Week 2 brings the Seahawks right back into the spotlight, and this one has a little extra juice to it. After opening with a win over the New England Patriots, Seattle heads to Glendale for its first divisional test of the season against the Arizona Cardinals. It’s a bird-on-bird matchup with plenty to sort out: can the Seahawks keep rolling and reach a franchise-record 12th straight win, or do the Cardinals finally snap their skid against Seattle?
The Seahawks’ opener was a low-scoring one, but the numbers still told a pretty encouraging story. Seattle beat the Patriots 13-10, and the defense looked every bit as sturdy as it did last season.
Offensively, there was some understandable rust. Sam Darnold left five snaps in, and the team was working with a first-time play-caller in his first regular-season game.
That’s not exactly a clean setup for fireworks.
Still, the broader 2025 profile gives Seattle a pretty solid baseline. The Seahawks averaged 29 points per game while allowing 17, which works out to an average of 21 points scored and 14 allowed when you split those numbers down the middle.
FTN’s DVOA has Seattle ninth overall, with the offense 20th, the defense fifth, and special teams fourth. That said, DVOA is still early-season data, and it also doesn’t account for Drew Lock entering because of Darnold’s injury.
Sumer Sports has Seattle 14th on offense in total EPA and EPA per play, while the defense sits 11th in total EPA and 12th in EPA per play.
Arizona, meanwhile, came out of Week 1 looking sharp. The Cardinals went on the road and beat the Los Angeles Chargers 26-14, holding Justin Herbert and that offense to just 14 points. For a team under first-year head coach Mike LaFleur, it was the kind of start that suggests things are already fairly buttoned up.
Last season, Arizona averaged 22 points per game and gave up 29. In the broader average used here, the Cardinals sit at 24 points scored and 22 allowed.
After one week, DVOA has them 13th in the league overall. Their offense checks in sixth, while the defense is 20th and special teams 18th.
Sumer Sports paints a stronger picture on that side of the ball, with Arizona 10th in total EPA on offense and EPA per play, and fifth in both total EPA on defense and EPA per play.
So how does that turn into a score prediction? The math gets Seattle to 22 points based on its average output and Arizona’s defensive numbers.
On the other side, the Cardinals land at 19 using their scoring average and Seattle’s defensive average. That would point to a 22-19 Seahawks win.
But there’s a wrinkle. Seattle’s scoring margin suggests a bigger number, and that’s where the prediction starts to get adjusted.
The issue is that making the score work with a two-point conversion doesn’t feel especially likely, so the final lean settles on three Seattle touchdowns instead. Jaxon Smith-Njigba and AJ Barner are projected to get one each, while Jadarian Price is picked to score his first touchdown in this game.
With Jason Myers adding the extra points, that adds up to 21.
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