Each and every year when I begin my FPT's I begin predicting with my head, not my heart. I try to base my predictions not on the noise of my fellow collective diehard, but what I think is most likely going to happen. Then, at some point in the season, like clockwork, I try to follow a trend. Maybe I picked against the Seahawks and they won. Next time I better pick against them so they will win again!

Completely and utterly irrational.

Yet surprisingly, it works more often than you might think.

The point in all of this is to simply reinforce the obvious: These prediction threads are pointless, but fun all the same. There's not a Soul alive that can predict the outcome of sporting events with 100 percent accuracy. If they could, they would make Paul Allen look homeless by comparison. Still, it doesn't make it any less fun to see if you're right! After all, you have a 50% chance of picking the right team with each prediction. You would take those odds any day at the card table in Vegas.

This is going to be a very good test for our team at home. If we lose a game or two at home this year, certainly this could be one of them. I still like the Seahawks in this one because of that "12th Man Magic" that transforms good players into great ones. This can neutralize any opponent and we've seen it happen for years. The Patriots will give us everything we can handle. The Seahawks can win, but will they?

In honor of following trends I say not this week. (You see what I did there.)


Aros' Fearless Prediction: Seahawks 17 - Patriots 23

Aros' Fearless Record: 2-3

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I've picked Seattle in every game to this point, so there's no reason to break the trend...

But I'm going to. I have a bad feeling today that the Patriots are going to penny and nickel us to death. (3 and 5 yard completions)

Patriots 27 - Seattle 17.

3-2 on the season.

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Patriots 17
Seahawks 10

I am Biased, but with the 49ers on Thursday, and knowing Carroll a good coach and has prepped his team already for that game as it is 10,000X more important than a non conference game, no matter who the Opponent is..

I see the final score as:

Pats 30
Hawks 9

Pats score 21 points off of Miscues on your O. AND if my prediction is right, I say this.. it doesnt prove a damn thing but your team was looking ahead to the 49ers and got caught flat footed. 9although proves your D was damn good only 9 points for the Pats O directly.)

CMON MAN!!! You're supposed to be the dissenting voice in this thread.

I've been wrong on every game so far this year. Lets hope it continues.

Pats 27
Hawks 13

I don't think the Hawks have the firepower to keep pace with the mighty patriot offense

Record: 0-5

Been going with my preseason predictions every week. You can see by my record how that turned out. Let's hope the trend continues!

Patriots 24
Seahawks 17

My Record to Date: 0-5

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Screw you guys. Hawks win a nail biter again.

Hawks 24
Pats 20

I don't think I've posted in this thread this year, but I did lose $77 on the Cards game.

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[RE Lynch's foot injury] He'll be fine. Better to rest him at this point. Pretty sure he has the playbook down.
"Get ball from Wilson, run over bitches".
Hasselbeck

Really? I can see thinking your team is that much better, but who in the world looks past the Patriots at home?

anyway, I love our D but I don't think we can score enough points to win. And our patsy fan's point about our O giving points is a valid one.

20-10 Patriots.

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You have a short week, you face the 49ers on THURSDAY. Hardly enough time to draw up a good game plan for stopping their O and getting points on their D. Now you guys are very familiar with eachother, but IMO I be shocked if they had not worked on a few things for that game late this week.

I mean a DIVISION game with only 3 days to prepare, oh and the manditore day off on Monday so only 2... see the problem... That game uber important for the Hawks to win.

Patriots 21 Seahawks 20
Defense plays great - Wilson plays well....but we just come up short.

23-20 Hawks...

This game will be tight but I predict our D taking one to the house late in the 4th quarter to take the lead. D then shuts down Brady and Co. for the win.

GO Hawks!

tcs

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Bleeding Silver and Blue since 1982...

This defense is going to bring hell with them and introduce Brady to our sacking crew.

Seahawks 35

Splats 24

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Defense makes Brady work but he comes up with enough, igniting continued vague arguments about how our offense isn't "enough" to win games.

Patriots 24
Seahawks 20

RTD: 2-3 (but on a 2-game streak)

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Nobody scores on this defense at home. Especially touchdowns.
Seattles Red Zone defense is too tough.
(However, I did have N.E. scoring 3 times)

17 - 13 Hawks

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Leroy Hill sacks Brady and tears his arm off in the process. Hill then stands up and beats Brady repeatedly with the arm as part of his sack dance. Hill is suspended and Brees wants answers.
Seahawks win 2-0.

This.

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Close game, and a tough test for both teams. Brady gets some yards and a TD, and our O gifts them another one, but our D gets a score and RW leads another game-winning drive. We win, 20-17.

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Well I have to keep with my trend....

Seahawks 20
Patriots 17

Overall record 3-2

I'm 0-5 myself and looking to be 0-6. I do think Seattle scores some points but so does NE.

Pats 23
Hawks 20

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