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NFL Playoff Betting Preview: Washington at Seattle
Washington's Clinton Portis will aim to run wild against Seattle in the NFC Wildcard playoff. (AP Images)
It was lonly two years ago when the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Washington Redskins en route to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.
The Pacific Northwest-based club will be looking to do the same this Saturday at Qwest Field.
The similarities to 2005 are eerie. That year, the Redskins reeled off a late-season charge to reach the playoffs, only to be rewarded with a cross-country trip to Seattle. It was a Washington team that appeared spent by the time it reached the Northwest and didn't put up much of a fight. But this current Redskins team different. They're playing with a lot of energy and emotion from the death of Sean Taylor. The rejuvination of journeyman QB Todd Collins has been a great story as well.
Currently, the Seahawks are listed as three-point home favorites against the Redskins. Washington is +160 on the moneyline and the total is currently set at 39.5 points.