Happy Blue Friday, 12s! Here at Cascadia, we hope that youall had a great Thanksgiving eating all of the great food and watching someinteresting football games.

The Seahawks face off against an 8-3 Minnesota Vikings onMonday night so let us look at what we might expect. These two teams arefighting for a spot in the playoffs and this game has a great impact on that.Once again, I will dig into the statistics for each team to try to paint thepicture for Monday night.

Offense

Total YPG:

Seahawks: 385.4

Vikings:378.6

FirstDowns per game:

Seahawks:21.8

Vikings:21.5

PassingYPG:

Seahawks:248.5

Vikings:236.2

Total INTThrown:

Seahawks: 3

Vikings: 3

RushingYPG and TDs:

Seahawks:136.9 / 10

Vikings:142.5 / 14

ReceivingYPG and TDs:

Seahawks:267 / 24

Vikings:250.5 / 13





Defense

Rush YPGand TDs Allowed:

Seahawks:101.5 / 12

Vikings:94.2 / 3

Pass YPGand TDs Allowed:

Seahawks:268.7 / 13

Vikings:244.5 / 19

TotalInterceptions:

Seahawks: 10

Vikings: 10

PPGAllowed:

Seahawks:23.9

Vikings:18.6

TotalSacks:

Seahawks: 23

Vikings: 31







Looking overthese overall team statistics, this appears to be an evenly matched footballgame. The only difference that really stands out is that the Seahawks like tothrow the ball into the end zone where the Vikings prefer to run the ball for ascore.

A few otherstatistics that stand out are sacks. Russell Wilson has been sacked 33 timeswhere the Vikings have allowed their QB to be sacked only 22 times this season.The Seattle offensive line has allowed the QB to be hit a whopping 72 timeswhere the Minnesota line has held up and have allowed only 48 hits on the QB.

Therefore, Iwould expect Russell Wilson to be in a hurry since the Vikings are among thebest in the league with rush defense and sacks. I don’t expect Chris Carson andRashaad Penny to have a massive ground game as we have seen in the last fewweeks. The Vikings have allowed 19 touchdowns through the air and I thinkRussell Wilson will take advantage of that. Similar to last week, I wouldexpect a high pass rate in order to establish the running game in the secondhalf. Doing so will open up the play action options to keep the Minnesotadefense on their heels.

Let’s talkabout fumbles, shall we? Minnesota defense has only forced 10 where the Seattledefense has forced 19. On the offensive side of the ball, the Seahawks havefumbled the ball 20 times this season and the Vikings have fumbled 23 times.Both teams are in the bottom 5 in that category. The Seahawks defense has beenon a tirade that last couple of games and I would expect that momentum tocontinue. I anticipate Seattle to force fumbles against a team who cannot seemto take care of the football. I cannot let Chris Carson go unnoticed, however.In order to win the turnover difference, Carson needs to take care of thefootball. Last week, he fumbled in two consecutive carries before beingreplaced by Rashaad Penny.

An Injuryreport has not been released since the team did not practice on Thanksgiving.However, Pete Carroll mentioned that Jadeveon Clowney is expected to play Mondaynight. An up-to-date injury report will be posted to our Twitter page@CascadiaSN when it becomes available.

I think theSeahawks have the defensive edge, especially playing at home. If Russell Wilsoncan get the offense rolling, I like the chances of winning. I expect theSeahawks’ defense front to attack Kirk Cousins as much as possible, even thoughthe Vikings have a stout offensive line. Cousins will make mistakes so I expecta similar defensive game plan as that against the San Francisco 49ers.