Q: The Broncos were 1-2 in regular season games decided by 7 pts or less. The Seahawks have not lost by more than 7 pts in 44 games. What kind of game are you expecting to see on Sunday? Is is going to be close?
MF: You know, I think there's two ways to this game. We're either going to have a very close where Peyton Manning is going to have a chance for a drive to bring his team back at the end, or the Seahawks will get blown out. That's the two ways I see this game in the fourth quarter.
Q: Why do you feel that way?
MF: It's kind of been Denver's MO, that teams that run the football against them, they've had trouble. Any time you Peyton in a situation where he has to score because his defense is not playing well, they fall behind. They struggle as an offense when he doesn't have the option to throw the ball away on 3rd and 5. When he does not know he can punt the ball without getting it back until 7 or 3 goes up for the other guys, that puts a little pressure on him. It puts pressure on any quarterback really. And Seattle, I see it as a blowout because they are about as arrogant as you can be as a defense. From Gus Bradley, to now Dan Quinn, to just Pete Carroll and who he is, I believe they are willing to lose at what they do best. They don't disguise anything. They play the defense that they show you. I just don't know if you can play defense like that against Peyton. You know, it's not like you're playing Colin Kaepernick, and a play is called in, and he gets to the line of scrimmage, and he's switching from run to pass. Peyton switches the protection, to the receivers routes, to the running backs responsibilities, to not just whether you are running right or left, but what kind of run. That's a huge advantage. And regardless of how good you are, every defense that you play, there is a play to beat it, and if you show Peyton that play, you can ask the great Baltimore Ravens defense, if you show him a play with like 10 seconds left on the play clock, he's going to get in the right play. So, that can be considered dumb tough to me if that's what they're going to do. If they're not going to disguise anything. That's hard to do versus him. It could be ugly. Dan Quinn could be sitting up there thinking, "Damnit."
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