This week’s game is a family affair

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty ImagesSince Cam Newton and Russell Wilson took over their respective teams a year apart from each other, they have played seven times. That includes twice in the playoffs. Wilson leads the series 5-2. This game might as well have been scheduled for Thanksgiving since the Seahawks and the Panthers are cousins who only see each other about once a year.

The younger cousin, in this case, holds a historical edge but that doesn’t mean the teams are that different. Both are led by defensive minded head coaches who struggle to run the ball as successfully as they would like. Both are captained by mobile quarterbacks who left college with equal measures of talent and doubt.…