The Arizona Cardinals will face the Seattle Seahawks Sunday afternoon at Lumen Field with a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff. The game will air on FOX.
The Cardinals are slight favorites in the game and lead the NFC West at 6-4. They have won four straight games.
The Seahawks are 5-5 and have lost five of their last seven. However, if Seattle wins, they will move ahead of the Cardinals in the standings with a head-to-head tiebreaker.
How will this game play out?
Below are our picks and predictions for the game from myself and fellow Cards Wire writer Howard Balzer
Cardinals at Seahawks Week 12 picks and predictions
Jess Root
The Seahawks have been so inconsistent defensively. They have allowed no more than 17 points in any win and no fewer than 26 in any loss. Arizona’s offense is humming. Seattle doesn’t stop the run well and the Cardinals are very good in the run game. Keeping consistent with how Seattle wins or loses, I see the Cardinals scoring a lot but winning a one-score game.
Cardinals 34, Seahawks 28
Howard Balzer
The Cardinals haven’t played a game in two weeks although weirdly it feels longer. It’s likely to be rainy, which is always expected, but the forecast says it won’t be windy. The Seahawks righted their ship for at least one week, snapping a string of five losses in six games with last week’s come-from-behind win over the 49ers. Seattle has allowed 138.6 rushing yards per game and 4.8 per attempt, so expect the Cardinals plan to revolve around running backs James Conner and Trey Benson. This game won’t likely be as one-sided as the 60-15 combined score of the Cardinals last two games. We’ll learn even more about the team this week.
Cardinals 23, Seahawks 16
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