Friday, May 18th, 2012
Sunday’s 4:05 PM ET clash between the Washington Redskins (3-7) and the Seattle Seahawks (4-6) might not be the most interesting game on the schedule to most people, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t money to be made.
The Seahawks are 3-point home favorites but have been bet down from the opener of -4 despite bet-tracking websites showing they are receiving about 60% of the support from the betting public.
The Redskins and Seahawks have a total of 37.5 assigned to their game and the number hasn’t moved throughout the week.
The home team has won 4 of the 5 head-to-head meetings between these NFC foes since 2003, and the Seahawks have covered the point spread in the last 3 games.
The Redskins were 20-17 winners in the most recent meeting back in 2008 in Seattle, but the Seahawks won 35-14 and 20-10 at home in 2008 and 2006, respectively.
The under has been a winner in 2 of the 3 games played between these teams since 2006.
Washington and Seattle have been two of the worst offenses in the NFL this year.
The Redskins average 16.0 points per game on 313.0 total yards, while the Seahawks come in at 16.8 points per game despite averaging just 298.5 total yards.
The defenses are fairly similar as well with Washington allowing 20.5 points per game and Seattle coming in at 20.9 on the year.
The Seahawks might not be winning a ton of games but they have covered the point spread in 6 of their last 7 this year.
The Redskins hadn’t covered a point spread in 5 straight games before their 24-27 overtime loss against the Dallas Cowboys as 7-point underdogs last week.
The Redskins have gone under the total in 7 of their last 9 games.
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