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Seahawks @ Falcons
| Seattle | Rank | @ | Atlanta | Rank |
| -1 | Spread | 1 | ||
| 25.0 | Implied Total | 24.0 | ||
| 24.7 | 9 | Points/Gm | 23.8 | 13 |
| 24.2 | 19 | Points All./Gm | 24.9 | 22 |
| 64.6 | 11 | Plays/Gm | 68.5 | 2 |
| 63.0 | 13 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 61.6 | 7 |
| 45.7% | 6 | Rush% | 33.0% | 32 |
| 54.3% | 27 | Pass% | 67.0% | 1 |
| 39.2% | 8 | Opp. Rush % | 42.7% | 23 |
| 60.9% | 25 | Opp. Pass % | 57.3% | 10 |
- Since drafting Russell Wilson in 2012, Seattle has a league-best 21-9 (19-9-2 ATS) record (.700) playing on the road in the Eastern Time Zone, including eight straight wins (6-1-1 ATS).
- Wilson is the only quarterback to have at least 30 touchdown passes in each of the past three seasons and the only quarterback with multiple seasons of 30-plus passing scores over that span.
- Wilson has finished first or second in end zone pass attempts in each of the past three seasons.
- Seattle targeted their wide receivers 71% of the time in the red zone (first in the league) as opposed to 61% outside of the red zone (18th).
- After scoring 63.7 fantasy points in the red zone through four seasons, Tyler Lockett scored 73.4 points in that area in 2019.
- No team threw the ball more while ahead outside of the fourth quarter than the Falcons (65%).
- 77.6% of the offensive yardage gained by Atlanta in 2019 came via passing, the highest rate in the league.
- In the four seasons paired with Dirk Koetter, Matt Ryan has ranked first (41.1), second (39.3), second (40.7), and sixth (38.4) in pass attempts per game.
- Seattle threw the ball just 50% of the time while ahead outside of the fourth quarter (26th).
