5 predictions for Seahawks vs. Cardinals: Four in a row for Coby Bryant?

The Seattle Seahawks are back at home and fired up after a big win over the Washington Commanders. They welcome in the Arizona Cardinals, who have little room for error should they want to stay alive in the playoff hunt. Seattle has swept Arizona in each of the past three seasons and is looking to make it a fourth on Sunday. It’ll be tough knowing the injuries the Seahawks are dealing with, but it isn’t like Arizona is a beacon of health right now.

Let’s do some game predictions again! First up, let’s review what happened for the Houston Texans game, since we did not have a predictions column for the Washington Commanders game.

Bold prediction: Jaxon Smith-Njigba won’t be Seattle’s leading receiver

Yeah, he was.

Seahawks offense prediction: A running back has Seattle’s longest play

Nope.

Seahawks defense prediction: No explosive runs allowed

They gave up an 11-yard run to Woody Marks, so just the one. Unfortunately, one isn’t zero.

Texans prediction: Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter each get a sack

Yes for Anderson (plus a TD), no for Hunter.

Game prediction: Seahawks win a close one

Thanks to Seattle’s turnovers, this was a one-possession game on the scoreboard so I’ll count it, even though the flow of the game wasn’t close.

Bold prediction: Coby Bryant keeps his interception streak going against the Cardinals

Last year, Coby had the game-changing pick-six off of Kyler Murray. In the rematch in Glendale, he bounced back from giving up a touchdown by picking off Murray later in the opening quarter. For good measure, he got Murray again in Week 4 of this season with another interception (which he controversially lost on a fumble on the same play).

Bryant won’t get Murray this time since he’s on injured reserve, but Jacoby Brissett can get that work, too. Lest we forget Coby also forced a fumble off of Murray in 2022 as a rookie, so he has a penchant for showing up against Arizona. I believe he picks off Brissett on a downfield shot.

Seahawks offense prediction: Rashid Shaheed scores a touchdown in his debut

Sure, why not? Tory Horton is likely out and Cooper Kupp isn’t 100 percent, so Shaheed should have more opportunities than expected for a midseason acquisition. His familiarity with Klint Kubiak’s offense should mean easing into the system quicker than others would, even if not everything will be uniformly identical to what he did in New Orleans.

I expect Jaxon Smith-Njigba to feast as usual, especially with Arizona down its starting corners, but Shaheed was on his way to a career season in New Orleans and he’ll be keen to impress right away in Seattle.

Seahawks defense prediction: Nick Emmanwori records his first major stat

I’m counting a major stat as a sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery, or an interception. Emmanwori has seemingly made a splash play every week since returning from injury, and he’s come close to getting...