The San Francisco 49ers (1-1) and the Seattle Seahawks (1-1) are two teams that love to hate each other. Since both constituents joined the NFC West, a feud has erupted between The Emerald City and The Bay City. Most notably, these two teams once met in the NFC Championship game to determine who would go on to the Super Bowl in what was considered a classic by many accounts. Now, the two will meet again in Seattle for a NFC West clash scheduled with a 4:05 kick-off to be aired on FOX in regional markets. Seattle has dominated this contest recently, as they have won the last five outings against the 49ers.
San Francisco enters this contest on an embarrassing 46-27 defeat at the hands of the defending NFC Champions, the Carolina Panthers. Kelvin Benjamin and Greg Olsen exploded all over the San Francisco secondary as the duo combined for 230 yards and 3 touchdowns to help the Panthers cruise past the disenfranchised 49ers. San Francisco never was in the game, they trailed by 21 before Carolina would call off the dogs and the Gold Rush would generate a couple junk time scores for morale.
For Seattle, their offense looked absolutely anemic against the Los Angeles Rams where the Seahawks fell by a score of 9-3, last Sunday. Nevertheless there we some bright spots in Seattle’s offense as Russell Wilson threw for 254 yards through the air and wide-receiver Tyler Lockett would generate 99 receiving yards off 4 grabs.
70% of the consensus are taking the points with the 49ers. Conversely in Moneyline markets, the numbers show that 58% of the public are willing to lay the juice at -415 with the Seahawks as opposed to taking the 49ers outright at +335. In Over/Under markets, 82% of the public like the under currently at 40.