Seattle Seahawks: Predicting 2023 record after schedule release
PNWS Staff
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Joe Swenson
The Seattle Seahawks will go 10-7, purely based on the schedule and the talent as we know it. There are a lot of games that could go either way on this schedule.
The “should win games” are Week 1 vs. Rams, Week 3 vs. Panthers, Week 7 vs. Cardinals, Week 8 vs. Browns, Week 10 vs. Commanders. I feel like that’s the bank of 5 wins to establish the absolute floor.
Then these games could go either way: @Lions, @Giants, @Ravens, @Rams, @ Cowboys, @Titans (though almost a win), vs. Steelers, @Cardinals. If half of them break toward the Seattle Seahawks, then they are already at 9 wins.
That leaves 1 win out of the other 4 games, @Bengals, vs. 49ers, @49ers, vs. Eagles. This puts 10 wins in play.
Then again, the inverse could happen and they go 7-10. But I’d lean more towards 9 or 10 wins.
Chris Phillips
Well, the baseline for the Seattle Seahawks with Pete Carroll as their head coach is 6 wins a season, so that’s the floor for every year. Including last year when all but one of us said they’d only win as many as 6 or 7 games with Geno Smith as the starting quarterback.
I think there was an attempt at some wagering but it never came to fruition. Anyway, this year the Seahawks will face eight teams who last season had a record over .500 (nine counting the 8-8-1 Washington “Snyderless” Commanders).
Heading into their bye week the Seattle Seahawks will be 3-1, with wins against LAR, Carolina, & NYG. Detroit is better then people are giving them credit for and beating them at Ford Field will be a tough task. Seattle could win but I give a slight advantage to the home team.
Seattle’s first game after the bye isn’t an easy test either but Carroll has two weeks to prepare for Cincy and that’ll be enough for another Seahawks win. Heading into Week 8, Seattle will suffer their first loss at home to Cleveland which will also end the Seahawks 3 game winning streak.
Unfortunately, the Seahawks will split the “Crabcake” series, losing to Baltimore and beating Washington. Knocking off Washington will be the start of a four game Seahaeks win streaks.
Two straight losses to San Francisco and Philly might make 12’s nervous. But the seahawks will end the season with a three game win streak to bring their final record to 12-5