Seattle Seahawks Rumors present a very flattering outlook for the 2017 NFL season. If the football experts and Las Vegas oddsmakers have it right, the Seahawks will finish with the best record in the NFC. That would be quite an accomplishment for the team, especially after an offseason where the franchise was questioned on nearly every move it made. At least newly-signed running back Eddie Lacy met his weight goals with the team.
The current over/under win total for the Seattle Seahawks is 10 ½ for this season. It’s the highest projection of any team in the NFC and sets the Seahawks up to be the favorites to get back to another Super Bowl. It’s also a piece of news that fans of the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, and arizona cardinals don’t want to hear about.
What do the NFL experts and Vegas say about the NFC West?
While the Seattle Seahawks have an over/under win projection of 10 ½, the Arizona Cardinals are at 8.0, the Los Angeles Rams are at 5 ½, and the San Francisco 49ers are at 4 ½. This predicts that the Seahawks should easily win the NFC West again, with a very comfortable margin in the win column.
If the NFL projections are correct, it also means that Arizona will miss the playoffs again.
As for the rest of the NFC, there are definitely some teams projected to give the Seahawks a challenge when it comes to securing the No. 1 playoff seed. The top over/under win projections from the rest of the conference belong to the Green Bay Packers (10.0), Dallas Cowboys (9 ½), Atlanta Falcons (9 ½), New York Giants (9.0), Carolina Panthers (8 ½), Minnesota Vikings (8 ½), and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8 ½). There will be a lot of debate about what the NFL experts and Las Vegas oddsmakers have to say here, especially with the Cowboys and Falcons projected to have fewer than 10 victories.
Can the Seattle Seahawks run away with the NFC West again?
David Johnson wants to get more touches from the Arizona Cardinals, possibly making him an even bigger focus for the offense. That’s news that should worry the rest of the NFL and specifically Seahawks fans, as it has been tough for the team to slow him down in the past. But has time passed by Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer?
The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers have some good young players, but on paper they don’t appear to be a threat to anyone, let alone the defending NFC West champions. Can the Seahawks breeze through the division with an undefeated 6-0 record? That would definitely create a situation where the team surpasses the lofty win projections, which is exactly where fans want the Seattle Seahawks rumors to reside anyway.