Seahawks At Jets

Sun., Jan. 2, 2000

By Jim Meehan jimm@spokesman.com (509) 459-5585

The game: 10 a.m., Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.

Coaches: Seattle Mike Holmgren, 9-6, 1st season; 84-43 overall, 8th season. New York Bill Parcells, 28-19, 3rd season; 135-101-1, 15th season

The records: Seattle is 9-6, New York is 7-8

The series: Seahawks lead 8-6

The line: Jets by 1.

On the air

Television: CBS, with Kevin Harlan and Sam Wyche.

Radio: KXLY (920 AM) and KVNI (1080 AM), with Lee Hamilton and Steve Raible.

Player matchups

Passing PC-PA Yds. TD Int.

Jon Kitna, Seattle 249-450 3,109 23 14

Ray Lucas, New York 146-246 1,467 14 4

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD

Ricky Watters, Seattle 316 1180 3.7 5

Ahman Green, Seattle 25 116 4.5 0

Curtis Martin, New York 333 1,306 3.9 4

Ray Lucas, New York 37 132 3.6 1

Receiving Rec. Yds. AVG. TD

Derrick Mayes, Seattle 57 765 13.4 10

Sean Dawkins, Seattle 54 926 17.1 7

Keyshawn Johnson, N.Y. 86 1,150 13.4 8

Wayne Chrebet, N.Y. 43 543 12.6 3

Injuries

Seahawks: Questionable: S Brian Walker (hamstring); RB Ricky Watters (knee). Probable: G Brian Habib (knee); LB Anthony Simmons (ankle); S Darryl Williams (ankle).

Jets: Questionable: S Chris Hayes (shin).

Analysis

This one is a statistical standoff. The Seahawks are 22nd in offense, 23rd in defense. The Jets are 25th in both. Both are coming off huge wins. Seattle has three problems coming in. One, Ricky Watters’ health. Two, Keyshawn Johnson, especially if he’s isolated against pint-sized cornerback Willie Williams. Three, the Seahawks haven’t been in position to win a division title since Jon Kitna was securing his driver’s license. To their credit, the Seahawks defense, AWOL for a month, resurfaced last week, but they face a handful of Jets’ weapons: Curtis Martin, Johnson and an emerging Ray Lucas. While Vinny Testaverde rehabs a torn Achilles, Lucas has become a playmaker. Jets 20, Seahawks 17. (NOTE: Judging by my last month of forecasting, which rivals Norman Chad for futility, my latest pick probably bodes well for Seattle!)

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