Seattle at Las Vegas

Pete Carroll is one of the best preseason coaches in history with a 35-22 straight-up record (37-19-1 ATS). Seattle comes off a 12-4 season, but they lost to the Rams in the postseason with Los Angeles starting a backup quarterback. That should be motivation enough for Carroll to get that taste out of his mouth and continue winning in the preseason. Plus, Russell Wilson appeared to be unhappy in the offseason and would probably have approved a trade, but now he is ready to get the Seahawks back in the playoffs and advance past the divisional round for the first time since 2014. Geno Smith, Danny Etling, and Alex McGough are the backup QBs with Smith the most experienced having played seven seasons, but only a total of 11 games the last five years. Etling and McGough haven't played in a regular-season game. Las Vegas coach Jon Gruden has stayed UNDER in 29 of his past 50 preseason games, including a 17-15 loss to the Seahawks in 2019. Derek Carr comes off an above-average season, at best, for the Raiders, and his backups are Marcus Mariota and Nathan Peterman. Mariota should get plenty of snaps as the Raiders reportedly want to get him in games to force defenses to prepare for him and also for some red-zone opportunities. Peterman has played in nine games in his NFL career. Seattle gave up a league-low 16 points its last eight games in 2020, and the defense will be one of the best in the league again. Play the Seahawks and the UNDER.