Tracking Panthers QB Cam Newton’s completions: Week 12 against the Raiders

With four of their wins coming against teams with winning records, Seattle needs to avoid overlooking Carolina and put the Panthers away early. The total has gone over in the Panthers’ last three games against the Seahawks.

While running the ball more than passing for an entire game often is not realistic, balancing the run plays with the passing plays during a game has been telling in the Buccaneers’ success this season. But no one’s throwing in the towel.

Do you think the Seattle Seahawks or Carolina Panthers will get the win in this NFL Week 13 matchup? The injury report just keeps growing each week, despite what seems like a new player going on IR following each game.

The Seahawks on the other hand are the owners of one of the NFL’s most anemic rushing attacks.

Carolina has played better since entering its Week 7 bye at 1-5, but in essence the season was officially lost last Sunday in Oakland.

While the Seahawks offense has had its ups and downs, the defense has been outstanding.

The Seahawks, now third on the Super Bowl 51 odds, have had no trouble piling up points in recent home games, averaging 30 points per game over their last four and holding opponents to just 20.5 points per game. Yes, Green Bay’s defense has struggled mightily, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been far below his usual excellence. Safety Earl Thomas remains a question mark with a hamstring strain. Seattle DE Cliff Avril leads the NFC with 10 sacks.

The Panthers jumped out to a 31-0 lead in the divisional game – getting a defensive score from Kuechly on a pick-6 – before fending off a furious Seahawks’ rally.

“It was great”, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said, per Sheil Kapadia of ESPN.com.

RB, Jonathan Stewart- This past week, Jonathan Stewart snapped a streak of some poor performances and found the endzone twice. Russell Wilson and the Seahawks’ offense has been putting up solid numbers, although there have been consistency issues. QB Russell Wilson has 111.7 passer rating in past nine home games. Thomas Rawls, Doug Baldwin and Michael Bennett make up some of this year’s starters that will have a say in the team’s play-off success.

As desperate as the Panthers are to get a win to prolong their fleeting playoff hopes, it may all be in vain. Jermaine Kearse and 2nd year player Tyler Lockett have combined for almost 700 yards.

That led to Cairo Santos clanking a 34-yard field goal off the left goal post for the game-winner with two seconds remaining in OT. But the question for Fantasy Football team owners is, what to do with Cam Newton?

The Seahawks saw their dream of playing in three consecutive Super Bowls end previous year in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs with a 31-24 road loss to the Panthers as 2.5-point underdogs. “That’s going to make a big difference in the game”.