SNF Open Thread: Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks

In games he does throw a touchdown, the team is 6-0.

The total has gone over in nine of the Panthers’ last 10 games as road underdogs. Past year during their Super Bowl run, there wasn’t a more enjoyable team to watch in football.

Despite many believing that Newton isn’t the same quarterback we all saw take the National Football League by storm last season, he’s still the best option the Panthers have under center. But, the hard truth for Newton is, there’s no need for him to rely on Kelvin Benjamin or Ted Ginn Jr Sunday night as Sherman and Co will have a blanket surrounding them the entire game. Centers Ryan Kalil and Gino Gradkowski were placed on injured reserve this week. In his past seven at home, the former Man of Troy has recorded 5.5 sacks and five tackles for loss. Edge rusher Bruce Irvin is now a Raider but the Seahawks sill have Pro Bowl middle linebacker Bobby Wagner, he leads the team in tackles. Wilson’s been on the practice report, while practicing, with the ankle plus a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee and a pectoral strain on his right, throwing side. He is expected to start there against the Seahawks, who will likely use DEs Michael Bennett and Frank Clark against Turner. Seahawks 17-3-1 in prime time games since 2010.

And Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was benched for the start of a game the Panthers would go on to lose 40-7. The NFL Odds for the game have the Seahawks favored by a comfortable margin to pick up the win. He’s going to be trying to win the game largely by himself. Seattle came up with just 245 yards of offense and lost time of possession by a 34/26 margin. Doug Baldwin pulled down a team-high 7 catches for 34 yards in the loss. TE Jimmy Graham has eight career TDs vs. Panthers.

Is the Seahawks’ offensive line any better?

Coach Pete Carroll regretted not running the ball more in Tampa, so expect the Seahawks to run more zone read with a healthy Wilson and Thomas Rawls.

The Seahawks can still play D with anyone but the offense has been a riddle all season long they’ve failed to solve more often than not. DE Cliff Avril leads NFC with 10 sacks. His crew leads the National Football League in penalties against defenders when playing the pass, according to the vast ESPN Stats & Information database.

The Giants are six-point underdogs, but they have covered three of the past four meetings and have reportedly been getting tips from Eli Manning’s brother Peyton this week on how to beat the Steelers. The Panthers rank 13th with 109.5 yards per game but just ended a stretch of three consecutive games with fewer than 100 yards on the ground.