Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers: 3 Bold predictions for Week 15
By Samuel Teets
The Seattle Seahawks blew out the San Francisco 49ers two weeks ago. They’ll be looking for a repeat performance in Week 15.
Back in Week 13, the Seattle Seahawks steamrolled the San Francisco 49ers, winning by a score of 43-16. The division win gave the Seahawks a strong grip on second place in the NFC West. It was also Seattle’s largest margin of victory all season and showed just how hot the Seahawks were.
However, the massive victory has already largely been forgotten because of what occurred in Week 14. The Seahawks ran away with a victory thanks to a big second half against the Minnesota Vikings and the 49ers put up an impressive showing against the Denver Broncos. Week 13 seems like a long time ago as both fan bases have been relishing in the outcomes of Week 14.
Hopefully, this will remind people about what to look forward to this weekend. And these are bold predictions for Sunday’s Week 15 matchup.
There will be no interceptions
The Seahawks and 49ers threw a combined two interceptions in Week 14 and just one in their last meeting. The secondaries of both of these teams haven’t exactly been interception machines this season. The Seahawks defense has 12 interceptions this season, which ties them for 11th most in the league.
In comparison, the 49ers total is simply horrendous. The 49ers defense has just two interceptions all season long, the least by any team and it’s not even close. All things considered, there’s a really good chance that we don’t see an interception this game.
This prediction is about the exact opposite of the one I made the last time these two teams played. I predicted Richard Sherman would intercept Russell Wilson, but clearly that didn’t happen. After the absolute destruction of the 49ers, I’m doing a 180 and going with this prediction instead.
Wilson is usually pretty careful with the ball and the 49ers secondary isn’t great to begin with. If someone is going to throw an interception in this game it will be Nick Mullens. In five NFL starts, he’s thrown six interceptions and has an interception percentage of 3.4. For reference, Wilson’s interception percentage is just 1.7 and Aaron Rodgers has the league’s best interception percentage at 0.2.
Looking at those numbers, it seems likely that someone will get picked off on Sunday. I’m making this prediction with the defenses in mind though, not just the quarterbacks.