The Seattle Seahawks have gone 3-6 SU and ATS in their last nine games against the Falcons, including a current stretch of 1-2 SU and 0-3 ATS in their last three games against Atlanta. The Seahawks hope to solve the Falcons on Sunday when they visit Atlanta as small favorites.
- Date/Time: September 13, 1 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- TV Coverage: Fox
- Sportsbook Odds: Seahawks -1.5 | O/U 49 (Line History)
- Seahawks vs Falcons Matchup Report
Sportsbook Odds Analysis
Both the Sportsbook odds of Seattle as a -1.5 road favorite and the total at 49 points have remained steady in the weeks leading up to this contest. Atlanta was a 7.5-point underdog when these teams met last year, losing 27-20 at home but covering the spread in the process. That game went UNDER its posted total of 49.
Seattle News & Notes
Seattle was one of the NFL’s most dominant teams in 2019 through its first 12 games with a 10-2 record. But after going just 1-3 over the final four games of the regular season, the Seahawks landed in a wild-card spot as the San Francisco 49ers won the NFC West. The Seahawks defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 17-9 in the first round of the postseason before losing to the Green Bay Packers 28-23, wrapping up a 12-6 SU and 8-9-1 ATS campaign on a 2-4 SU and 1-4-1 ATS skid.
Losing Jadeveon Clowney was a big blow to this defense. Without significantly improving a defense that finished 26th in total yards allowed (381.6 per game) and 22nd in points allowed (24.9 per game) last season, the Seahawks will once again rely heavily on Russell Wilson to outshoot the opposition in 2020.
Atlanta News & Notes
Instead of bouncing back from a disappointing 7-9 campaign in 2018, the Falcons stumbled out of the gate to a 1-7 SU and 2-6 ATS start last season. Remarkably, Dan Quinn managed to keep his job through Atlanta’s bye week in Week 9 despite having lost six straight games going into the bye. And even more remarkably, the Falcons did a complete 180 over the second half of the season, going 6-2 SU and ATS with impressive road upsets over the New Orleans Saints and San Francisco as double-digit underdogs.
The Falcons allowed 31.3 points per game on defense through their first eight games and tightened up to allow only 18.6 points per game over the second half of the season. Which version of the Falcons is going to show up this year – the one that looked like a doormat in the first half or the one that looked like a Super Bowl contender in the second?
Betting Pick: OVER 49 points
The last four games between Seattle and Atlanta have produced an average of 54.5 points per game. Look for Matt Ryan and Russell Wilson to put on a show in the NFL’s return Sunday and to light up the scoreboard to go OVER the posted total.
- Seattle is 0-4-1 in its last 5 Week 1 games.
- Atlanta is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games vs NFC West teams.
- The OVER is 7-2 in Atlanta’s last 9 games vs Seattle.
