{"id":29668,"date":"2013-08-17T13:45:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29668"},"modified":"2013-08-17T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T15:45:47","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-2-picks-denver-broncos-vs-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-2-picks-denver-broncos-vs-seattle-seahawks-29668\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 2 Picks: Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks
\nSaturday, 8\/17\/13, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Broncos will send out their first-team offense for a longer period of time Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver suffered a 10-6 defeat to the San Francisco 49ers as three-point road underdogs on Aug. 8, while going UNDER the betting total of 35.5.\u00a0 The Broncos lost the statistical battle by 68 total yards, including a 124-yard disparity in the passing game.\u00a0 Quarterback Peyton Manning and most of the first-team skill guys were on the field for just seven snaps, but tonight\u2019s outing will give them multiple drives, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Broncos will likely have star linebacker Von Miller on the field, but former teammate Elvis Dumervil suggested that the young player\u2019s performance on the field may be affected by his off-field troubles.\u00a0 Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips will likely play a big role on the unit if Miller\u2019s four-game suspension for violating the league\u2019s substance abuse policy is upheld.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Montee Ball and Ronnie Hillman will continue to battle it out at the running back position.<\/p>\n

Seattle picked up a impressive 31-10 victory over the San Diego Chargers as three-point road favorites in its opening game of the 2013 NFL exhibition schedule, while going OVER the betting total of 36.\u00a0 The Seahawks out-gained the Chargers by 101 total yards, with running back Christine Michael being the most impressive player\u2014gaining 89 yards on 18 carries.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the former Texas A&M star will be sidelines with back spasms for an unknown period of time, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks are certainly deep at the running back position, with Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin occupying the top two spots on the depth chart respectively.\u00a0 Seattle has been banged up on offense during camp, with wide receiver Percy Harvin having hip surgery, but the unit expects to have tight end Zach Miller back on the field before the regular-season opener.\u00a0 NFL oddsmakers have established the team as solid favorites in this affair, considering the 12th man at CenturyLink Field will be roaring due to this being the first game played in the Pacific Northwest in 229 days.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Broncos in this affair, as the Seahawks may be a bit overpriced in the betting market.<\/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":"

Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks Saturday, 8\/17\/13, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver suffered a 10-6 defeat to the San Francisco 49ers as three-point road underdogs on Aug. 8, while going UNDER the betting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[7032,570,3403,31,282,417,7197],"class_list":["post-29668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-centurylink-field","tag-denver-broncos","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-nfl","tag-peyton-manning","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-von-miller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29668","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=29668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29669,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29668\/revisions\/29669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}