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Seattle Seahawks @ Washington Commanders

BOOK WAS 36% MODEL WAS 35%
Week 3 · 2026-09-27 · 13:00 · Northwest Stadium (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: SEA 21 WAS
SEA -3.5
Vegas line (context)
46.5
Game total O/U
Final (away–home)
MODEL is the power-ratings spine — preseason, prior-only until 2026 snaps exist. Calibrated most-likely, no proven edge vs the close; the book number is shown beside it on purpose. Not a pick.

On the Field 2025 unit strength

SEA OFFENSE vs WAS DEFENSE
WAS DEFENSE SEA OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Run-heavy · 49% run Ball-control
WAS OFFENSE vs SEA DEFENSE
SEA DEFENSE WAS OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Run-heavy · 49% run Ball-control dual-threat QB
Unit strength weaker · avg · stronger
Position groups are shaded by team-unit strength (2025 pass/rush EPA, offense and defense) — not individual players. The defensive front you see is the wall this offense has to run into.

Unit Matchups 2025 · rank of 32

SEA OFFENSE vs WAS DEFENSE
+0.11 #8 Pass attack OFF +22 #30 +0.20
-0.05 #26 Run game even #28 +0.07
239 #9 Pass yards OFF +19 #28 257
123 #11 Rush yards OFF +19 #30 142
1.6 #6 Pass pro vs rush even #13 2.5
43% #10 3rd down OFF +13 #23 42%
62% #18 Red zone OFF +10 #28 70%
WAS OFFENSE vs SEA DEFENSE
-0.01 #18 Pass attack DEF +10 #8 -0.10
+0.02 #9 Run game DEF +8 #1 -0.15
196 #24 Pass yards DEF +12 #12 213
135 #4 Rush yards even #3 92
2.2 #15 Pass pro vs rush even #8 2.8
38% #22 3rd down DEF +21 #1 33%
70% #4 Red zone even #4 54%
Rank gaps are where games tilt — a bottom-8 defense meeting a top-8 offense is the mismatch worth knowing about. 2025 regular-season data; EPA from play-by-play. Context, not a pick.

Pressure Matchup sacks · 2025

SEA PASS RUSH vs WAS PASS PRO
Byron Murphy II DT 9.0 sacks '25
Leonard Williams DE 8.0 sacks '25
DeMarcus Lawrence LB 8.0 sacks '25
2.2 #15 sacks allowed /g #13 2.8
WAS PASS RUSH vs SEA PASS PRO
K'Lavon Chaisson LB 10.5 sacks '25
Odafe Oweh LB 10.5 sacks '25
Dorance Armstrong DE 5.5 sacks '25
1.6 #6 sacks allowed /g #8 2.5
A top pass rush against a line that already leaks sacks is where pressure rate breaks a game open — the left rank is the blocking side, the right is the rush.

Position Matchups 2025 per-game · last-10 form

SEA

Sam Darnold QB vs #30 PASS D 236.0 pass y/g 5/10
Zach Charbonnet RB vs #28 RUN D 44.1 rush y/g 5/10
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR1 vs #30 PASS D 99.6 rec y/g 3/10
Rashid Shaheed WR2 vs #30 PASS D 36.4 rec y/g 3/10
Cooper Kupp WR3 vs #30 PASS D 39.5 rec y/g 3/10
AJ Barner TE vs #30 PASS D 29.3 rec y/g 4/10

WAS

Jayden Daniels QB vs #8 PASS D 180.3 pass y/g 4/7
Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB vs #1 RUN D 47.4 rush y/g 2/10
Terry McLaurin WR1 vs #8 PASS D 58.2 rec y/g 4/10
Antonio Williams WR2 vs #8 PASS D rec y/g
Luke McCaffrey WR3 vs #8 PASS D 22.6 rec y/g 4/9
Chig Okonkwo TE 2025: TEN vs #8 PASS D 32.9 rec y/g 6/10
Dot strips are each player's last 10 games against his own 2025 average — form, not a prop grade; we hold no lines yet. Grey team tags mark stats earned elsewhere. No pick.