{"id":34660,"date":"2014-08-06T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34660"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:40:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:40:31","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-1-predictions-seattle-seahawks-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-1-predictions-seattle-seahawks-vs-denver-broncos-34660\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 1 Predictions: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
\nThursday, 8\/7\/14, 9:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 37
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 37
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Seattle Seahawks have been known to play great football in the preseason under Pete Carroll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle insists that going to Denver and facing a team that it crushed in last year\u2019s Super Bowl won\u2019t be a big deal, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks, as the intensity on both sides will ratchet up when meeting in Week 3 of the regular season.\u00a0 The Seahawks are expected to feature backup running backs Christine Michael and Robert Turbin, especially since Marshawn Lynch missed the first few days of camp.\u00a0 Other offensive question marks come at the wide receiver position, with Doug Baldwin and Percy Harvin being the main perimeter threats for signal-caller Russell Wilson, as the group waits to see if rookie Paul Richardson can emerge as a reliable target.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks have lost in the preseason since a 23-20 setback to the Broncos in the third game of the 2011 exhibition campaign\u2014winning all four such affairs last year by at least a touchdown.\u00a0 Wilson figures to play just a series or two, as head coach Pete Carroll is interested to see if Terrelle Pryor can challenge Tarvaris Jackson for the No. 2 spot.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Seattle is interested to see how the officials proceed with some new rules emphasizing defensive holding.<\/p>\n

Denver is the clear favorite to win the AFC championship for a second consecutive season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page, but it has some holes to fill.\u00a0 The Broncos have some question marks in the backfield behind star quarterback Peyton Manning, especially since former Wisconsin Badgers star Montee Ball underwent an emergency surgery Monday.\u00a0 The team is confident some changes will have it better prepared to face an opposing defense like Seattle, as it moved Ryan Clady back to left tackle and replaced wide receiver Eric Decker with Emmanuel Sanders.<\/p>\n

The Broncos won\u2019t have star linebacker Von Miller on the field for this matchup, as he\u2019s in the final stages of recovering from a torn ACL, while former Dallas Cowboys star DeMarcus Ware has missed some early practices as well.\u00a0 Denver won\u2019t be too concerned about gaining revenge in this spot, considering only about 10 plays will include the starters from last year\u2019s humiliating loss in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Seahawks due to their dominance in preseason play in recent years.<\/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. Denver Broncos Thursday, 8\/7\/14, 9:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 37 Current Total:\u00a0 37 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Seattle insists that going to Denver and facing a team that it crushed in last year\u2019s Super Bowl won\u2019t be a big deal, which is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[570,3403,5407,282,3630,417],"class_list":["post-34660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-denver-broncos","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-montee-ball","tag-peyton-manning","tag-russell-wilson","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34660","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=34660"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34662,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34660\/revisions\/34662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}