Live NFL - Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks 1.30am Sky Sports

We're back. Apologies for the baseball hiatus - life got in the way - but I hope you'll enjoy my ramblings for this season's football.

Night games in Seattle rank among the tougher assignments in football, and while Green Bay are a team worth monitoring this season, this is an unfortunate opener.

Rodgers struggles in CenturyLink like all QBs and sacks were a real problem in the Fail Mary game, but the Pack's O line looks much improved. The Seahawks are without Red Bryant and Chris Clemons and despite the visitor’s worries at center, it will be more difficult to get to Rodgers this time around. Seattle will still have Bruce Irvin and Michael Bennett coming off the edges, but I expect Green Bay to move the ball. Eddie Lacy will be a key in that respect, and he’ll doubtless see catches as well as running, but I like the Seahawk’s LBs and they can contain him.

Russell Wilson will extend plays as ever, and Lynch will be a refreshed beast mode runner and while I like the addition of Clinton-Dix, the Pack are susceptible to the big play which can exacerbate their tendency to lose discipline and Percy Harvin is due.

It should be a great game. I’ll give the points.

Pick: Seattle Seahawks -5.5 @ 1.91

Pick: First TD Marshawn Lynch @ 7.5

Pick: Anytime TD Jordy Nelson @ 2.62