The Seattle Seahawks have been playing like one of the NFL's best through the first five weeks of the season, but still sit in second place in the NFC West. Hoping the Rams can take down the number one seeded 49ers this Sunday, the Seahawks will also be looking to make a statement to the division and league that they are the NFC's best.
However, in order to do that, they will have to take down a struggling Cleveland Browns team. The two teams seem to be on totally different trajectories this season, while the Seahawks are surging, the Browns are holding onto their season by a string.
With a Seattle defense looking to make their mark on the Browns, here are three things to look out for this Sunday.
3. Seattle's secondary will hold Baker to under 200 yards
This might actually be generous in Mayfield's case, as the second-year quarterback threw for half that in Monday night's beatdown by the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. While the Seattle secondary does struggle in terms of passing yards allowed per game, Mayfield is coming off the worst game of his career.
The Seahawks did let Jared Goff nearly hit the 400 yard mark last week, but that was against a Sean McVay offense. Freddie Kitchens is not McVay and Mayfield isn't even Goff that this point.
2. Nick Chubb will be a non-factor
Seattle does not let teams get any kind of running game going. In fact, they sit in the top five in rushing yards allowed per game. For Browns running back Nick Chubb, this will not be an enjoyable game to say the least.
Before rushing for 165 yards against the Ravens in Week 4, Chubb had not had a game where he went over the 100-yard rushing mark. Seattle is poised to let that streak continue this week. Cleveland will have a tough time getting any part of their offense going and feeding the ball to Chubb 20 times is not going to get it done. All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner will sniff out any hint of the run to stop Chubb in his tracks.
1. Seattle will force at least three turnovers
Looking to match their Week 1 performance against the Cincinnati Bengals where they scooped up three fumbles, the Seahawks will get that and maybe more this Sunday.
Mayfield's touchdown to turnover ratio is horrifying, currently sitting at five to nine. This week will see Mayfield throw at least a couple interceptions as he will try to force the ball to his receivers or continue to make bad reads and throws as he has done all season.
Although the Browns will be at home, Seattle's defense won't care. It seems many have lost confidence in Mayfield and he will try to do too much in order to silence those critics, which will lead to a multitude of Cleveland turnovers.
This game means something to both teams, but it will be Seattle's defense that holds the wear with all to get it done Sunday.
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