49ers vs Seahawks Match Player Stats | Week 1 Sunday 2025

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49ers vs Seahawks Match Player Stats | Week 1 Sunday 2025

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 1 San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Todays Game is on Sunday, September 7th
07/09/25 16:05:00 PM EST Kickoff

Positives for the San Francisco 49ers Game Today

The predictive model expects the 49ers to be the 5th-most run-heavy offense on the slate this week with a 46.0% run rate, accounting for their underlying play style and matchup dynamics.

In this week’s contest, Christian McCaffrey is forecasted by the projection model to land in the 92nd percentile among RBs with 15.7 carries.

Out of all running backs, Christian McCaffrey grades out in the 90th percentile for carries last year, taking on 58.1% of the workload in his offense’s ground game.

Last year, the stout Seahawks run defense has yielded a measly 4.75 adjusted yards-per-carry to opposing rushing attacks: the 25th-lowest rate in the league.

The Seattle Seahawks defensive tackles project as the 2nd-worst unit in football last year in regard to stopping the run.

The predictive model expects George Kittle to earn 6.8 targets this week, on average, ranking him in the 96th percentile among TEs.

George Kittle has been a big part of his team’s offense, garnering a Target Share of 22.1% last year, which ranks in the 96th percentile when it comes to tight ends.

George Kittle has totaled a whopping 56.0 air yards per game last year: 98th percentile among TEs.

George Kittle ranks as one of the leading TEs in the pass game last year, averaging a stellar 76.0 adjusted yards per game while ranking in the 100th percentile.

The Seattle Seahawks pass defense has been vulnerable when opposing TEs have gotten into space, allowing an average of 5.23 yards-after-the-catch last year: the 8th-most in football.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has run a route on 92.6% of his offense’s dropbacks last year, putting him in the 91st percentile among WRs.

The model projects Jaxon Smith-Njigba to garner 8.3 targets in this game, on average, putting him in the 91st percentile when it comes to wide receivers.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has compiled a whopping 73.0 air yards per game last year: 82nd percentile among wideouts.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba comes in as one of the leading WRs in the league last year, averaging an outstanding 69.0 adjusted yards per game while ranking in the 89th percentile.

With an impressive 75.6% Adjusted Completion Rate (90th percentile) last year, Jaxon Smith-Njigba ranks among the most sure-handed receivers in football among wide receivers.

With an outstanding rate of 258.0 adjusted passing yards per game (88th percentile), Brock Purdy places as one of the leading quarterbacks in football last year.

Brock Purdy grades out as one of the best per-play passers in football last year, averaging an outstanding 8.51 adjusted yards-per-target while grading out in the 97th percentile.

Sam Darnold profiles as one of the leading passers in the league last year, averaging an outstanding 256.0 adjusted yards per game while grading out in the 85th percentile.

Sam Darnold rates as one of the most efficient passers in the NFL last year, averaging a remarkable 7.98 adjusted yards-per-target while checking in at the 85th percentile.

Right now, the 8th-most run-heavy team in football (40.7% in a neutral context) according to the predictive model is the Seahawks.

In this game, Kenneth Walker is anticipated by our trusted projection set to secure a spot in the 91st percentile when it comes to running backs with 15.6 rush attempts.

Kenneth Walker has received 66.1% of his offense’s run game usage last year, ranking him in the 97th percentile among running backs.

With a stellar rate of 50.0 adjusted rushing yards per game (76th percentile), Kenneth Walker stands as one of the best RBs in the NFL last year.

Negatives with the Seattle Seahawks Game Today

Based on the game dynamics and the underlying play styles of each team, this contest is projected by the predictive model to have only 124.2 offensive plays run: the lowest number among all games this week.

The 5th-fewest plays in the league have been run by the 49ers last year (a mere 55.7 per game on average).

Based on their underlying play style and matchup dynamics, the model projects the San Francisco 49ers to pass on 54.0% of their chances: the 5th-lowest frequency on the slate this week.

As it relates to safeties in defending receivers, Seattle’s safety corps has been excellent last year, profiling as the 10th-best in the NFL.

The Seattle Seahawks boast a new play-caller this year in offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, and the leading projections forecast their pass/run mix to skew 5.5% more towards rushing than it did last year (adjusted for context).

The projections expect the Seahawks to be the 8th-least pass-heavy team in football (context-neutralized) at the moment with a 59.3% pass rate.

Our trusted projections expect this game to have the smallest number of plays run among all games this week at 124.2 plays, accounting for the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.

The 8th-fewest plays in football have been run by the Seattle Seahawks last year (a lowly 56.3 per game on average).

Opposing offenses teams have been unwilling to pass too much against the 49ers, averaging the 5th-fewest attempts in football (a lowly 29.9 per game) last year.

The projections expect Brock Purdy to throw 31.3 passes in this week’s contest, on balance: the 4th-fewest among all QBs.

Last year, the tough Seahawks defense has given up a meager 203.0 adjusted yards per game through the air to opposing quarterbacks: the 5th-fewest in the league.

With a lousy rate of 3.58 adjusted yards per carry (6th percentile) last year, Kenneth Walker stands as one of the bottom pure rushers in football at the position.

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