robert Griffin III completed 65% of his throws with 20 touchdowns and 5 picks. Alfred Morris ran for 4.8 yards a carry in his rookie campaign.
