2025 · Week 4 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Sam Darnold

23·20

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Kyler Murray

State Farm Stadium · closed · grass

Closing spread

SEA -1.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

-2.1est.

ARI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

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

Seahawks

Cardinals

Win probability

  • Cardinals
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Cardinals winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge mapCardinals
  • +0.036EPA / play-0.014
  • 46.6%Success rate43.0%
  • +0.137EPA / dropback+0.042
  • -0.076EPA / rush-0.142
  • 10.7%Explosive rate6.8%
  • +4.54CPOE+1.10
  • 40.9%Third-down rate41.6%
  • 57.0%Red-zone TD rate56.5%
  • 2.22Points / drive1.88
  • 2.5%Turnover rate1.7%

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. ARI are 21-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W2SEA @ ARI31–7SEA
2025 · W10ARI @ SEA22–44SEA
2024 · W14SEA @ ARI30–18SEA
2024 · W12ARI @ SEA6–16SEA
2023 · W18SEA @ ARI21–20SEA
2023 · W7ARI @ SEA10–20SEA
2022 · W9SEA @ ARI31–21SEA
2022 · W6ARI @ SEA9–19SEA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSEA–ARI
ARIQ1 15:00518Punt0–0
SEAQ1 12:17638Turnover on downs0–0
ARIQ1 9:0220Turnover0–0
ARIQ1 8:46528Field goal0–3
SEAQ1 4:37777Touchdown7–3
ARIQ1 1:333-1Punt7–3
SEAQ2 14:5053Punt7–3
ARIQ2 11:571040Turnover7–3
SEAQ2 8:20520Punt7–3
ARIQ2 5:4039Punt7–3
SEAQ2 3:45874Touchdown14–3
ARIQ2 1:01613End of half14–3
SEAQ3 15:00940Field goal17–3
ARIQ3 8:5668Punt17–3
SEAQ3 6:2630Punt17–3
ARIQ3 4:50623Field goal17–6
SEAQ3 1:391463Field goal20–6
ARIQ4 9:33958Touchdown20–13
SEAQ4 5:50643Missed field goal20–13
ARIQ4 3:161257Touchdown20–20
SEAQ4 0:28326Field goal23–20

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Darnold18/2624210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kenneth Walker III19814.30
Zach Charbonnet12393.31
Sam Darnold12424.00
Jaxon Smith-Njigba3113.70

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyler Murray27/4120022

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kyler Murray5418.20
Trey Benson8354.40
Emari Demercado284.00
Greg Dortch144.00
Michael Carter111.00

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 -1.53.0%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.0%2.7%4.0%

Positive margins favour Cardinals; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

43.3%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.63
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.78
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.15