2017 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Drew Stanton

26·24

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 40°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

SEA -8

Total

38

Model margin

+2.1est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Cardinals

Seahawks

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Cardinals

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsCardinals wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Cardinalsedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.129EPA / play-0.023
  • 38.8%Success rate41.3%
  • -0.086EPA / dropback+0.060
  • -0.207EPA / rush-0.192
  • 7.2%Explosive rate9.4%
  • -4.25CPOE+4.52
  • 35.7%Third-down rate37.4%
  • 52.2%Red-zone TD rate63.6%
  • 1.20Points / drive1.68
  • 2.3%Turnover rate1.6%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

SEA lead 31–17–1 since 1999

SEA have won 10 straight. Meetings average 43.4 points. SEA are 27-21-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W2SEA @ ARI31–7SEA
2025 · W10ARI @ SEA22–44SEA
2025 · W4SEA @ ARI23–20SEA
2024 · W14SEA @ ARI30–18SEA
2024 · W12ARI @ SEA6–16SEA
2023 · W18SEA @ ARI21–20SEA
2023 · W7ARI @ SEA10–20SEA
2022 · W9SEA @ ARI31–21SEA

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultARI–SEA
ARIQ1 15:001073Touchdown7–6
SEAQ1 8:5500Touchdown7–7
ARIQ1 8:43412Field goal10–7
SEAQ1 7:1039Punt10–7
ARIQ1 5:27512Punt10–7
SEAQ1 3:133-9Punt10–7
ARIQ1 1:08743Touchdown17–7
SEAQ2 12:19526Punt17–7
ARIQ2 10:22620Punt17–7
SEAQ2 7:1936Punt17–7
ARIQ2 5:5436Punt17–7
SEAQ2 4:1339Punt17–7
ARIQ2 2:23824Field goal20–7
SEAQ2 0:583-17End of half20–7
SEAQ3 15:001180Touchdown20–14
ARIQ3 8:5910Turnover20–14
SEAQ3 8:4547Punt20–14
ARIQ3 7:16524Field goal23–14
SEAQ3 4:22646Punt23–14
ARIQ3 1:4734Punt23–14
SEAQ3 0:45629Field goal23–17
ARIQ4 13:045-1Punt23–17
SEAQ4 11:11260Touchdown23–24
ARIQ4 10:2431Punt23–24
SEAQ4 9:2335Punt23–24
ARIQ4 7:111042Field goal26–24
SEAQ4 2:21645Missed field goal26–24
ARIQ4 0:3200End of half26–24

Box score

Individual performances

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drew Stanton15/3414511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kerwynn Williams23753.30
D.J. Foster133.00
Drew Stanton1-1-1.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson18/2922120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Mike Davis10484.80
Russell Wilson5367.20
J.D. McKissic492.30
Thomas Rawls382.70

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +84.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Cardinals.

Half-point at risk

2.06%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.7%

Expected total

41.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.38
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.74
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.10