Over
the past couple of years, the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers has become
something of a rivalry. Ever since Cam Newton came into the league in 2011 the
Panthers has played the Seahawks six times (including the playoffs). And the
five out of six times they have played, the game has come down to a touchdown
or less. The Seahawks do lead the series 4-2 during that time span, but the
Panthers have beat the Seahawks the last two times they have faced including
the playoff game last year that sent the Panthers into the NFC Championship
game. They face off again in Seattle this Sunday night on NBC.
But
this is more than a rivalry game for the Panthers, this a due or die game for
them. If the Panthers lose this game, there playoffs chances are all but gone.
With center Ryan Kalil(shoulder) and his backup Gino Gradkowski(knee) being put
on IR yesterday, joining left tackle Michael Oher. That’s hurts the Panthers a
lot since their running game has been already bad to begin with without missing
their All-Pro center and his backup. It was announced today that Kurt Coleman has been put into the concussion protocol with Luke Kuechly and there both not expected to play Sunday. The Panthers did sign free agent center Ryan
Wendell and tackle Dan France from the Brown’s practice squad to take there place. Seattle defensive
end Michael Bennett and there center Justin Britt is expected to be back for
the Seattle but free safety Earl Thomas is still questionable with a hamstring
injury. It will be interesting to see how Russell Wilson and the Seattle offense
will handle Panthers young and unexperienced secondary.
If
we want to go into Seattle and beat the Seahawks on primetime were going to
need superman, Cam Newton himself to play lights-out and our defensive line to
come up big and get pressure and contain Russell Wilson. If Luke Kuechly doesn’t
play Sunday both Shaq Thomson and AJ Klein need to play well, Klein played well
against Oakland expect for a few plays late in the game, mainly where he shouldn’t
have been covering a wide receiver down the middle of the field for a gain of
30 yards on a third and nine, which later that drive set up the game winning
field goal the Raiders. But I do think it’s going to be the toughest game the
Panthers have play yet, with being in Seattle on primetime and the 12th
man in full force. And on top of all that some forecast has shown that it makes
rain during the game. Make sure to watch the Carolina Panthers (4-7) face off
the Seattle Seahawks (7-3-1) Sunday at 8:30 PM on NBC.
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