Minnesota @ Seattle -3:  Seattle in Prime-Time games at home has been nearly impossible to beat.  You can basically mark it down that these things will happen on Monday night:

• Head-scratching, controversial referee decision that benefits the Seahawks
• Russell Wilson defies football logic and makes an impossible throw/run to score a TD/huge play.
• Pete Carroll chuckles on the sidelines.
• Seahawks win.

I’ve seen it way too many times.  And it even happened between these two teams at around this same time last season.  I have no reason to believe it won’t happen again.

Seattle is very much alive in the NFC West as they continue their chase of San Francisco.  Wilson has been phenomenal this year, and the play-calling which I questioned at the beginning of the season has been a pleasant surprise.  I think they’ve run effectively, and they mix in down field shots with the best deep ball throwing quarterback in the game.

Minnesota is built around Dalvin Cook and the running game.  While Seattle has had issues stopping the run throughout the season, they have shown that they can stop elite running teams when they game plan around it.  I’d expect to see a similar plan to what they did vs. San Francisco.  They stacked the box and forced Garoppolo to beat them.  I would expect them to do the same vs. Cousins.  Clowney is expected to be back in the lineup after a week off.  He was an absolute monster against the 49ers in the last time he was on a prime time stage.  We all know what Kirk Cousins looks like when he’s faced with significant pressure.  I’ve also noticed that Cousins has not been the same guy when he’s outdoors:

He’s 1-6 in his last 7 outdoor road games and he’s not even close to the same quarterback that he’s been at home.  They’re averaging just over 15 points in these games.  I think this week will make it 1-7.