Every week, we up our prep on the Patriots’ next opponent with our “5 questions…” feature where we check in with a writer who covers New England’s next opponent. For this week’s game against the Seahawks, we talk with longtime beat man, ESPN Seattle's Danny O'Neill. Check him out on Twitter here. Thanks to Danny for his time.
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1. A lot of people are worried about is this game even going to happen on Sunday night with the wildfires and everything. Bill Belichick talked about it, I think Pete Carroll talked about it, that the weather report is looking good. But sort of what's your sense of what's going on there in Seattle? And do you think this game goes off without a hitch on Sunday night?
2. So the Seahawks played their opener last weekend at Atlanta ... from being a long-time observer with this team, did anything stand out from that game against the Falcons, something that's a little different or anything that caught your eye? What's your general impressions about what you saw in the opener?
3. I think you know everybody sort of knows the defense. We know the linebackers. We know Jamal Adams. I think I think the big question for me is ... is that offensive line any better? And does it even matter with what Russell Wilson is doing back there at this point?
Russell
Wilson
Damien
Lewis
Brandon
Shell
4. You've seen Cam Newton go up against the Seahawks for many years. They may seem to always play each other. It's almost like, you know Broncos and the Patriots or Colts and the Patriots. They have a pretty good track record against Cam and don't really let him get loose. What have you noticed about Cam against that Seattle defense and why do you think they're able to sort of do a better job against him than a lot of other teams do?
Bobby
Wagner,
Matt
Ryan
5. What's your pick Danny? BetUS.com line: Seahawks -4, o/u 44.5 (tell them Boston Sports Journal sent you)