Monday Night Football Matchup: Detroit Lions at Seattle Seahawks
Monday Night Football Matchup: Detroit Lions at Seattle Seahawks
Site: CenturyLink Field, Seattle
Date/Time: Monday, October 5 – 8:30 PM ET
TV: ESPN
NFL Betting Odds at BetAnySports
Pointspread: Lions -10.5
Total: 43
The Seattle Seahawks went through some genuine unpleasantness in the first two games of the season – first having a gut-wrenching overtime loss in St. Louis, and then a defeat at the hands of the Green Bay Packers, who may yet be the team that stands between them and another trip to the Super Bowl.. But they got rid of some of those demons last week in a 26-0 shutout win over the Chicago Bears.
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We say SOME of those demons, because there has to be a limit as to how much satisfaction one can actually get out of beating a team that was without its starting quarterback – going with Jimmy Clausen instead – and missing receiver Alshon Jeffery. In other words, the Bears were helpless, and that was not something lost on BetAnySports customers.
The Detroit Lions don’t really fit into that category, although they had only 290 yards last week against the Denver Broncos. But clearly any team with a guy like Matthew Stafford, who can put up numbers, and a pair of wideouts like Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate (the former Seahawk) is going to be potentially dangerous.
But the Lions have fewer rushing yards than any team in the league; clearly they did not draft running back Ameer Abdullah (82 yards so far) to endure something like that. If Stafford is completely one-dimensional, it is a handicap against this defense.
But speaking of handicaps, there is a very real possibility -some would actually call it a probability – that Marshawn Lynch is going to be unavailable to the Seahawks for this game. He did not start last week, and then when he played he aggravated the situation. Seattle has rookie Thomas Rawls as backup; the University of Michigan product came through nicely, with 104 yards against Chicago.
Those BetAnySports online football betting patrons who were waiting for the Seahawks to get closer to full strength finally saw that happen last week as hard-hitting safety Kam Chancellor ended his holdout and came back. he will help make it difficult enough for the Lions to gain ground, and another factor, as pointed out by he aforementioned Tate, is that Detroit’s opponents seemed to know what was coming as they played defense, to the point where they were actually calling out the Lions’ plays. Naturally it is kind of unusual that a player would say something like that publicly, so you have to wonder what is going on in that locker room.
Just to bring you up to date on how well Seattle does when Russell Wilson is at quarterback, they have compiled a 23-2 straight-up record at CenturyLink Field, so you may want to keep that in mind. Wilson, believe it or not, is actually Seattle’s leading rusher, with 134 yards on 24 carries. He’s nimble, for certain, but the Seahawks don’t want to go through a whole season with his name at the top of their rushing list.
Marshawn, get well soon!
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CHARLES JAY grew up around the gaming business, was raised in the boxing business, and along the way has developed a colorful background through a wide range of experiences. Jay was a veteran of almost two decades actively in the boxing industry, as a writer, publicist, matchmaker, booking agent, manager, and promoter. He was engaged as editorial consultant for USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights" for seven years, and also did some on-air work for USA. He also served as color commentator for, among others, Sunshine Network and Prime Network, and has called more than a dozen world championship fights for national and/or international television. He has been the host of numerous radio programs, including "Sportswatch with Charles Jay" on KDWN in Las Vegas, "Total Action" on WAXY 790 in Miami, and "Charles Jay's Winning Edge", syndicated into 55 markets by the American Radio Networks. For the past 20 years, he has been a professional sports handicapper, and as a consultant to the casino industry from 1993-95, helped to launch Casino Magic in Mississippi as a major venue for sports promotions. Also, he's been a casino/sports gaming columnist for a number of leading publications, including Sports Form, Casino Player, Card Player, and The Gambler. In the 2000's, he became widely known as one of the world's leading proponents and experts on the subject of boxing reform, having been asked to appear on numerous panels and speak at officials' seminars. He was the author of "Operation Cleanup" and "Operation Cleanup 2: Unfinished Business" - two critically-acclaimed e-books that represent arguably the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of boxing reform issues ever put into publication. In 2004 he published a third electronic book - "Body Shots: Outside the Ring and Inside the Game of Pro Boxing". In 2003 he was the recipient of the "Dignity" Award, in the category of "Best Sports Writer," as bestowed by the Retired Boxers Foundation.
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