On Sunday Night Football, the 2020 Seattle Seahawks will take on the 2019 Seattle Seahawks, as the you-don’t-have-a-good-enough-defense-to-run-that-often Minnesota Vikings come to town. The Seahawks and Vikings, philosophically and stylistically similar during Pete Carroll and Mike Zimmer’s tenures, now reside on opposite ends of the NFL’s passing revolution. While Seattle has rapidly modernized, passing on 1st and 10 at the 11th highest rate and on 2nd and 7+ at the third-highest rate, Minnesota has doubled down, tied for the fourth-lowest percentage of passes on both 1st and 10 and 2nd and 7+.
Seahawks-Vikings preview: Seattle’s strong run defense faces its first real test
