Washington Redskins vs. Seattle Seahawks NFL Betting Odds & Spread

Written November 21, 2008 by Jason Lowry

This Sunday the Washington Redskins will look to bounce back from a rough going at home last week against the Cowboys, when the travel to take on the Seattle Seahawks. The Redskins let an early 10-7 lead slip, as they fell just short 14-10, as for the Seahawks they kept to their losing ways, as they lost at home against the Cardinals 20-26. Now the Seahawks don’t have much to play for at 2-8,but a loss for the Redskins would really hurt this team chances of making the playoffs, as they currently sit tied with the Cowboys for 2nd in the NFC East at 6-4. For those of you looking to do a little NFL betting this weekend, the oddsmakers have the Redskins 3.5 point favorites on the road over the Seahawks at Sportsbook.com

The Redskins come into this weeks game pretty weak at the running back position as both Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts are both nursing knee injuries. Portis doesn’t look like he is going to take a second straight week off from practices, but will likely still be in the starting lineup against the Seahawks. Last week the injured Portis was still able to run for 68 yards on a bad knee against a solid Cowboys defense, so there is a good chance the back will respond an even bigger game this week against the Seahawks. Jason Campbell did an okay job throwing the football, as he completed 22 of 34 passes for 162 yards with a touchdown and an interception. The Seahawks have given up at least 20 points in all but one game this season, so expect a much better outing from the entire Redskins offense this week.

The Redskins defense definitely played well enough to take home the victory last week, as they forced Tony Romo to throw two interceptions in his first game back from injury, but they did have their struggles against Marion Barber and the Dallas rushing attack, as Barber carried it 24 times for 114 yards and a score. The Seahawks did pick up a little with Matt Hasselbeck back in the lineup, but this is a very solid Redskins defense that has the talent to dominate this football game. Bet Redskins -3.5 at Sportsbook.com

Now having Hasselbeck back in the starting lineup was nice for Seahawks fans before he actuall started playing, as the veteran quarterback really struggled in his first out in 6 weeks throwing for just 170 yards with 3 interceptions to just one touchdown. The Seahawks couldn’t run the football either, as they had just 43 total yards on the ground, but did get two touchdown runs from TJ Duckett, but only a 113 yards of total offense isn’t going to cut it in the NFL. Now this week they face a Redskins defense that is likely going to give them even more troubles, so its hard to figure out just how this team is going to keep it within 3 points.

Now the Seahawks defense did one heck of a job keeping them in the football game last week, as you normally don’t even have a shot at winning at all if you offense plays that bad. Kurt Warner did throw all over this defense for 395 yards and a touchdown, but they were much better against the run giving up just 76 yards on the ground. Now they do catch a break with Portis not coming in at a 100%, but its hard to think they will have enough to keep the Redskins from putting up near 30 in this one. Bet Seahawks +3.5 at Sportsbook.com