2022 Seattle Seahawks win total: Post Wilson prospects don’t look good
This was a big offseason for the Seattle Seahawks. Long-time quarterback Russell Wilson wanted out and they granted him that wish by trading him to Denver for a haul, resetting the future of the franchise.
There is almost no way this team can be really competitive this season. The question is whether they are going to be dregs of the league bad, or does coach Pete Carroll still have enough to get a limited roster to compete week after week? That is kind of his thing.
On offense, they do not have great options at quarterback but if they can keep a guy like Drew Lock upright the receiving options are not too bad. Receiver DK Metcalf is certainly a weapon. On defense, with the moving on of linebacker Bobby Wagner, they have now completely turned over that side of the ball from their Super Bowl/Legion of Boom days.
Expectations have sunk so low that it won’t take too much to exceed them. The question is whether that is something worth betting on. Especially with that under price getting such a nice payoff.
Seattle Seahawks Win Total
Over 5.5 (-135)
Under 5.5 (+115)
Best Bet: Under 5.5
In a scheduling quirk, the Seahawks start the season against their former quarterback in Week 1. They are home against Denver then on the road the next week at San Francisco to start the season, virtually assuring an 0-2 start.
After that start is a stretch of games that will determine if Seattle is going to be close to the very bottom of the league or not. Seattle has the fortune of playing a number of other low-level teams for 3 games in a row. They are home to Atlanta and then off to Detroit and then to New Orleans. Those could be wins but they could be losses too and if they don’t get a win in that stretch an 0-7 start is a real possibility.
Seattle’s best shot of avoiding a record season comes in Week 8 when they host the New York Giants. Seattle gets to host the other team from New York later in the season too. Both of those games likely keep the Seahawks from being historically bad.
One scheduling advantage that Seattle might have is playing the Los Angeles Rams in the last week of the season. It is very possible that L.A. could be “cooled out” for the season and resting players in that contest creating an opportunity for a bad team to steal a win at home. I am not sure I want to count on that to get the payoff on an over though.
It is hard to see how Seattle is not going to be one of the worst teams in the league this season. I still think the coach can get them to compete but the roster is not built to win anytime soon. The Under has the better payoff and looks like the better side to me too. They probably don’t win a division game or a game on the road all season. That just doesn’t leave many spots left.
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