{"id":18464,"date":"2011-10-09T09:03:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18464"},"modified":"2011-10-09T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:03:57","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-5-seattle-seahawks-vs-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-5-seattle-seahawks-vs-new-york-giants-18464\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 5: Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants
\nSunday, 10\/9\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Giants QB Eli Manning has led the team to three consecutive wins entering Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle has dropped its first two road games against the spread and will be traveling to the Meadowlands, a place that has seen the team win just once out of seven tries.\u00a0 The good news for the Seahawks this time around is this will be their first try inside MetLife Stadium.\u00a0 A key in this game will be the offensive line play against a ferocious pass rush that the Giants generate with their talented defensive linemen, as the team allowed 14 sacks in the first three weeks, only to keep their signal-callers off the carpet last week.\u00a0 Last week\u2019s protection certainly helped in allowing quarterback Tarvaris Jackson to throw for a career-high 319 yards.\u00a0 Seattle is 3-16 ATS on the road and the \u2018over\u2019 is 13-6 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks have been outscored 67-13 in the first half of games this season, but are hoping last week\u2019s performance will give Jackson confidence heading into a new week.\u00a0 He tallied a 2-1 record as a starter against New York during his time in Minnesota.\u00a0 His main target will likely be Sidney Rice, who has three touchdowns among his 15 catches in four career games against the Giants.<\/p>\n

New York has won and covered three consecutive games since dropping a 28-14 season-opening contest to the Washington Redskins.\u00a0 The Giants have been out-gained in all four games, but that\u2019s not likely to matter when facing a team that they defeated by a 41-7 score last year as seven-point road favorites.\u00a0 Offensively, the team seems to be coming together, especially at the wide receiver position.\u00a0 \u201cI think it is just that we are clicking now,\u201d commented Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks.\u00a0 \u201cEveryone is getting involved with the offense and people are stepping up.\u201d\u00a0 New York is 1-4 ATS as a home favorite of 7.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Giants want to get their run game going this week, as it ranks 24th in the league, averaging less than 80 yards a contest.\u00a0 New York may find that hard to do against a rush defense that is giving up just 3.2 yards a carry.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, quarterback Eli Manning has been at his best during the fourth quarter, coming in with an NFL-best 139.5 fourth-quarter passer rating.\u00a0 He has also taken care of the football after throwing 25 interceptions this year, coming in with 90 straight passes without throwing a pick.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Giants due to their 26-12 ATS mark following a straight-up win, while the Seahawks are 7-20-1 ATS when playing a winning team.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks at New York Giants Sunday, 10\/9\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Seattle has dropped its first two road games against the spread and will be traveling to the Meadowlands, a place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[598,5519,401,417,446],"class_list":["post-18464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-eli-manning","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-new-york-giants","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-tarvaris-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18465,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18464\/revisions\/18465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}