Seahawks Hold Cardinals to 3 Points in 17-3 Win Without Sam Darnold
With Sam Darnold out, Drew Lock and AJ Barner led Seattle past Arizona 17-3. The Seahawks are 5-4 ahead of a trip to Las Vegas.
The Seattle Seahawks played without Sam Darnold on Sunday and still beat the Arizona Cardinals 17-3. The defense kept Arizona out of the end zone all game, and tight end AJ Barner scored both of Seattle's touchdowns. The win puts Seattle at 5-4 and ends a week that began with a 34-17 home loss to Chicago on Monday night.
According to ESPN's recap, backup Drew Lock went 19 of 28 for 175 yards. His one touchdown pass went to Barner, who also ran one in. Arizona scored first: Minshew moved the Cardinals deep into Seattle territory on the opening series with help from an unnecessary roughness penalty, but they settled for a field goal. Arizona never scored again. Seattle put up 14 points in the second quarter, and Jason Myers made a 45-yard field goal in the third for the final margin. ESPN credited Arizona's quarterback with 21 completions in 30 attempts for 166 yards.
This was the second time this season Seattle beat Arizona without Darnold. He also missed the Week 2 win, a 31-7 result in Glendale, with a glute injury. ESPN noted that he started every game last season on the way to the Super Bowl title. The Cardinals fell to 3-6 and have now lost 11 straight to the Seahawks.
What it means for Las Vegas
Seattle hasn't won two games in a row since Weeks 1 and 2. The last five results have alternated between wins and losses, and the Raiders game on Nov. 15 (CBS) is a chance to end that pattern. The point totals favor Seattle. The Seahawks have scored 202 points and allowed 162, a margin of plus-40. They have held two of their last three opponents to a field goal, Kansas City in a 20-3 win and now Arizona. Their four losses came by a combined 25 points, and three of them were one-score games: 33-31 at Washington, 32-29 to San Francisco and 17-14 at Denver.
Road games are the open question. Seattle is 4-2 at home and 1-2 away, and the only road win came in Arizona. Darnold's status for the trip to Las Vegas will shape the passing game. Lock showed he can manage a game, but he has not had to keep pace with an opponent that is scoring.
Across the 10 venues on our board, Seattle is favored. Novig lists the Seahawks at -170 on the moneyline, and the best price anywhere is -155 at theScore Bet. Novig has Las Vegas at +156. On the spread, Novig has Seattle at -3.5 priced at -102, while theScore Bet has -3 at -110. The half-point difference matters because three is the most common margin in the NFL. Novig sets the total at 43.5, with the over at -100 and the under at -113. BetMGM is at 43, and BetRivers has the under at 43.5 for -110. The sportsbooks' moneyline hold runs from 3.3% to 6.4%, which is a wider spread between venues than on the spread or total markets, where hold stays under 5%.
Seattle's 17-3 win over Arizona looks a lot like what this team has done all season: allow very little and score just enough. The Seahawks will need more of the same on the road in Las Vegas. Full season numbers are on the Seahawks team page.