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(AP) -- Two seasons ago, the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins entered a playoff matchup with bright futures while being led by promising rookie quarterbacks.

 

The fortunes have changed drastically for both franchises.

 

The Seahawks will return to the nation's capital Monday night for the first time since that meeting as defending Super Bowl champions, while the last-place Redskins were just embarrassed in prime time with a first-year coach.

 

These teams met in the playoffs following the 2012 season after Robert Griffin III guided Washington to the NFC East title and Russell Wilson helped Seattle gain a wild-card berth.

 

The Redskins built a 14-0 lead behind two touchdown passes from Griffin before the Seahawks scored the final 24 points to advance. Washington then went 3-13 the next season, resulting in Jay Gruden replacing Mike Shanahan as coach.

 

Griffin notably re-injured his knee in that contest to require surgery and hasn't been the same player since. He got hurt again in a 41-10 rout of Jacksonville on Sept. 14, putting Kirk Cousins into the starting lineup for two straight losses by the Redskins (1-3).

 

The comeback, meanwhile, was Wilson's first playoff victory. He seems to have many more in the future after he guided the Seahawks to their first Super Bowl title last season.

 

Wilson showcased the type of leadership he has been lauded for by rushing for 21 yards and completing four of six passes in overtime on a drive capped by Marshawn Lynch's 6-yard TD run in a 26-20 win over Denver on Sept. 21.

 

"I don't think anyone ever doubts Russell. He's just too good," tight end Zach Miller said.

 

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll then gave his team a full week off during the bye since it will now play 13 weeks in a row. Seattle (2-1) has won eight straight on Monday nights.

 

"We wanted to maximize our chance to get our guys as fresh as possible for this big push here through this season," Carroll said. "So we did (the) bye really successfully, we'll find out if the result was good when we go out and play on Monday night."

 

The national spotlight will again be on Washington after its 45-14 home defeat to the Giants last Thursday night. Gruden joked that the loss "should count for three."

 

Cousins was picked off a career-high four times in losing his fifth straight start.

 

"He's frustrated with some of the throws that he made and maybe some of the decisions," Gruden said. "Moving forward, it's a great learning experience for a guy like that."

 

A return to a ground game that features Alfred Morris, fifth in the NFL with 316 yards, would be preferable rather than testing Seattle's vaunted secondary.

 

That unit got good news Monday when safety Kam Chancellor practiced after being hampered by an ankle problem. Chancellor claims he has changed his shoes to alleviate the issue.

 

"He looked great (Monday)," Carroll said. "It was an issue a couple of weeks ago, mounted him up in San Diego. He made it back and did a really good job last week and played great football."

 

The Seahawks will be without Miller for a few weeks after he underwent ankle surgery during the bye week. Luke Willson, who has one reception this year, will likely start in his place.

 

"When you're the backup guy, you kind of always want to prepare for it," Willson said. "I've been here practicing and we rotate so it's one of those things where I don't really feel like I'm entering new territory."

 

Seattle will also rely on Lynch, who has 234 yards in 2014 and made an impression upon the Redskins in the aforementioned postseason game with 132 yards and one score.

 

"He's a great runner, a hard-nosed runner, we've just got to do a good job of not letting him get to the second level with our DBs," defensive end Jason Hatcher said.

 

Left tackle Trent Williams expects to play after he said his right kneecap was slightly dislocated in the Giants game. Niles Paul expects to return from a concussion and fellow tight end Jordan Reed said he's "50-50" to play.

 

The Redskins have taken the last six regular-season meetings while losing all three postseason matchups in that span. They have dropped their last six night games.

 

Source: Hosted.Stats.com

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Don't fuck it up Seattle, you're my survival pick this week.

 

:Seahawks: 35

:Redskins: 10

Edited by RazorStar

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I hate playing a wounded team on the road in prime time.

 

Hawks run defense has been pretty good, minus a quarter against Lacy and the Packers. I hope they bring pressure on Cousins and don't let him get settled. He doesn't seem to be yet capable of really handling the blitz well. Seattle is stubborn and doesn't blitz when the match up would favor it.

