Seahawks vs. Vikings: NFC Playoff Implications in Seattle

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00:00A huge matchup out in Seattle between two teams trying to factor into the NFC playoff picture.

00:09It's the Seahawks hosting the Vikings on Sunday afternoon. Joey showed the line before the break

00:14a three-point spread in favor of the Vikings on the road in the northwest where Gino Smith

00:21expected a play he practiced in full yesterday despite exiting Sunday night football last week

00:27against the Packers with a knee injury midway through that third quarter. Total stands at 42

00:33and a half. The Vikings have won seven straight. The Seahawks saw their four-game win streak snap

00:38last week and their divisional lead within the NFC West evaporate. What can we expect for Sunday

00:45afternoon out in Seattle? Yeah well like we've seen a lot I think with Seattle the inconsistency

00:53is just it's it's mind-numbing sometimes uh Ben with uh this team looks uh completely different

01:00one week than they do the next week and uh coming off of that uh what a letdown uh last week was

01:07here but Gino gets hurt looks like he's gonna go he's back practicing. Listen I still think

01:13Seattle's got to win by running the ball and playing lockdown defense. I've also seen some

01:20regression from Sam Darnold over the last couple of weeks again lesser defenses and give uh give

01:27O'Connell credit like he sees it and then he goes to Aaron Jones he gets the running game going uh

01:33there were a lot of balls over the last two games of Sam Darnold Ben that were very able to be picked

01:40off and turned over and the coaching staff does a great job because they pull them back and I think

01:46that's exactly what they're going to do here they're not going to let Sam Darnold lose games

01:51for him I think this is a lot of running like we're usually used to I think the Seattle defense

01:57poised for a bounce back and I expect this thing to go under the total here everyone looks at

02:03Minnesota and expects great great things and with good reason they they certainly have the results

02:09but not against this defense in this game on the road outdoors