The Seattle Seahawks are the best team in the NFL right now and they are favorites in their conference to win out in the playoffs and they match up on Sunday with a division rival in the Arizona Cardinals for Week 16 and it is the first of two home games to finish the season and the game starts at 4:05 pm on FOX from CenturyLink Stadium.
The Seahawks have not lost at home since Russell Wilson has taken over at quarterback and that gives the team a clear shot through the NFC and makes the team the easy favorite for the Super Bowl. The team just shutout the Giants at MetLife Stadium where the big championship game will be and now they can wrap up the number one seed and the division with a win on Sunday and they play against the St. Louis Rams at home next week to finish the season in Week 17 and they have an advantage over every other top team in the NFC. Wilson has been playing great this season and Marshawn Lynch has the offense ranked second in the league in rushing yards per game and the defense has been fantastic against the pass despite losing some players and Richard Sherman has been looking like the best cover corner in the NFL.
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Wilson had 206 yards last week and he comes into the game looking to continue his home undefeated streak before playing the Rams and he also led the team in rushing and now the Seahawks come in having only lost to the 49ers in this stretch of the season and they are ranked 10th in the league in rushing yards per game and that will be a big point of focus for the teams on Sunday, as the Cardinals will try and rush the ball and they also have Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald playing well this season also. The team has won two of three since coming out of their bye week and one of those games was a huge matchup against the Saints and now if those teams play again it will be in Seattle.
The Cardinals won last week over the Arizona Cardinals and now they have a matchup with the Seattle Seahawks and they play against the San Francisco 49ers in the final game of the season for two NFC West division games and they are still alive for the playoffs. The Cardinals clinched a winning season and they had a nice game against the Titans and won by three points after a wild finish and they now have won the last two games and they have won six of the last seven games to finish the season strong and even if they miss the playoffs that's still a pretty good year.
