I agree...but Seattle has a history playing down to the level of other teams...last year's games against TB and Houston show that for example.
dont forget tennesse.yeah remembering those games that they played poorly at at home,theres no need to panic. im going to chalk up all those penaltys which was uncharistic of them this year to the bye week.that they got rusty in that period. after their next home game next week,they should be back to committing less than a handful i would think.
Actually penalties didn't favor Washington as only one out of 13 Seattle penalties resulted in a Redskin first down, not bad for 13 called. On the other hand Seattle got two first downs from Washington three penalties. Where it hurt was getting three TD's called back. Score could have been 40 something to 17.
Your first statement would make sense if getting a first down was the only way a penalty is advantageous. Seattle had 10 more penalties for 60 more yards than Washington. Those TDs getting called back also hurt, of course. I'd say that's pretty clearly penalties favoring Washington.