Seattle Seahawks: 3 Bold predictions for Week 4 vs. Cardinals
By Samuel Teets
The Seattle Seahawks will be facing off against the 0-3 Arizona Cardinals in a must win game in Week 4, and here are some bold predictions for the visitors.
The season has started off slowly for the Seattle Seahawks, but they rebounded last week with a big win over the Dallas Cowboys. Now they’re facing off against their division rivals, the Arizona Cardinals, for the first time this year. The Cardinals are 0-3 and may be the worst team in the league.
Considering they’re already behind schedule at 1-2, the Seahawks cannot afford to lose to a team like Arizona. Dropping to 1-3 would be a death sentence to their playoff hopes and a huge blow to team morale. The Cardinals will be starting rookie quarterback Josh Rosen on Sunday in place of the benched Sam Bradford. It’s time for the Seahawks to get a resounding, signature win.
And with that, we look at three bold predictions for Seattle in this matchup.
Russell Wilson will return to form
Wilson has underwhelmed so far. He’s coming off of the best season of his career, in which he was an MVP candidate for most of the season. Like last season, he was forced to carry the offense for the first two weeks of the regular season.
He threw a combined three interceptions in those two games, which is notable because he only got picked off a total of 11 times last season. He’s on pace to throw 16 interceptions in 2018.
Things got better last week when Chris Carson showed up and helped balance out the offense. The Cardinals run defense is ranked 29th in the NFL, which means Wilson will have plenty of support from the ground game on Sunday. With some of the pressure off of him and one interception free game under his belt, I expect Wilson will return to MVP form against Arizona.
What can we expect from him statistically? Probably somewhere in the range of 300 passing yards and three passing touchdowns, considering he put up around that much against a far better Denver defense in Week 1.