 

Still taking Seattle in this one

 

:Seahawks: 31

:Redskins: 13

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RENTON — Jay Gruden was like how many opposing coaches have been lately prior to a game against the Seattle Seahawks. He couldn’t sleep. So Washington’s first-year head coach got out of bed at 2 a.m. Thursday and drove to Redskins headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia. That’s when and where he resumed working on trying to beat Seattle.

“Now I’m regretting that,” Gruden said at noon Eastern Time Thursday.

Cousins needs to play mistake-free football and its very improbable that he does, and most know it. They do pose somewhat of a vertical threat. Yes Desean and Garcon are a handful and can certainly get open deep on us, and Maxwell will probably play very soft. The issue with Cousins attempting these throws will be the closing speed of Earl Thomas. I think Thomas will get the best of Cousins the first time Cousins is off the mark on a deep ball. We'll see enough short fields to win by a couple scores. Hopefully we can find good balance and not over-use anyone as its a short coming week. Zach Miller will be out the next few weeks so we're looking for a young TE to step up and have a big night. Our receivers obviously physically outmatch most of the Redskins.

:Seahawks: 30 :Redskins: 7

Richard Sherman ready for fun matchup with childhood friend DeSean Jackson

 

On Monday, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman will potentially line up opposite Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson, a childhood friend from the Los Angeles area. On Monday night at FedEx Field, the nation will witness Compton and Long Beach together, just not in the same capacity as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Instead of the iconic West-Coast rappers, NFL fans will see another pair who calls the Los Angeles area home - Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson.

Sherman - out of Compton's Dominguez High School, and Jackson - who attended Long Beach Poly, have been friends since elementary school when the two played together on the same little league baseball team.

"It’s going to be a fun one," Sherman said Thursday of potentially lining up against Jackson when Seattle faces Washington on Monday Night Football. "It’s always fun playing against family and friends. You have a good time, it’s competitive but it’s just the same competitive edge, but it’s a little more to it."

 

"He’s always been a great athlete," Sherman said of Jackson, who logged a career-high 1,332 receiving yards last season. "He’s always been one of the top athletes in whatever sport we were playing. A lot of people would’ve guessed he would’ve gone baseball, especially early on in the way his father was involved in baseball. He has always been a fantastic athlete."

 

 

Here are 10 key takeaways from Carroll's Thursday press conference:

1. Carroll expects Bruce Irvin (oblique) to be all right by Monday's contest with the Redskins, but said the third-year linebacker/edge-rusher needs to get through the week of practice first. Carroll said Irvin would get work during today's session.

2. Cornerback Tharold Simon has been running as he continues his recovery from knee surgery, but his return is likely still a couple weeks away.

3. Cornerback Eric Pinkins, who is on the team's Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list with a Lisfranc foot injury, is on track to practice when he's eligible to return after the Seahawks' Week 6 home game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Christine Michael will make his debut.

 

Jeremy Lane out

Edited by BC

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Redskins can stop the run which gives them a chance here.

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Seahawks declared RB Christine Michael, CB Tharold Simon, LB Kevin Pierre-Louis, OL Alvin Bailey, WR Kevin Norwood, TE Zach Miller, and DE Greg Scruggs inactive for Monday night's Week 5 game against the Redskins.

Michael is a healthy scratch as he doesn't play special teams and is the No. 3 ball carrier behind Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin. Simon is still working his way back from knee surgery. Miller is out with an ankle problem.

 

Niles Paul (concussion) is active and will start Monday night's Week 5 game against the Seahawks.

Jordan Reed (hamstring) remains sidelined and is inactive. Paul will be a low-end TE1 against a Seahawks defense that has struggled with tight ends.
Also inactive for the Redskins are Robert Griffin (ankle), CB Tracy Porter, S Trenton Robinson, CB Richard Crawford, OL Spencer Long, and WR Santana Moss.

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