Unlike Detroit, Seattle is a pretty good matchup for the Cards.
The strength of Seattle's defense is their swift LB corps and two guys are banged up. The dline and secondary are nothing special. Seattle can limit a run game but has trouble against the pass.
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On offense, Seattle will give us trouble with the passing game. The Cards have a decent run defense so Shaun Alexander shouldn't be able to dominate the game.
QB Hasselbeck has WR Koren Robinson, WR Darrel Jackson, and TE Itula Mili to torture us with and there isn't much we can do to stop it.
I anticipate an entertainiing, high scoring game with both teams having minor run success but huge passing success.
Cards 33, Seattle 27. Minor chance at a Cards double digit win.
The strength of Seattle's defense is their swift LB corps and two guys are banged up. The dline and secondary are nothing special. Seattle can limit a run game but has trouble against the pass.
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Arizona's Passing Game vs. The Seattle Defense (Good Matchup)
Seattle's pass defense isn't much better than the 2002 edition, which surrendered 213.2 passing yards per game on average (18th in the NFL). They gave up 29 completions for 274 yards and 1 TD to Aaron Brooks last week, and only came up with 1 interception on the day. They are starting a rookie, LCB Marcus Trufant, in the injured Shawn Springs' spot - he had 4 solo tackles and 1 assist on the day, while fellow RCB Ken Lucas
had 8 solo tackles.
As long as Blake doesn't run out of receivers, he should have a good chance at another solid day passing the ball vs. the mediocre Seattle secondary.
On offense, Seattle will give us trouble with the passing game. The Cards have a decent run defense so Shaun Alexander shouldn't be able to dominate the game.
QB Hasselbeck has WR Koren Robinson, WR Darrel Jackson, and TE Itula Mili to torture us with and there isn't much we can do to stop it.
I anticipate an entertainiing, high scoring game with both teams having minor run success but huge passing success.
Cards 33, Seattle 27. Minor chance at a Cards double digit win.