A brief write-up on each game.
LAR-SEA
LAR QB Rate Road: 105
SEA QB Rate Home: 87
OFF Median PPG vs Top-15 DEF
LAR: 28
SEA: 23
DEF Median PPG vs Good QB
LAR: 27 (17 vs. Avg QB)
SEA: 23 (17 vs Avg QB)
Early Down Success Rate Offense
LAR 53%
SEA 48%
Early Down Success Rate Defense
LAR 40%
SEA 41%
PFF Grade
71+ SCORES (top quarter of the league at their position)
LAR: 17/25
DB CURL
LB SPEIGHTS
CB MCCREARY
DE YOUNG
DE VERSE
DL TURNER
DT FORD
QB STAFFORD
RB WILLIAMS
WR NACUA
TE PARKINSON
WR ADAMS
LT JACKSON
KG AVILA
C SHELTON
RG DOTSON
RT MCCLENDON
SEA: 13/25
QB DARNOLD
RB WALKER
TE BARNER
WR KUPP
WR SMITH-NIGJIBA
LT CROSS
RT LUCAS
DB WITHERSPOO
DB LOVE
LB THOMAS
DT MURPHY
DT WILLIAMS
DE LAWRENCE
PROJ SCORE
LAR 24
SEA 23
NE-DEN
NE QB Rate Road: 105
DEN QB Rate Home: 87
OFF Median PPG vs Top-15 DEF
NE: 28
DEN: 20
DEF Median PPG vs Good QB
NE: 23
DEN: 24
Early Down Success Rate Offense
NE 50%
DEN 43%
Early Down Success Rate Defense
NE 47%
DEN 39%
PFF Grade
71+ SCORES (top quarter of the league at their position)
DEN: 9/25
LT BOLLES
C WATTENBERG
RG MEINERZ
RT MCGLINCHEY
WR SUTTON
DT JONES
DE BONITTO
CB SURTAIN
LB GREENLAW
NE: 16/25
DE LANDRY
DT WILLIAMS
CB GONZALEZ
CB DAVIS
CB JONES
FS HAWKINS
SS WOODSON
LB SPILLANE
WR BOUTTE
WR DIGGS
TE HENRY
RB STEVENSON
QB MAYE
LT CAMPBELL
RT MOSES
RG ONWENU
PROJ SCORE
NE 23
DEN 20
MLB
2% REDS 50% Dbacks
2% ROYALS 50% Astros
WORLD CUP
2% USA 48% Paraguay
ALL OK at 55% or less
World Cup Group B - My Pick
1% Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina to draw at 27c
OR
1% Canada not to defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina at 46c
OR
Some combination of the above
I'm going to keep this super brief as my wife's parents are visiting and as they are Bosnian we will be cheering for Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight. Basically what this comes down to is how close Bosnia will be able to keep the game against a Canada team that is technically very strong but can struggle to convert possession dominance into goals. We have seen this over quite a few friendlies where they just haven't quite had that cutting edge to put teams away. They face a Bosnian team that qualified via the European playoffs and beat both Wales and Italy on penalties.
Bosnia have been doing better under Sergej Barbarez who took an underperforming team with some ego issues and built a team with a tough defence but with young attacking talent coming through. What is notable is they don't panic when they go behind. They...
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