Seattle Seahawks – Carolina Panthers. Dmitriy Donskoy’s prediction

Seattle Seahawks go to North Carolina after a tough win at freezing Minneapolis. Now Coach Pete Carroll’s team can play in snowy weather, but not in the icy cold. Besides the playoff game for Seahawks, this matchup is attempt take revenge for losing to the Carolina Panthers in regular season meeting. On October 18th, both teams played against each other in Seattle, and the Seahawks lost 23-27. Both clubs don’t have any injury problems and this game can be a moment of truth for some of the players, especially the opposing QB’s Russell Wilson and Cam Newton.
Newton is the main candidate for the coveted MVP trophy this season. But in the game against Seahawks, he threw only one TD, but two interceрtions. I can predict, that Newton will play without INT, but his completion percentage is under 60.0. Seattle have a great front-seven, and these guys can blitzing. The key duel in this confrontation will be between Seahawks Safety Kam Chancellor and Panthers TE Greg Olsen. In October’s game, Olsen won the duel, a couple of times sitting on Chancellor’s back to catch the balls. This all happened in the fourth quarter, where Carolina beat Seattle.

Devin Funchess can be the X-factor for Carolina. He is a former TE and possesses great speed. But for Seattle’s offense, I wait for a strong game from their offensive line. If this group of guys permit Russell Wilson play in small step offence, that every receiver can be an X-factor. In the last seven games including playoffs, lineman’s played strong at passing and running block. As for me, Seattle can win, if the team plays like they did in the second half of regular season. This was the best team in the league, and Seahawks must prove it again. Seattle to win this game with a margin of (-1,5). And the line is 2.30 with William Hill.