The Seattle Seahawks (2-1) will travel for a divisional road matchup against the Arizona Cardinals (2-1) on Thursday. Both teams have wins over the New Orleans Saints and losses against the San Francisco 49ers. Seattle also picked up a win against the Pittsburgh Steelers , while Arizona beat the Carolina Panthers.
The Seahawks have been the better team virtually everywhere early this season. They rank fifth in points per play (0.524) compared to 17th Arizona (0.358). Seattle also leads the NFL in points allowed per play (0.234), while the Cardinals rank third (0.245) in the same category.
This is an interesting situation where neither team has been blitzing a ton this season. The key difference is that Seattle’s been able to get pressure (29.3%) on their opponents without blitzing. Ari