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Super Bowl XLIX: A Potential Blueprint for the Seattle Seahawks' Receivers
Wide receivers like Doug Baldwin getting open are necessary to the Seahawks defending their Super Bowl crown.

Super Bowl Media Day has come and gone, and now the players can focus on practice and winning their matchups, with the hope that winning those matchups helps their team hoist the Lombardi trophy on Sunday night.

While some team strategy is obvious based on what got each team to the game, some of each team's game plan may call on unheralded or underappreciated players winning their individual matchups during the game.

A prime example of this figures to be in the Seahawks passing game against the highly-touted pass defense of the New England Patriots. The big question that multiple members of the media seem to pose, including NFL Network's Deion Sanders, is whether the Seahawks wide receivers -- like led the NFL in defensive penalties among defensive backs) by targeting Lockette, who's a low-volume player with only 11 receptions on the season and hasn't scored a touchdown since September.

Kearse figures to draw Revis primarily due to the play-making ability he's shown on a limited basis in the playoffs (four touchdowns in his last four playoff games) with check this out.)

From the above, the Seahawks would want to mix in the pass on early downs to Baldwin when Arrington is covering him and then go to Kearse on third downs when Revis may not be covering him. Either way, as the Seahawks number-one wide receiver, the Seahawks must find a way to get Baldwin the ball.

Paging Dr. Willson

Further, Baltimore, who had success on the ground (28 carries for 136 yards) and the air (292 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions), utilized tight end third-most receiving yards to tight ends in 2014.

The hard part with Willson is expecting him to have a big game, as he's been a low-volume option all season. In fact, his monster performance resulted in a Target NEP of 13.37 for the day, which is higher than than the 12.70 Target NEP he finished with on the season, meaning he contributed negatively to the team's expected point total in the other regular season games this season.

Reality Check

While the Seahawks receiving options are a topic of discussion in the media and in numberFire Live!

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