2016 Seattle Seahawks Expert Predictions and Season Win Totals Picks

2016 Seattle Seahawks Expert Predictions and Season Win Totals Picks

by Robert Ferringo - 8/25/2016

2015 Record: 10-6

2016 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 10.5

2016 Season Win Total Pick: 'Over'

Football success in Seattle has been the norm in the Emerald City throughout this century as the Seahawks have made the postseason 10 times in 13 years, won three conference championships, and hoisted the Super Bowl trophy in 2013. Those numbers are better than supposed football powers like Dallas, the Giants or even the Denver Broncos. Pete Carroll will attempt to continue his Pacific Northwest dynasty, and this year's Seahawks should be better than last year's streaky 10-6 outfit.

Seattle was actually one of the bigger statistical underachievers in the NFL last season. They won two fewer games than their Pythagorean Win Total suggested they should. Seattle lost two overtime games during an ugly 2-4 start and was just 4-5 in late November before a 6-1 stretch run vaulted them into the postseason, where they scored a garbage win over upstart Minnesota in the Wild Card Round.

By now you should know the primaries behind Seattle's success. It starts on the defensive side of the ball, where Pro Bowlers Michael Bennett, Bobby Wagner, Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor are still going strong. The problem for the Seahawks now is that so much of their depth and developed talent, both on defense and in the coaching ranks, has been siphoned off over the past three offseasons. The result is a team that is becoming more and more reliant on increased snap counts from veterans whose bodies have taken a lot of hits over the past several years.

Seattle is hoping that this year's attack will be even stronger than last year's No. 4-ranked scoring and total offense. Russell Wilson had his finest statistical season, and the Seahawks really have a lot of underrated skill position talent at receiver and running back. The team's second-biggest question mark this season, behind overall depth, is their rebuilt offensive line. Seattle is also hoping to get a lot more out of disappointing Jimmy Graham, who has missed most of training camp with any injured leg.

The Seahawks have a schedule conducive to doing some serious damage this year. Seattle doesn't play a team that has made the playoffs in the last two seasons until they face Arizona in Week 7. And the Seahawks play only two games before December, the second being at New England on Nov. 13, against teams that have been in the postseason either of the last two years. Seattle closes with three straight divisional games. But they get two of them at home.

I think Seattle is capable of winning 13 games this year, and they should battle for the top seed in the NFC. However, even if they lose a couple games that they shouldn't - something they've shown a penchant for under Pete Carroll - I still can't see this team winning less than 11 games this year. I would play 'over'.

Seahawks Regular Season Schedule (All times Eastern)

WEEK	DATE	OPPONENT	TIME (ET)	Location	Result
1	Sun, Sep 11th, 2016	Miami	04:05 PM	CenturyLink Field
2	Sun, Sep 18th, 2016	at St. Louis	04:05 PM	L.A. Memorial Coliseum
3	Sun, Sep 25th, 2016	San_Francisco	04:05 PM	CenturyLink Field
4	Sun, Oct 2nd, 2016	at NY Jets	01:00 PM	MetLife Stadium
5	Bye
6	Sun, Oct 16th, 2016	Atlanta	04:25 PM	CenturyLink Field
7	Sun, Oct 23rd, 2016	at Arizona	08:30 PM	University of Phoenix Stadium
8	Sun, Oct 30th, 2016	atNew_Orleans	01:00 PM	Superdome
9	Mon, Nov 7th, 2016	Buffalo	08:30 PM	CenturyLink Field
10	Sun, Nov 13th, 2016	aNew_England	08:30 PM	Gillette Stadium
11	Sun, Nov 20th, 2016	Philadelphia	04:25 PM	CenturyLink Field
12	Sun, Nov 27th, 2016	at Tampa Bay	04:05 PM	Raymond James Stadium
13	Sun, Dec 4th, 2016	Carolina	08:30 PM	CenturyLink Field
14	Sun, Dec 11th, 2016	at Green Bay	04:25 PM	Lambeau Field
15	Thu, Dec 15th, 2016	St. Louis	08:25 PM	CenturyLink Field
16	Sat, Dec 24th, 2016	Arizona	04:25 PM	CenturyLink Field
17	Sun, Jan 1st, 2017	at San Fran	04:25 PM	Levi's Stadium

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