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Originally Posted by browna
Wilson needs to play football...more than half this season, he's holding onto the ball far too long waiting for something to pop open. Almost as if all his (over) preperation has him waiting/looking for the triggers of defense tendencies he saw on tape, play out. Simply don't have that time, he has to let loose, or go for a run. 100 yards last week, not much more the final regular season game or really the last month of the season.
Lynch has to have a good game regardless to make sure the passing game is opened up...he got shut down vs SF last game and Wilson had no answer. Wilson does enough and makes that critical play (that 3-1 lob throw to Baldwin falls incomplete, Seattle punts instead of running the next play in for a TD, and that game could swing the other way quickly), but that's walking a fine line game in and game out. The last 5 or 6 weeks he has not outpassed his opponent, and that has to change.
The defense has been absolutely dominating all season, the best ever in Seattle's history, I expect them to be firing on all cylinders again, getting pressure, and hopefully forcing Kaepernick into some ill timed throws. But like the SF and ARI loss, they can't do it all on their own.
For the defense reason alone, Wilson needs to take this one on his shoulders and contribute more than he has recently.
Weather looks to be fine, but as usual comes down to turnovers. *knock on wood* Seattle's been ok this year with not turning the ball over on offense.
Full credit to SF who is on a roll this last 6 weeks or more. Wilson needs some solid TD drives in the first couple quarters to keep the SF defense from plugging up Lynch. He does that, and Seattle's fine barring anything drastic....but if he struggles to move the ball down the field or into the end zone...
Hopefully the home field advantage is the deciding factor if things are close at the end...if there's anywhere in the NFL, or maybe even North American sports, that it's a tangible factor, it's in Seattle.
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Thats a good view from a Seattle perspective.
Honestly, if this game was at a neutral site I would give the edge to the 49ers, but Seattles home field is a huge advantage and I think that may be the tipping point.
Niners have to perform well early as everyone has said. If they can jump to a quick 14-0 lead I think they'll be in good shape.
But that rarely happens at C-link.
Should be a good game either way. It'll come down to crowd noise and turnovers I think.