{"id":29740,"date":"2013-08-22T17:31:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T22:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29740"},"modified":"2013-08-22T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T22:32:52","slug":"pro-football-picks-seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-seattle-seahawks-vs-green-bay-packers-29740\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Seattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers
\nFriday, 8\/23\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Seattle Seahawks have looked tremendous through the first two weeks of their preseason schedule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle has won and covered the spread in its first two games of the 2013 NFL preseason, including a 40-10 home victory over the Denver Broncos as five-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total in both contests.\u00a0 Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was very impressive against the Broncos, while the squad has compiled a plus-six turnover ratio thus far, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro football picks Friday night.\u00a0 Only the Arizona Cardinals have a better mark in that particular category at plus-seven heading into Week 3.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks have won their past three preseason road games\u2014something that head coach Pete Carroll has mentioned consistently in practice leading up to this high-profile NFC matchup.\u00a0 \u201cPreseason is very important to us,\u201d commented Carroll.\u00a0 Seattle must cut down on its penalties before its regular-season opener, as it has been flagged 20 times for 172 yards.<\/p>\n

Green Bay has split its first two games, as it comes off a 19-7 triumph over the St. Louis Rams as four-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the betting total for a second straight contest.\u00a0 The Packers got a good look at rookie running back Eddie Lacy, as the former Alabama Crimson Tide star led the team with eight carries and amassed a game-high 40 yards.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was also sharp\u2014completing 10 of 12 throws for 134 yards, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.<\/p>\n

The Packers will definitely be challenged on the offensive end in this affair, with the Seahawks coming in with the league\u2019s top scoring defense from a year ago.\u00a0 Green Bay\u00a0 has enjoyed great success at Lambeau Field during the regular season in recent years, as it has won 20 of its last 21 games, which could carry over into this exhibition matchup.\u00a0 The biggest position battle to watch on the field is at right tackle\u2014with Don Barclay and Marshall Newhouse trying to earn the starting spot.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Seahawks in this affair, as they\u2019ve won and covered the number in their last seven preseason games.<\/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 vs. Green Bay Packers Friday, 8\/23\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Seattle has won and covered the spread in its first two games of the 2013 NFL preseason, including a 40-10 home victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,1119,3608,31,3630,417],"class_list":["post-29740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-lambeau-field","tag-nfl","tag-russell-wilson","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29740","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=29740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29742,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29740\/revisions\/29742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}