NFL Football Futures Betting - Advance look at Seattle
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the league's eight divisions, not to mention
the AFC and NFC champions, and of course,
the winner of Super Bowl XLIII. One team
who has been to the Super Bowl recently
- in fact, just a few seasons ago - is
the Seattle Seahawks, who will bid adieu
to their head coach, Mike Holmgren after
this season (he'll stay on in an executive
capacity) So can the Seahawks send him
out with another ring, like he won in Green
Bay? We'll examine that today.
First, here's a look at the NFL football
odds to win the NFC West title as well
as the NFC championship, as it is posted
at BetUS Sportsbook:
BetUS NFL Futures Odds
To Win NFC West
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
-120
Arizona Cardinals +220
St. Louis Rams +550
San Francisco 49ers +650
To win
the NFC Championship
Dallas Cowboys +350
Green Bay Packers +1000
New York Giants +750
New Orleans Saints +900
Philadelphia Eagles +750
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS +900
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1400
Washington Redskins +1600
Minnesota Vikings +800
Arizona Cardinals +2000
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Carolina Panthers
+2000
Detroit Lions +2500
Chicago Bears +1600
San Francisco 49ers +3000
St. Louis Rams +3000
Atlanta Falcons +7500
Mike Holmgren,
who has won four consecutive division championships,
will be stepping down as head coach after
this season and turning things over to
his assistant head coach, Jim Mora Jr.
Because a serious contender in the division
has not emerged, the Seahawks are once
again a solid favorite to win the NFC West
and the automatic spot in the playoffs
that comes with it. But that doesn't necessarily
mean things are going to be cakewalk for
Seattle.
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There is the issue of how the Seahawks are
going to engineer a running game, or whether
there is going to be a running game at all.
It was more or less abandoned toward the
end of the season, as Matt Hasselbeck's game
plan consisted of mostly short passes. This
season Seattle has made additions to the
ground attack while the wide receiver corps
has not necessarily been upgraded. Julius
Jones, who lost out to Marion Barber as the
primary back in the Dallas offense, came
over via free agency, and Seattle also signed
T.J, Duckett to a contract. They join Maurice
Morris, who filled in when Shaun Alexander
(since released) went down with injury.
Unquestionably the running game is going
to be a key, as Hasselbeck does not have
a deep crew of receivers to work with, as
he did last year. First of all, Deion Branch
has just had reconstructive knee injury,
so how useful he is going to be is a subject
of question. Bobby Engram may not show up
to training camp at all. D.J,. Hackett left
and signed with Carolina. Nate Burleson may
have to have a big season to make up for
some of that. And there is hope that Hasselbeck
will be able to make a major target out of
rookie tight end John Carlson out of Notre
Dame. Needless to say, there are questions
all around.
The defense
seems a little more stable. There is Pro
Bowl-level defensive end Patrick Kearney,
who was second in the NFL in sacks last
season. The rushing defense ranked 12th
in the league, but the Seahawks have to be
at least a little worried about the strength
of their interior defensive line, which allowed
Green Bay to exert complete dominance on
the ground in a snow-filled NFC playoff game.
If rookie Red Bryant, a fourth-round pick
out of Texas A&M, doesn't prove to be
productive right away, defensive coordinator
John Marshall may find himself stuck for
answers. But look - the linebacking corps
is top-shelf; LeRoy Hill, Lofa Tatupu and
Julian Peterson may be as good a trio as
you'll find anywhere. And the secondary can
be a team strength, anchored by cornerback
Marcus Trufant, who is one of the best in
the business.
For some reason, Seattle has often had special
teams concerns under Holmgren. he went ahead
and drafted two specialists, which is highly
unusual. Placekicker Brandon Coutu, the seventh-round
choice out of Georgia, may wind up beating
out inconsistent Olindo Mare, while Tyler
Schmitt of San Diego State may bring some
stability to the long snaps. He had better,
as Seattle spent a sixth-round pick on him.
The question
here really becomes whether Arizona or
St. Louis is ready to make a breakthrough
in the NFC West, as Seattle is a very flawed
team which gets an edge over the others because
it more solid defensively than the others
and because it is more experienced in so-called "big-game" situations.
At -120, they might be a solid play to win
the division, because Holmgren seems to have
always found a way. But beyond that, this
team doesn't have enough offensive talent
to be exceptional.
JAY'S PREDICTION FOR 2008:
Seattle Seahawks -- 10-6, 1st place, NFC West
(-150 to win NFC West, +350 to win NFC,
+900 to win Super Bowl)
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