Super Bowl LX|Early Odds & Team Preview: Seahawks vs. Patriots

It feels surreal. It seems like simply yesterday I was viewing Micah Parsons' first game as a Packer and now we're less than two weeks from the Super Bowl. We've got a lot to discuss leading up to the big game so let's kick it off with an early odds preview and group preview for this year's big video game at Levi's Stadium.

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Early Odds Preview

This year's Super Bowl will consist of the # 1 seeded Seattle Seahawks representing the NFC and the # 2 seeded New England Patriots representing the AFC. The line for this game opened at 3.5 towards the Seahawks with the overall opening at 45.5. Since opening, we've seen the spread jump to 4/4.5 and the overall's jumped a whole point; now sitting at 46.5.

This will be the 2nd time these two groups fulfill in the Super Bowl, the very first returning in 2015 when Russell Wilson and Tom Brady were still under center for their two particular groups. The two teams have actually satisfied three times because then, all 3 video games leading to Seahawk wins.

Both lineups have actually considerably altered because their latest conference last year and it's why both teams now satisfy in the big video game. In in 2015's matchup we saw Jacoby Brissett fit up for the Patriots and Geno Smith under center for the Hawks. Both defenses were sub par systems and both offenses had a hard time to create points.

This year both the Patriots and Seahawks rank in the top-5 for points scored and top-5 for points allowed. Both groups have actually been elite on both sides of the ball and it's precisely why these 2 squads are the only two left standing.

The way prematurely divides are revealing a big handle on the Patriots +4.5, with a majority of the bets the Hawks -4.5. We've still got 12 days before the big game, so bear in mind that these divides are bound to fluctuate as are the real game lines.

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Team Preview - Seahawks

Sammy Sweetheart

In the biggest video game of his profession, Sam Darnold came to play. Darnold threw for 346 yards versus the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship game, 69.4% of his passes and threw 3 touchdowns while doing so. The Seahawks run game recently was kept in check. Kenneth Walker finished the day with 62 lawns on 19 brings (3.3 YPC) and the Rams did precisely what they set out to do; put the video game in Darnold's hands.

Darnold's now won a total of 30 games over the last 2 seasons, thrown for 4,000 yards in back to back years and he did it with 2 different teams. He completed 5th in passing lawns this year, fourth in conclusion percentage over expectation, fourth in pass success rate and 1st in extremely precise throw percentage.

The Seahawks offense ranks 3rd in points scored, 3rd in backyards per play, 8th in rush backyards and quit the fifth fewest sacks on the year. As good as they've been on that side of the ball, their kryptonite's been turnovers. Sam Darnold led the NFL in turnovers this year with 20 overall turnovers: 14 interceptions and 6 lost fumbles. He becomes the first QB considering that Eli Manning in 2007 to lead the league in turnovers and still make the Super Bowl.

Legion of Doom

Now let's discuss how the Seahawks have handled to mitigate those turnovers and still win 16 video games ... and counting.

The Hawks rank 1st in points allowed, 5th in challenger redzone performance, 3rd in opponent rush lawns and offer up the 2nd least quantity of lawns per play. Seattle's defense has likewise required the fifth most turnovers in the league, snagging 18 total interceptions and forcing 7 fumbles.

The group ranks sixth in sacks this year, they have actually got the second highest graded protection unit and 3rd greatest graded run defense. The team's done a fantastic job of removing huge plays and it's why the Seahawks rank 1st in challenger EPA/play (-0.113 ).

Team Preview - Patriots

If You read This, It's Far too late

If you read this, it's too late; the Patriots are back in the Super Bowl. All the grumbling about the Kansas City Chiefs and their dominance has actually led us right back here, to something perhaps equally as miserable; a Patriots Super Bowl look.

New England rank 2nd in points scored this year, fourth in passing backyards, 1st in backyards per play and 1st in EPA/play. The engine that drives this offense is in his second year and already in heated discussions for the NFL's MVP Award.

Drake Maye has been elite in his first year as a full-time starter, eclipsing 4,000 lawns, throwing 31 goals and just 8 interceptions. Maye ended up 4th in the NFL in pass yards, 3rd in passing goals, 1st in conclusion percentage and EPA/play. He completed the year as one of the very best deep ball passers in the league, ranking top-5 in completions of 20+ yards, completion percentage on throws of 20+ backyards and goals tossed of 20+ yards.

Maye likewise completed with the second many rush yards on scrambles this year, already setting the Patriots franchise record for postseason rushing yards by a QB with 141 through three video games. He completed the year with the best passer score in the NFL and was a top-5 QB this year by every single metric.

The Patriot Way

You can state what you want about the way the Patriots have actually won these games, but they've left triumphant nevertheless. Maye's appeared to have a hard time up until now in the playoffs, balancing less than 200 pass backyards per video game with 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions and 3 lost fumbles. That being said, this Patriots defense has actually revealed no signs of struggle.

New England ranks 1st in points enabled this postseason (8.7 per game) and total lawns from scrimmage permitted (209.7 per game). It's been the exact same throughout the regular season with the Pats ranking fourth in points enabled, sixth in rushing yards enabled and 9th in pass lawns allowed.

The New England secondary has been elite this year and even better in the playoffs. The Pats have both Christian Gonzalez and Carlton Davis III dipping into an elite level. Both gamers lead the playoffs in passer ranking allowed when targeted and have already combined for 3 interceptions during this postseason.

New England has 5 overall interceptions in their 3 video games so far and have forced a total of 8 turnovers in the playoffs. The Hawks have yet to turn the ball over in the postseason but it's something they have actually had problem with all year.

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