Ramfan128":3dbg13lr said:
So it cracks me up that all off season, all we heard about was the 49ers and Seahawks, and how dominant those two are. And don't get me wrong, I know there is some hatred there.
And then how they've supplanted Pittsburgh and Baltimore as the best NFL rivalry.
But if you actually look at the results, Seattle has completely dominated SF....
Point differentials in order beginning in Russel Wilson's rookie year:
SF by 6 (in SF)
SEA by 29 (in SEA)
SEA by 26 (in SEA)
SF by 2 (in SF)
SEA by 6 (In SEA - playoffs)
SEA by 16 (in SF)
With the 7th meeting in three years coming in 9 days....in Seattle....after they already beat down the Niners in SF this year.
In 6 games, 3 home games for each team, Seattle is 4-2 with the two losses coming by a combined 8 points. Seattle is plus 69, for an average margin of victory of 11.5 pts
Long story short, the Niners are not on Seattle's level. Not even close. By comparison, let's see how my Rams have done against Wilson and the Seahawks. Point differentials for Rams/Seahawks beginning Russel Wilson's rookie year:
STL by 6 (STL)
SEA by 7 (SEA)
SEA by 5 (STL)
SEA by 18 (SEA)
STL by 2 (STL)
It's important to note that three of these games were played by Kellen Clemens/Austin Davis. Anyway, through 5 contests thus far, SEA is plus 22, for an average margin of victory of 5.4 pts
I'll even go on to guess that Niners lose in Seattle worse than we will in week 17.
Kaepernick looks bad, Harbaugh is all but out the door.
And while we're on the topic of the NFC West, I have never seen Arizona as a credible threat. Arians has done a good job, but I see the Rams and Seahawks as the teams at the top after this year.
Spot on.
I was posting this same thing, though less detailed, last week. Going so far as to suggest SF may be better off with Gabbert at the Clink. I predict the Niners are about to take a whupping of epic proportions, even if Pete tries to sit on a lead or even if he tries to keep the score down.
When we return from Philly (healthy) a real line should look like Hawks -13. BUT...I think it will open at Hawks -6.5 / 7. SF, for several reasons, blindly draws a ton of weekly action. And that's wonderful. Hawk bettors.
couldn't ask for a better situation. Typical, heavy betting on SF will keep the line deflated but I won't be surprised if the big money drives it to Hawks -10 by game time, and even then, that will still be solid value, imo.
IF Pete takes the reigns off, I predict a 3 TD win and quite possibly the (temporary) end to this "fierce rivalry". I mean no disrespect to our Niner posters here, but SF has been reduced to a middle of the road team and with so much at stake, we won't be played tight by some middle of the road team. Like Sherm once so eloquently stated: "Mismatch".