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Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
2026

Week 2 · Sunday 4:25 PM ET · State Farm Stadium

ARIvsSEA

Cardinals offensevsSeahawks defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Cardinals, 7 for Seahawks. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · SEA 31 · ARI 7

The Seahawks won 31–7 and were favored the whole way, never below 58%. The biggest single swing came at Q1 12:38, 14 points for the Seahawks.

At kickoffSEA 65%SEA by 3.5 on the line
SEA low point58%Q2 0:01 · tied 7⁠–⁠7
Swings past 50%0times the favorite changed
Biggest swing14 ptsSEA · Q1 12:38
ARI wins50%SEA wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q1 12:38SEAD.Lock pass deep right to J.Smith-Njigba for 82 yards, TOUCHDOWN.65% → 79%+14
  2. 2Q2 15:00ARIJ.Brissett pass short left to T.McBride for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN.24% → 34%+10
  3. 3Q3 15:00SEAC.Ryland kicks 64 yards from ARI 35 to SEA 1. R.Shaheed to SEA 28 for 27 yards (E.Higgins). FUMBLES (E.Higgins), touched at SEA 28, recovered by…62% → 70%+8
  4. 4Q3 12:31SEAD.Lock pass short middle to J.Smith-Njigba for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN.73% → 81%+8
  5. 5Q2 0:35ARIB.Gillikin punts 43 yards to SEA 23 R.Shaheed to SEA 26 for 3 yards (Z.Collins; H.Long).32% → 39%+7

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 2

J.Smith-Njigba led the Seahawks at +17.9 EPA (9 catches for 155). T.McBride led the Cardinals at +5.1 EPA (8 catches for 41).

SEA Seahawks

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
D.Lock100%19/2623531+16.1
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
E.Wilson41%2153%92-3.9
J.Price34%1333%52-7.5
G.Holani26%410%13+2.2
R.Shaheed56%13%4-0.4
A.Barner80%13%11+2.5
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
J.Smith-Njigba67%1142%91553+17.9
R.Shaheed56%623%335-1.6
C.Kupp43%28%220+0.2
J.Price34%28%18+0.5
E.Saubert24%14%1-10-1.6
E.Wilson41%14%00-0.5
G.Holani26%14%12-0.4
A.Barner80%14%18+0.5
E.Arroyo21%14%117+1.4

Defense J.Love 1 INT, L.Williams 1 sack, J.Reed 1 sack · Kicking J.Myers 1/1 FG (long 33)

ARI Cardinals

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
J.Brissett100%17/2895112-8.1
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
J.Love40%953%29-2.5
T.Allgeier64%529%10-2.8
B.Knight6%212%24-1.1
J.Brissett100%16%7-0.8
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
T.McBride88%1038%8411+5.1
M.Wilson94%727%218-5.0
K.Bourne60%312%211-1.7
J.Love40%312%316+0.1
T.Allgeier64%28%29-0.4
M.Jr.74%14%00-0.3

Defense B.Baker 1 sack

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Tight ends feast

Seahawks give up 6.6 targets a game to tight ends (8th), against a league average of 7.6. Cardinals' tight ends produce 13.5 (2nd).

02
Opportunity

Short left is open

Seahawks are worst against short left throws, allowing +0.14 EPA per attempt. Cardinals send 29% of their throws there.

03
Watch out

Wideouts get blanketed

Seahawks give up 92 yards a game to wide receivers (1st), against a league average of 147. Cardinals' wide receivers produce 123 (26th).

04
Wash

Success rate

Call this one even. Cardinals succeed on 44% of plays (13th) against a defense that allows 37% (1st).

The series · Seahawks and Cardinals since 1999, and this season's records49 meetings

The Seahawks lead the series 31–17–1 since 1999 (they first met in 2002). They have won the last 10. This game is the latest meeting.

Seahawks at home15–9the Seahawks' record
In Arizona16–8–1the Seahawks' record
Most pointsSeahawks 58 · Cardinals 392012 · 2015
Biggest winSeahawks by 58 · Cardinals by 242012 · 2009

The last 5

2026 · Wk 2SEA 31 at ARI 7
2025 · Wk 10ARI 22 at SEA 44
2025 · Wk 4SEA 23 at ARI 20
2024 · Wk 14SEA 30 at ARI 18
2024 · Wk 12ARI 6 at SEA 16

2026 records

SeahawksCardinals
Overall4–33–5
Division1–11–2
Conference1–22–4
Other conference3–11–1
Home3–10–3
Away1–23–2
Last 5LWLLWLLWLW
StreakWon 1Won 1
Points a game24.0 – 17.921.9 – 29.8

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Seahawks' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · ARI offense against SEA defense
StatARI ARI offFavors ARI · Favors SEASEA SEA def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.02#19
-0.13#3+0.00
Success rate
44%#13
37%#144%
Yards per play
4.9#27
4.1#15.4
Explosive play rate
6%#31
5%#29%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
-0.02#21
-0.14#3+0.03
Sack rate
6%#12
7%#127%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.05#12
-0.18#3-0.08
Yards per carry
4.2#14
3.3#14.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
40%#17
32%#441%
Red zone TD rate
50%#30
85%#3261%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
123#26
92#1147
TE yards per game
91#2
34#255
TE targets per game
13.5#2
6.6#87.6
RB receiving yards per game
25#23
32#1532
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Cardinals: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
-0.066% of throws
+0.892% of throws
-0.099% of throws
Short
-0.0229% of throws
+0.2018% of throws
+0.1237% of throws

Seahawks: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
-0.9413 throws
+1.075 throws
-0.3018 throws
Short
+0.1468 throws
-0.0930 throws
+0.0279 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.