Stupid Early Predictions of the Seattle Seahawks 2017 Away Games
After my award winning article predicting how the home schedule will play out for the Seattle Seahawks in 2017, I owe it to the Cover32 audience to prognosticate the away schedule as well. “Award winning,” you ask? Well, we here at the Cover32 Seahawks site give ourselves awards all the time. Assistant Editor Todd Vandenberg recently won the award as Greatest Writer to Ever Write Words. He gave himself that award. We allow that on this site. It’s what we do (and it looks fantastic on a resume).
The Seahawks away games will be much tougher than their CenturyLink Field games this coming season. In the National Football League, home teams should win their games, of course. Unless you happen to be the Cleveland Browns or San Francisco 49ers, in which case you ain’t no good. That said, Seattle will play at Dallas, Green Bay and the Giants next season. All of those teams were playoff teams and could very possibly be again in 2017. Dallas is young. Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers. And the Giants have cold New Jersey in the Eastern time zone.
The Seahawks were 3-5-1 on the road in 2016, counting the playoff loss to the Atlanta Falcons. The Seahawks lost to the Packers by 28 and to the Falcons by 16. This from a team that had not lost by more than one score more than once since Russell Wilson became Seattle’s quarterback in 2012. That said, road games will really tell 12s more about where the Seahawks are heading than home games in 2017. Win more than half the road games next season and the Seahawks are back to their Super Bowl form. Lose more than half and Seattle is receding to the rest of the NFC and all hope is lost.
This is how I see the chances that the Seahawks can win their road games next season (*fingers crossed*).
Arizona Cardinals: 60%
Why: Again, the Cardinals almost owe the Seahawks two games, right? And no matter if Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald are both back, Seattle is the better team.
Dallas Cowboys: 35%
Why: Seattle struggled against the Cowboys in Dallas in 2015 and that was without the 6,000 Pro Bowl rookies the Cowboys had in 2016 and without Tony Romo. The Cowboys are a good team and, like the Seahawks, tough to beat at home.
Green Bay Packers: 35%
Why: The N.F.L. is a weird league. One might think that if teams who are not in the same division play two successive seasons, the league would alternate home and away. But no. Just like the Philadelphia Eagles must play in Seattle two years in a row, the Seahawks must travel to Green Bay again this year. That sucks.
Jacksonville Jaguars: 70%
Why: The Jaguars seem to promise to get better every year, but they do not. They should be better in 2017, but still not good enough to defeat Seattle.
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Los Angeles Rams: 55%
Why: The Rams are not good. Seattle should beat the Rams every time the two teams play, but they do not. Why? Who knows.
New York Giants: 40%
Why: The Giants, for those who do not know, play in New Jersey. The Seahawks are 6-7 since Pete Carroll took over as head coach in 2010 in 10 am PT games. Let us hope that this game is a later start.
San Francisco 49ers: 90%
Why: The 49ers have a five percent better chance of beating the Seahawks in California than they do in Seattle. This means the 49ers have a ten percent chance of winning in Santa Clara.
Tennessee Titans: 52%
Why: The Titans are an improving team. They need help in the secondary and some good receivers. Still, they can run the ball very well and have an accurate and mobile quarterback. Plus, Tennessee will be waiting for this game to prove themselves to a larger audience.
I have the Seahawks going 5-3 in this ridiculously early look at the away schedule. (That means they will go 0-8.) Based on home and away predictions, I have Seattle going 12-4 in 2017. This is all before free agents and injuries and draft picks. Am I downplaying what I am writing? Yes. Still, I hope I am right. Go Hawks.
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