To say that the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks have a history against one another is an understatement. They met to open up the season last year on Thursday Night Football, and they finished the NFC portion of the season in the conference title game as well in what went down as one of the best finishes to a game in NFL playoff history.
Both of those games were played at CenturyLink Field, though. Now that the scene for these two shifts back to Lambeau Field for the first game of the season at the Frozen Tundra, the Seahawks could be in some trouble, not just in terms of the spread and the moneyline in this game, but for prop purposes as well.
Yes, Aaron Rodgers is going to be laying a lot of passing yards and touchdowns against Russell Wilson, simply due to the fact that these guys are flat out different quarterbacks. There's no way Wilson is going to be asked to throw this ball 40 times in this one like Rodgers could, and after watching Green Bay actually have fewer passing yards than Seattle in each of the meetings last season, it would be a tough sell to back Rodgers, particularly without the services of Jordy Nelson.
Let's not forget though, that Kam Chancellor, as far as we can tell, still isn't going to play in this one, as he is still in the midst of his holdout. His presence not being on the field was felt last week against the Rams, as the Seahawks gave up 352 yards and 34 points, and they made Nick Foles look like Joe Montana at times.
Was Rodgers flawless against the Bears in Week 1? No, he wasn't. He only threw for 189 yards and three TDs. However, he never really had the chance to uncork a ball deep down the field, something we think we'll end up seeing more of with Chancellor not out on the field in this one.
That's good news for Rodgers' bettors, particularly against Wilson.
If the Seahawks are going to snare any major prop victories in this game, you'd like to think it's going to be Marshawn Lynch doing the job.
The man they call "Beast Mode" rumbled for 267 yards in two games against the Packers in 2014, but we have our reservations in this one, too. He'll be matched up with Eddie Lacy, who could get in some more work with this offense clearly limited without Nelson.
Keep in mind that the Seattle offensive line was really worked by the Rams last week. Granted, the Green Bay defensive line isn't as good as St. Louis', but with B.J. Raji back to anchor this unit after missing all of last season, we know that this could be a problem for the Seahawks.
Lynch did have 73 yards on the ground against the Rams, but if that's all he ends up with in this game, we could most certainly see a situation where Lacy outrushes him.
In the end, this merely feels like a game the Packers are going to win in our eyes, even if the Seahawks are already 0-1. It isn't often that a team wins a game, covers a game and covers all of the major props, but there's a legitimate chance that Green Bay pulls off that unlikely parlay on Sunday Night Football.
BookMaker opened the spread for this Sunday soiree at -3.5 in favor of the Green Bay Packers. The NFL odds total surfaced at 48. Minute-by-minute spreads, totals and props are available for this game using the live betting platform at BookMaker.
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