The Seahawks vs Cardinals finale may not be meaningless
The Seattle Seahawks lost to the St. Louis Rams at home last Sunday for the first time in 10 years which ended their 5 game winning streak. The Seahawks don’t want to go into the postseason playing like they did against the Rams, so they’ll be looking to put up a strong performance. The Arizona Cardinals back on November 15 went on the road and beat the Seattle Seahawks and haven’t lost a game since. A Arizona Cardinals win combined with a Panthers loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next week will give Arizona home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. The Week 17 game between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals is scheduled for Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 4:25 p.m. ET at University of Phoenix Stadium. The game will be broadcast on FOX.
The Seattle Seahawks must rely on quarterback Russell Wilson or the Seahawks aren’t moving the football. Wilson is a man completing 68.1 percent of his passes and averaging 8.4 yards per pass attempt. Running back Marshawn Lynch is still very likely out, and the ground game without both he and Thomas Rawls is virtually not there. The Seahawks offense need to be able to hold off the relentless Arizona Cardinals defense long enough to give Wilson a chance to get set. The Cardinals defense picked up nine sacks on Aaron Rodgers last week and that scheme may not be changing. 15 different players have sacks for Arizona this season. If the Seahawks offensive line problems continue, it could be a long day for them.
The NFL has scheduled both the Seahawks-Cardinals and Panthers-Bucs for 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, so the Cardinals won’t know ahead of time if they have something to play for. The Arizona Cardinals is very likely to start and pull out their starters, if the Panthers start to blow out the Buccaneers. The first player the Cardinals will likely pull is quarterback Carson Palmer, and the second is wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. If those two men are out and the Seattle defense is playing up to par, the Cardinals will have a hard time scoring any more points.
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