September
Week 3 Key Matchups: Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers looks for a tough road win in Seattle
Week 3 is here and it’s time to look at some of the key matchups in the Monday Night game featuring the Green Bay Packers at the Seattle Seahawks. On paper, this has the makings of an evenly-matched contest that will likely come down to who wins the turnover battle.
The Packers are the better overall team but CenturyLink Field and their raucous crowd, aka the 12th man in Seattle, has turned many super powers into chumps. Let’s take a look at what I see as the keys to who comes out of this one with the “W”.
Russell Wilson vs. the Packer front 7
Rookie QB Russell Wilson won the starting job in training camp over newly acquired and former Green Bay Packer Matt Flynn. Many were surprised as it seemed Flynn was the clear-cut choice to start after deciding to leave Green Bay where he had become a solid backup QB and had that monster game in week 17 of last season.
Flynn signed a hefty free agent contract with Seattle and was on his way but he finds himself, once again, on the sideline carrying the clipboard. Wilson played very well during the preseason. He was 35-of-52 (67.3%) for 464 yds, 5 TDs and just 1 INT. Wilson also had 10 rushes for 150 yds and a TD. That was enough to put him under center when the Seahawks opened the 2012 season.
