Pick it in Seattle!

[HappyViking]

I guess I'm still not sure this Viking team can handle the best of the best in the NFC, and I do believe Seattle is at the top of the list with NO and SF.  This is a big test for the Vikes, and I'd like this matchup a lot better if it were in Minny.  Hoping for the best, but not expecting a happy ending - hope I'm proven wrong!
SKOL!
Vikings: 21
Squawks: 27

[Guest]

Going out on a limb here,  VIKES 24 - SQUAWKS 20

[Guest]

Picking 27 - 21 VIKINGS....... SKOL!!!!!

[Guest]

I know they aint the Legion of Boom anymore, but Russel Wilson is 5-0 vs the Vikings.  He'd be league MVP if it wasn't for the kid out of Baltimore. 

I dont trust our D in this one, nor Zimmer coming out of a Bye. 

Hope I am totally wrong:

Seattle 27
Vikings 26

Edit: Post A. Thielen news:

Seattle: 28
Vikings: 19

Hope I'm totally wrong (again)

[Guest]

I'm forever the optimist....

Vikings 30

Seahawks 28

[Guest]

Changed my pick - SKOL!
Vikings: 27SeeHags: 23
It's so much more fun going with your heart.  B)

[Guest]

What I don't like: 

* That this game comes after a bye week. Vikings don't play well against Seattle and they don't play well after a bye.
* Russell Wilson. With all due respect to Mahomes and Jackson, Wilson is probably the most efficient QB in the NFL and our secondary is vulnerable at the corners. 
* Seattle is a slightly above average run defense. But without Adam playing, I expect them to load the box, double Diggs and force Cousins to beat them with Bisi and the TEs.

What I like:

* Wilson doesn't always play well against us. Totally different teams, I get that, but here are Wilson's numbers the last time they played: 10-of-20, 72 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT. His passer rating was 37. That game was in Seattle. They won 21 to 7 because Cousins was awful and despite the fact that, going into the 4th quarter, the game was 3-0 Seattle, and the fact that Cook was averaging 4.2 a carry, we we ran the ball only 16 times. This was one of the games that got Flip fired. Our offense is much better this year and their defense is worse.
* Dalvin Cook in the passing game. This is how we win. 
* Seattle is a run-first team. Vikings have the 5th best run defense in the NFL. Carson has struggled holding onto the ball. 

Vikings 27
Seattle 24

[Guest]

For me this game is on Zimmer.  If we can play aggressively on offense, we can outscore Seattle.  That may mean going for it on 4th and 4 from the Seattle 40. It may mean a few more shots downfield.  I would be very surprised if a conservative game plan will win tonight.  And if Zim is content to give Seattle the ball with 2 minutes to play and rely on our defense to protect a 2 point lead to win the game, I think we lose.

[Guest]

@dadevike said:
For me this game is on Zimmer.  If we can play aggressively on offense, we can outscore Seattle.  That may mean going for it on 4th and 4 from the Seattle 40. It may mean a few more shots downfield.  I would be very surprised if a conservative game plan will win tonight.  And if Zim is content to give Seattle the ball with 2 minutes to play and rely on our defense to protect a 2 point lead to win the game, I think we lose.

Shots down the field should be in everyone's playbook this year. The refs are out of control with their DPI. Get to your 40 with a 1st down and it should be max protect and bombs away. 

[Guest]

Re Zimmer after a bye - I looked it up last week and he's 3-2 so far with the Vikings, not actually bad. We're all tainted because of losses 2 of the last 3 seasons.
Just being a ray of sunshine for all of you!