Many have said it and I contend it's absolutely true -- these 2 teams are both different from the groups that met each other back on Week 6.
For the Seahawks -- No Bobby Wagner ... no Jeremy Lane ... Cary Williams starting opposite Sherman ... and a far shakier Offensive Line with Drew Nowak as starting Center back then.
For the Panthers -- Charles Tillman and Bene Benwikere at CB then ... Cortland Finnegan and Robert McClain now.
And as Kearly so aptly pointed out earlier, Carolina didn't exactly blow the Seahawks out of the water the first time around. With all of the issues this Seahawks team had back then, they managed to get by Seattle by only 4 points.
Beast Mode returns ... and Russell Wilson and the Offense gets back to the quick passing attack that lit up the Cardinals like a pinball machine. Josh Norman can't be everywhere, as there will be plays to be made down field. Seattle's defense has historically owned Cam Newton ... as I just see a fully healthy intact and once again dominant Seahawks defense being the kryptonite for Superman on Sunday.
Contrary to what many experts out there think ... I believe "the better team" is going down on Sunday. In a slugfest, I'm calling it ...
Seahawks 24
Panthers 20