Week 16: Seahawks vs. Cardinals Analysis

Week 16 - AZ @ SEA

Opponent Analysis

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first Opponent Analysis on The Seahawk Post. Today I will be covering the Arizona Cardinals as they head into a Week 16 matchup against the Seahawks. Let's look at all the different parts of the game and see how the Cardinals have been performing in the last three games. 

Please keep in mind I am not a professional and am biased towards the Seahawks so please take everything with a grain of salt.

RED = Worse than Seahawks

GREEN = Better than Seahawks

Better/worse calculated by yards per carry, QB rating and scoring defense in games that same week

The Passing Game - Carson Palmer

New Orleans - 70.0% completion rate, 318yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

@ Miami - 54.5% completion rate, 145yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Washington - 65.2% completion rate, 300yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

The Running Game - David Johnson

New Orleans - 53 rush yards, 4.4 yards per carry

@ Miami - 80 rush yards, 4.0 yards per carry

Washington - 84 rush yards, 4.7 yards per carry

Defense

New Orleans - 1 TFL, 0 turnover margin, 48 points allowed

@ Miami - 8 TFL, -1 turnover margin, 26 points allowed

Washington - 1 TFL, +2 turnover margin, 23 points allowed

As you can see, despite Arizona's less-than-mediocre 5-8-1 record, they have still been playing somewhat impressively over the last three games. However, in two of the three games it still was not enough to give them a win. The Arizona Cardinals have had a disappointing season after going 13-3 last year, when Carson Palmer set multiple records and had a wonderful year. The Seahawks are favored to win by 7.5 points, although Seattle has been a bit back and forth the past few weeks and will need to prove they are still a scary playoff team like they did earlier in the year when they beat the New England Patriots in Foxborough. This analysis took a ton of research so please comment with any suggestions or simply if you enjoyed reading this. Also, if you haven't already, please follow @SeahawksPolls on Twitter. Thank you!