Washington Football Team: Five bold predictions vs. Seahawks

2. Washington sacks Russell Wilson six times

This may not seem like that bold of a prediction considering how good Washington’s pass rush has been this year. That said, Russell Wilson is great at escaping pressure and he has only been sacked six times in a game a handful of times during his career.

Most recently, the Los Angeles Rams were able to get some consistent pressure on Wilson and take away his ability to make off-script plays. Washington has the pass rush talent needed to do that and create some negative plays.

The big battle to watch will be at the right tackle position, as the Seahawks may be down a couple of players there. Brandon Shell and Jamarco Jones have been banged-up recently, so Cedric Ogbuehi and Chad Wheeler will have to pick up the slack in their places. Wheeler was awful against the Rams, so if he’s on the field, Jack Del Rio will certainly attack him a lot.

Montez Sweat and Chase Young have the best chance to get pressure on the edge, but they’ll need to collapse and contain Wilson to find success. Additionally, at least one player will need to get some interior push to avoid having Wilson find space to run through and scramble away from sacks. That should be doable thanks to the talent that Washington has on the line.

If Washington can get five or more sacks, they will be able to keep this game close. As good as the Seahawks’ offensive weaponry is, they’re not built to survive constant massive losses. No team is. Consider generating pressures and sacks to be the No. 1 goal for Washington, and consider them racking up five sacks a possibility.