On September 8th, an exciting week 1 NFL showdown will take place between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks at the Lumen Field. The Denver Broncos finished their preseason with a bang, winning against Arizona. The Seattle Seahawks were paired with the Browns in their last game of the preseason and managed to win. In this matchup, the Seattle Seahawks will be winning against Denver as per the latest NFL betting trends.
Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks NFL Week 1 Preview Information
Date: September 8, Sunday | Time: 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
TV: CBS
Stream: NFL+/Fubo TV
Moneyline: Denver Broncos (+200) vs Seattle Seahawks (-250)
Spread: Denver Broncos (+5.5 – 110) vs Seattle Seahawks (-5.5 -110)
Total (O/U): Denver Broncos (u42) vs Seattle Seahawks (o42)
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos faced the Arizona Cardinals in the last game of the preseason and won with an impressive 38-12. Sean Payton is continuing his second year as head coach of the Broncos, and will hope to improve from their previous season 8-9 record. According to the preseason stats, the Broncos are scoring an average of 21.00 points in each game, with 191.88 passing yards. On defense, Denver is allowing opponents to grab 24.29 points per matchup.
Top 3 Players:
Zach Wilson: 397 Yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
Patrick Surtan II: 0 Solo, 0 FF, 0 INT, 0 PD
Zach Allen: 1 Solo, 1 Sack, 0 FF, 0 INT
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks were paired with the Cleveland Browns in the preseason finale and won the game with a close score of 37-33. The Seahawks are coming to this regular season with a new head coach in Mike Macdonald, who is confident of improving on their 9-8 record from last year. Seattle is putting up an average of 21.41 points in each game, while allowing their opponents to grab 23.65 points per matchup.
Top 3 Players:
Geno Smith: 62 Yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
Jerome Baker: 51 Solo, 1.5 Sack, 0 FF, 1 INT (2023)
Kenneth Walker III: 219 Car, 905 Yds, 8 TD (2023)
Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks NFL Week1 Injury Report
Denver Broncos
Josh Reynolds, WR, Is “?” Sunday vs Seattle, Achilles
Ben Powers, G, Is “?” Sunday vs Seattle, Shoulder
Quinn Bailey, T, IR, Ankle
Ronnie Perkins, LB, IR, Undisclosed
Damarri Mathis, CB, IR, Ankle
Durell Nchami, LB, IR, Undisclosed
Seattle Seahawks
Tyler Lockett, WR, Is “?” Sunday vs Denver, Leg
Pharaoh Brown, TE, Is “?” Sunday vs Denver, Foot
Jerome Baker, LB, Is “?” Sunday vs Denver, Hamstring
Uchenna Nwosu, LB, Is out indefinitely, MCL
Noah Fant, TE, Is “?” Sunday vs Denver, Foot
Josh Onujiogu, LB, IR, Undisclosed
Zach Charbonnet, RB, Is “?” Sunday vs Denver, Undisclosed
Jack Westover, TE, IR, Undisclosed
Buddha Jones, NT, IR, Undisclosed
Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks NFL Week 1 Betting Trends
Denver Broncos
Denver are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Denver’s last 12 games.
Denver are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
Denver are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games against Seattle.
Denver are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games against Seattle.
Denver are 4-16 SU in their last 20 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Denver’s last 15 games when playing on the road against Seattle.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver’s last 7 games against an opponent in the National Football Conference.
Denver are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games played in September.
Denver are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games played in week 1.
Seattle Seahawks
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Seattle’s last 12 games against Denver.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle’s last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Seattle’s last 15 games when playing at home against Denver.
Seattle are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games played in September.
Seattle are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games played in week 1.
Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks NFL Week 1 Summary and Prediction
This is going to be an interesting matchup between two quite similar teams, who are decent in their offense and need to work on their defense. In this week 1 NFL matchup between the pair, the Seattle Seahawks will be winning with a predicted score of 24-18.
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