The Seattle Seahawks are the number one team in the NFC right now and they are looking very tough to beat and they will get a preview of the Super Bowl stadium as they travel east to play against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium and with NY already eliminated from playoff contention, the team will be playing for pride and the game is scheduled to start up at 1 PM on FOX and the matchup will also be streaming online from the NFL league website.
The team is coming in after a last minute loss to the San Francisco 49ers, but the team is still in position to win the number one overall seed in the playoffs and that would be a huge advantage for a team that is a Super Bowl favorite. Russell Wilson is undefeated at home and the team scores more points and gains more yards at CenturyLink Field and now the team will get a look at the Super Bowl stadium in what they hope will be the first of two trips there this season. Last time the team visited NY they dominated and that was just before the team broke out big like they did last season and they come in ranked in the top five in the league in rushing yards per game and they are also the best rated team against the pass in the league.
The team saw Wilson go for 200 yards last week in the loss and after playing against the Giants the team finishes the season with two games at home and they play the Arizona Cardinals next and then the St. Louis Rams in Week 17. Those games will be at home and then the team will have a bye and they expect home field advantage and they come into the matchup not having lost since back in October and it now is at seven games in a row and if they win out, they will have the best record in the league. The team is battling with the Saints for the top spot and both teams play better at home and each are looking to earn the bye and home field advantage in the playoffs and that single thing could be what determines who gets to the Super Bowl this season.
The Seahawks are the top team in the NFC and the are favorites for the championship in the NFC and they will get the chance to show that off on the field where the game will be and the quarterback for the team was recently drafted by the Texas Rangers in a move that showed off his versatility and skills and Wilson hopes his team's Sunday meeting with the host New York Giants serves as a Super Bowl dress rehearsal with the teams set to clash at the site the National Football League title game.
Seattle (11-2) has the NFC's best record and the inside track to home field advantage throughout the playoffs in a campaign that could bring them back to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the first cold-weather Super Bowl.
"Our goal is to go 1-0 every single week," Wilson said on Wednesday during a conference call to reporters at the Giants' practice facility.
"That's been our mentality all year to have a championship week. Our ultimate goal is to play in the Super Bowl and all that and it would be nice to have played there before and just been in the stadium before.
"I've never played in MetLife Stadium, but it's exciting to play there."
The Giants (5-8) were eliminated from playoff contention with a lopsided loss last week in San Diego.
While Wilson would love to play two dates this year in the Meadowlands across the Hudson River from Manhattan, the standout second-year quarterback knows the key to that goal is tied to his home stadium of Century Link.
Earning the home-field edge could prove pivotal for the Seahawks, who have won 14 consecutive games, dating back to last season, before their roaring home fans.
Fans at Century Link recently set a Guinness world record for crowd noise at 137.6 decibels.
"Obviously, playing in Seattle is a very, very special place," the quarterback said. "It's one of a kind and our fans are so energetic, they're so into the game and all that.
"If you've never been there ... you've got to put it on your bucket list, to watch a game at Century Link.
"The atmosphere is just off the charts. Everybody is electric in that stadium and then we play great football. It brings a lot of energy to the game and the fans are unbelievable. That 12th man is real and so I think that will definitely help. We're definitely striving for that."
Coach Pete Carroll, who coached the New York Jets when they played in Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, said he did not want his team getting ahead of themselves.
Asked if he might consider it an advantage having played in the stadium should his Seahawks get to the Super Bowl, Carroll told Giants reporters: "We'll look at it that way from the other end. If we ever get there."
(Reuters)
