Seattle’s an -1 underdog next week at KC.

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Seahawks at Chiefs -1, 43
Kansas City ripped off its fourth straight win and cover on Sunday at Buffalo, and finds itself the favorite against the reigning champions. Seattle won its third straight game on Sunday, at home against the Giants, but has failed to cover five straight times. If this spread holds, it will be the first time Seattle’s an underdog all season.

Honestly I'm surprised we aren't more of an underdog than 1 point. I have a feeling it will edge its way up to 3 or so by weeks end.

I like being the dog.

Question for someone more familiar with odds-making than I am: What's the rule of thumb for deciding the home field advantage in a game featuring two evenly matched teams? 2.5?

KC has been terrible against the run this year. Even the Bills' running backs averaged over five yards per run yesterday. I hope to see a lot of Beast Mode in this game. The right A gap between Sweezy and Unger has looked like money.

hawknation2014":17uplok8 said:

KC has been terrible against the run this year. Even the Bills' running backs averaged over five yards per run yesterday. I hope to see a lot of Beast Mode in this game. The right A gap between Sweezy and Unger has looked like money.

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They haven't been great against the run, but still impressive that it'll be week 11 in the NFL and they haven't given up a rushing TD.

Seattle covered the spread against the Giants. They won by 21.

I'm honestly shocked we are the underdog although it looks like Vegas has us as the better team. With a healthier O-line we saw what it did for the running game. I think Chancellor is back this week and I like our chances.

This game has danger written all over it for Seattle. That line is giving Seattle some respect, if I'm in Vegas I'd give the point and take KC, and that kills me to say that.

Hawknballs":33621l5y said:

hawknation2014":33621l5y said:

KC has been terrible against the run this year. Even the Bills' running backs averaged over five yards per run yesterday. I hope to see a lot of Beast Mode in this game. The right A gap between Sweezy and Unger has looked like money.

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They haven't been great against the run, but still impressive that it'll be week 11 in the NFL and they haven't given up a rushing TD.

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KC is kind of bipolar. One of the best red zone teams in the league, but they allow 4.7 yards per run, which is bottom three in the league.

I believe that stat will change in a big way after they've faced Marshawn Lynch.

Question for someone more familiar with odds-making than I am: What's the rule of thumb for deciding the home field advantage in a game featuring two evenly matched teams? 2.5?

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What I have always heard over the years was 3 is about avg for the home team. The home teams that have a more defined home field advantage then others could be as high as 4/5 and those teams that have a home field advantage that is minimal could drop down to the 1/2 range.

I recall some Vegas sports book site on national sports talk radio last year describing how Century Link field was around the 4.5-5 range when the Seahawks were rolling.

NJSeaHawk":f9dbqxil said:

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Seahawks at Chiefs -1, 43
Kansas City ripped off its fourth straight win and cover on Sunday at Buffalo, and finds itself the favorite against the reigning champions. Seattle won its third straight game on Sunday, at home against the Giants, but has failed to cover five straight times. If this spread holds, it will be the first time Seattle’s an underdog all season.

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Failed to cover? Did I miss where Seattle was a 22 plus point favorite against the Giants???

hawknation2014":1vwnl76w said:

KC has been terrible against the run this year. Even the Bills' running backs averaged over five yards per run yesterday. I hope to see a lot of Beast Mode in this game. The right A gap between Sweezy and Unger has looked like money.

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Yes I agree , if we can run like we did yesterday , Seahawks should win but the passing game has to step up . every team is different and the Hawks have to plan different for every team

I am predicting Hawks 27 - Chiefs 15

Yeah there isn't a rule of thumb like most people think because it is a combination of both the home and road team. For a while there the Hawks were facing huge point swings, especially when travelling to the east coast in 10 AM games, based on speculation about our ineptitude rather than the opposing team's home field prowess.

My guess is the swing here is in the 5 point range due our poor road performances @STL and @SD this season and KC's undefeated record at home. If this game was at CLink I think the Hawks would be favored by more than 7 points.

Vegas actually sees us as a favorite. Home teams always get 3.

Realistically this reads as Seattle -2 .. but the line is set to KC -1 because they're at home, and you can bet this game will get action from both sides.

Tennessee won in KC.

Run the ball. Rush the passer.

The consensus line at Vegas Insider has moved to -1.5 from -1. Looks like the early money last night went with the home team.

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theENGLISHseahawk":32cl15gj said:

Tennessee won in KC.

Run the ball. Rush the passer.

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Much different team now than in Week 1.

Hawkpower":rd87ytal said:

NJSeaHawk":rd87ytal said:

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Seahawks at Chiefs -1, 43
Kansas City ripped off its fourth straight win and cover on Sunday at Buffalo, and finds itself the favorite against the reigning champions. Seattle won its third straight game on Sunday, at home against the Giants, but has failed to cover five straight times. If this spread holds, it will be the first time Seattle’s an underdog all season.

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Failed to cover? Did I miss where Seattle was a 22 plus point favorite against the Giants???

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Yeah, that kinda casts doubt on the quality of the "analysis", doesn't it?

I'm pretty sure -1 is a favorite.

NJSeaHawk":306xnb1m said:

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Seahawks at Chiefs -1, 43
Kansas City ripped off its fourth straight win and cover on Sunday at Buffalo, and finds itself the favorite against the reigning champions. Seattle won its third straight game on Sunday, at home against the Giants, but has failed to cover five straight times. If this spread holds, it will be the first time Seattle’s an underdog all season.

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We didn't cover against NY?? What was the line?