Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2021 · Week 11 · Division

Final

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Colt McCoy

23·13

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

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Closing spread

SEA -2.5

Total

46

Model margin

+2.7est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

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
  • +0.079EPA / play+0.042
  • 46.8%Success rate43.8%
  • +0.154EPA / dropback+0.053
  • -0.037EPA / rush+0.026
  • 9.4%Explosive rate10.1%
  • +4.19CPOE+4.08
  • 45.2%Third-down rate37.3%
  • 62.3%Red-zone TD rate69.7%
  • 2.37Points / drive2.12
  • 1.2%Turnover rate1.3%

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 30–17–1 since 1999

SEA have won 9 straight. Meetings average 43.5 points. SEA are 26-21-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10ARI @ SEA2244SEA
2025 · W4SEA @ ARI2320SEA
2024 · W14SEA @ ARI3018SEA
2024 · W12ARI @ SEA616SEA
2023 · W18SEA @ ARI2120SEA
2023 · W7ARI @ SEA1020SEA
2022 · W9SEA @ ARI3121SEA
2022 · W6ARI @ SEA919SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Colt McCoy35/4432820

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Conner21623.01
Colt McCoy6183.00
Eno Benjamin6152.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Zach Ertz89882
A.J. Green47780
Rondale Moore1111510
Antoine Wesley44440
James Conner56370
Christian Kirk25250
Eno Benjamin1150
Darrell Daniels0100

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson14/2620700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alex Collins10363.60
DeeJay Dallas4256.31
Rashaad Penny2199.50
Travis Homer144.00
Russell Wilson221.00

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 +2.53.9%2.6%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.0%2.7%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Cardinals.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

56.4%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.00
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.02
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.72