Arizona Cardinals @

Seattle Seahawks

Sun, Dec 31
1:25 PM Pacific
Rotation: 327
Odds: Seattle Seahawks -9.5, Total: 38.5

Game Analysis

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Lean – Arizona (+9.5) over SEATTLE

Lean – Under (38.5)

Russell Wilson historically performs worse in divisional games because opposing defenses are more familiar with his unique mobile style. Wilson gains 4.7 yards per rush versus NFC West opponents compared to 6.2 yards per rush against non-divisional foes throughout his career. The limit on scrambles has a direct effect on Seattle’s offense as they’ve averaged just 4.2 yards per play in 5 divisional games this season and 5.9 yards per play in all other games. James Bettcher took over as Arizona’s defensive coordinator in 2015 and after gaining familiarity the Cardinals have held Wilson to just 3.4 yards per rush in the last two seasons.

The Seahawks need a win and an Atlanta loss to make the playoffs and their perceived added motivation has pushed this line up from last week’s look ahead number of -7 points, which is also what our model projects. Arizona’s rush offense ranks last in my metrics, and they are without their top 3 offensive linemen, and while I do not expect the Cardinals to find success with a one-dimensional passing offense in Seattle the line is a bit inflated. I’ll lean with Arizona plus the points and I’ll also lean under 38 points or higher, as our model projects just 35 ½ total points.

  • Team Stats
  • Game Log
  • Cardinals
  • Seahawks
AZ
Offense
Defense



Pass



  • Pass Plays 40.9 37.7
  • Succ Pass Plays 42.1% 44.5%
  • Sack Rate 8.2% 5.7%
  • Int Rate 3.2% 2.7%
  • Deep Pass Rate 20.5% 16.2%
  • Big Pass Yards 41.6% 36.1%
  • NYPP 5.9 6.2



Rush


  • Rush Plays 26.0 26.1
  • RB YPR 3.1 3.0
  • Stuff Rate 25.8% 26.6%
  • Succ Rush Plays 35.7% 37.9%
  • Big Rush Yards 25.4% 36.3%
  • Yards Per Rush 3.1 3.3




Game

  • All Snaps 66.9 63.9
  • Early Down Succ 42.1% 43.9%
  • Succ Rate 39.7% 41.5%
  • Big Yards Rate 37.4% 37.3%
  • Yards Per Play 4.8 4.9
  • Fumble Lost Rate 0.7% 0.7%
  • Time Per Play (sec) 27.9 28.1
  • Run Ratio 38.5% 41.4%
  • Starting Field Pos 29.2 28.4
  • Game Control -1.4 1.4
 
  • Points 17.9 22.5
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