Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Carolina Panthers will travel to the pacific northwest when they do battle with the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon.
Kick off time from Seattle is scheduled for 4:15PM Eastern Time with television coverage provided by FOX.
The point spread opened up in this game with the Seattle Seahawks favored by -6 ½ points with an over under of 40 points.
The early money in this game has come on the side of the road underdog as the Seattle Seahawks are now favored by -6 points. The total has moved down to 39 ½ points.
Money line bettors playing on the Seattle Seahawks will lay -270 odds with the road underdog Carolina Panthers bringing back +210 odds to pull out the upset victory without the aid of taking the points.
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These teams are meeting for the first time since the 2007 season that saw the Carolina Panthers post the 13-10 road victory against the Seahawks as a +7 ½ point underdog. The game played under the closing total of 37 points.
Carolina enters this road affair with a record of 1-10 on the season. The team puts up 12 points and 259 yards per game.
The Panthers are on the road for the sixth time on the year where they are 0-5. Two losses were close losses. In week four they battled New Orleans to a two point road defeat and last week dropped a 24-23 decision at Cleveland as a +8 point underdog.
Carolina missed a potential game winning field goal as time expired last week to fall to the Browns.
The team posted 326 yards and converted on 7 of 15 on third down. Carolina had success on the ground with 151 yards rushing on 27 carries for over 5 ½ yards per rush. The team turned it over once and took 3 away from Cleveland.
Quarterback Jimmy Clausen completed 16 of 28 passes for 195 yards with no touchdowns and 1 pick.
Running back Jonathan Stewart on 12 carries rushed for 98 yards. Mike Goodson contributed with 14 carries for 55 yards and a score. Goodson also caught 8 passes out of the backfield for 81 yards.
Wide out Brandon LaFell led the club with 2 catches for 37 yards.
On defense the club gives up 25 points and 336 yards per game.
They allowed the Browns 379 yards and 4 of 11 on third down. The Panthers gave up 152 rushing yards on 32 carries for nearly 5 yards per rush. Carolina gave up three touchdowns to Cleveland in four red zone appearances. They allowed the opposing signal caller to hit on 24 of 35 passes for 245 yards with no touchdowns and 2 picks.
Seattle host the Panthers with a record of 5-6 on the season. They sit tied with the St Louis Rams for first place in the NFC West. The team puts up 19 points and 299 yards per game.
The Seahawks are at home for the sixth time on the season where they are 3-2. Their losses came in a 41-7 blowout to the New York Giants as a +7 point underdog and last week in a 42-24 defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs as a +1 ½ point underdog.
Seattle put up 288 yards and converted on only 3 of 12 on third down. The team rushed it 17 times for only 20 yards. The Seahawks committed three turnovers and took just 1 away from the Chiefs.
Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completed 20 of 37 passes for 282 yards with two touchdowns and 2 picks.
Running back Marshawn Lynch had just 20 yards on 7 carries.
Wide out Ben Obomanu led the club with 5 catches for 159 yards and a touchdown. Brandon Stokley contributed with 5 catches for 51 yards.
On defense the Seahawks surrenders 25 points and 399 yards per game.
The club gave up 503 yards to the Kansas City Chiefs offense and 11 of 17 conversions on third down. Seattle got crushed by the Chiefs running game as they gave up 270 yards on 48 carries for over 5 ½ yards per rush.
Kansas City was terrible in the red zone allowing their AFC West opponent to score a touchdown in 5 of 5 tries. Seattle allowed the opposing quarterback to hit on 22 of 32 passes for 233 yards with 4 touchdowns.
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