The Seattle Seahawks are in a New York State of mind lately. A week after their humiliating upset home loss to the Giants, the Seahawks will play the other team from the Big Apple – the winless Jets.
Sitting at 0-12, the Jets are still very much in the running to be only the third team in NFL history to finish a season 0-16. Easily the worst team in the league, the Jets have quite the knack for finding new and painful ways to lose games.
The 2020 Jets are a dumpster fire, and there is a reason why Seahawks safety Jamal Adams routinely talks about how happy he is to be with Seattle after the Seahawks acquired him from New York.
On paper, this is a game the Seahawks should win going away. New York already has a poor defense and offense, but will likely be without key contributors on both sides due to injuries.
However, the Seahawks have a nasty habit of making things more difficult than they need to be and let clearly inferior opponents hang around. Case in point – the loss to the aforementioned Giants.
It feels weird to say Sunday is a must-win game when it comes to a team as bad as the Jets, but it definitely is for Seattle. The Seahawks squandered their lofty 5-0 start by losing four out of their last seven games. The first-round bye is out of the question but the division title is within reach.
The Seahawks need to stock up a win versus the Jets because their last three opponents are the Washington Football Team, the Rams and the 49ers. Seattle cannot afford to overlook another opponent.