Seahawks beat the hottest team in the NFL by the largest margin of the wildcard weekend games. Washington's offense (so called pathetic) beat chicago, the giants, minnesota and dallas in the final 4 weeks of the season.
I think this is the playoffs and you have to throw a lot of the regular season numbers out the door. Seattle has as much playoff experience as anyone the past 5 years! You can't downplay the meaning of experience when it comes to the playoffs.
If Seattles defense can play like they shows last week and in particular games this season it could be a very difficult matchup for greenbay. Especially the o-line. Farve has a reputation of forcing throws(ie chicago) especially with monsters like Kerney and Peterson teeing off his head! This would create int opportunities for guys like Trufant who has become a very intelligent all-pro corner with an impressive playoff resume. Hasselbeck has proven himself in this league and in big pressure games -- he can put up the numbers with the best of him. I think this game could be much closer than some people suspect.
Seahawks are once again flying under the radar.The Packers=Young, Few Veterans w/ playoff experience.
Seahawks +9 (5 UNITS)
We shall soon see! 
I'm trying to figure out the over/under. Seems the line has increased from 40 to 42. Looks really low to begin with, but most of GB and Seattle games have low over/under and yet they seem to go over quite often.
Weather doesn't look to bad either. If it's too windy though, that would make the passing game go sour.
Both teams have good defense. But both teams love to throw the ball.
I'm leaning towards the over.
27-20 GB.
In the Wildcard round, Seattle looked to have Washington put away, leading 13-0 going into the fourth quarter but in a flash the Seahawks were trailing 14-13. To their credit, they were able to overcome their sloppy play at home to notch a big win. Seattle ended up 8-1 at home this season after that victory, but this team has really struggled on the road (3-5). While I was on them last week, I am fading the Seahawks this week. This season they owned the #19 rated pass defense - not very good. What makes that worse is that they played 9 of 16 games vs offenses that were ranked 22nd or lower! Any time they played a team that even had a somewhat competent offense, they gave up 24, 33 and 28 points vs teams in the top 10. They also allowed 21, 21 and 23 vs teams in just the top half of the league. They did not have a single game where their defense held an opponent to under 21 points vs an average offense or better! Here they go up against a Green Bay team with a great offense that has averaged 30.4 ppg over the last nine weeks. The upgrade to what was a good offense was based on finally having a running back in Ryan Grant who almost broke 1,000 yards in less than 200 carries. The Seahawks do not have a running game at all, and the Packers can get after the QB. But most importantly, the Pack are the 3rd best team in the NFL at stopping teams on third down, a position Seattle may find itself in often. The Seahawks thrive by putting pressure on the QB. They ate up an unprepared Todd Collins last week. But Favre has been sacked just 19 times all season, and that puts a lot of pressure against a team rated #19 in defending the pass. The Packers are a well balanced explosive team on both sides of the ball, and should have their way with the Seahawks here. Seattle is 1-10 ATS the past three seasons on the road coming off a double-digit win. Green Bay only suffered three ATS losses all season - best in the league. Congratulations to Seattle for winning big last weekend. But, they aren't home this week and they aren't facing Todd Collins.
After doing some research, I have had a change of heart (My Money) and like the the Packers in what should be somewhat of a blowout.
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