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Week 6 · 2026-10-15 · 20:15 · Empower Field at Mile High (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: SEA 20 DEN
Vegas line (context)
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 DEN DEFENSE
DEN 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
DEN OFFENSE vs SEA DEFENSE
SEA DEFENSE DEN OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 41% run Avg pace
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 DEN DEFENSE
+0.11 #8 Pass attack even #6 -0.12
-0.05 #26 Run game DEF +16 #10 -0.04
239 #9 Pass yards even #11 212
123 #11 Rush yards DEF +9 #2 91
1.6 #6 Pass pro vs rush even #1 4.0
43% #10 3rd down DEF +8 #2 34%
62% #18 Red zone DEF +17 #1 48%
DEN OFFENSE vs SEA DEFENSE
+0.08 #9 Pass attack even #8 -0.10
+0.00 #16 Run game DEF +15 #1 -0.15
231 #17 Pass yards even #12 213
119 #16 Rush yards DEF +13 #3 92
1.4 #1 Pass pro vs rush even #8 2.8
43% #9 3rd down DEF +8 #1 33%
63% #16 Red zone DEF +12 #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 DEN PASS PRO
Byron Murphy II DT 9.0 sacks '25
Leonard Williams DE 8.0 sacks '25
DeMarcus Lawrence LB 8.0 sacks '25
1.4 #1 sacks allowed /g #1 2.8
DEN PASS RUSH vs SEA PASS PRO
Nik Bonitto LB 15.0 sacks '25
Jonathon Cooper LB 9.0 sacks '25
Zach Allen DE 8.5 sacks '25
1.6 #6 sacks allowed /g #8 4.0
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 #6 PASS D 236.0 pass y/g 5/10
Zach Charbonnet RB vs #10 RUN D 44.1 rush y/g 5/10
Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR1 vs #6 PASS D 99.6 rec y/g 3/10
Rashid Shaheed WR2 vs #6 PASS D 36.4 rec y/g 3/10
Cooper Kupp WR3 vs #6 PASS D 39.5 rec y/g 3/10
AJ Barner TE vs #6 PASS D 29.3 rec y/g 4/10

DEN

Bo Nix QB vs #8 PASS D 233.9 pass y/g 5/10
J.K. Dobbins RB vs #1 RUN D 77.2 rush y/g 5/10
Courtland Sutton WR1 vs #8 PASS D 57.2 rec y/g 5/10
Jaylen Waddle WR2 2025: MIA vs #8 PASS D 56.9 rec y/g 4/10
Troy Franklin WR3 vs #8 PASS D 41.7 rec y/g 4/10
Evan Engram TE vs #8 PASS D 27.1 rec y/g 4/10
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.