Thursday Night Football Respected Money Breakdown: Seahawks vs Cardinals
Thursday Night Football Respected Money Breakdown: Seahawks vs Cardinals
Week 4 of the 2025 season kicks off on Thursday Night with an NFC West showdown between the Seahawks (2-1) and Cardinals (2-1). Get expert prop picks and analysis.
TOP PLAYS
WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba – Anytime Touchdown (+155)
Following the trade of DK Metcalf to Pittsburgh in the offseason, JSN has emerged as the clear focal point of the Seahawks offense. The elite playmaker opened the 2025 season as a must-start fantasy football weapon.
Smith-Njigba has posted 18 catches for 236 yards and 3 touchdowns in four career games against the Cardinals. In the first three games this season, Arizona has allowed opposing WR1’s to post immense production to the tune of: Chris Olave (7/54), Tetairoa McMillan (6/100) and Ricky Pearsall (8/117).
Let’s invest in JSN, who leads all wideouts in target share (42.6%), fourth in air yards (368) – to find paydirt for the second consecutive week.
QB Sam Darnold – Over 1.5 Passing Touchdowns (+156)
After a rocky Seahawks debut, Darnold has bounced back throwing multiple touchdown passes in consecutive wins over the Steelers and Saints. At healthy plus-odds, fantasy managers should not shy away from using the veteran signal-caller in lineups despite the short week. Dating back to last season with the Vikings, Darnold has surpassed this projection in 14 of his last 20 games. Hitting at a 70% clip, combined with a banged up Zach Charbonnet (foot), expect the ‘Hawks to air it out against a Cardinals defense that has surrendered the second-most passing yards (826) and four passing touchdowns through three games.
MOONSHOT PLAY
WR Tory Horton – Anytime Touchdown (+390) – Half Unit
The former Colorado State standout was superb, scoring two touchdowns (one via special teams) in the club’s Week 3 victory over the Saints. With Cooper Kupp only receiving exactly three targets in two of his first three games with Seattle, the value is simply too enticing to pass on Horton at moonshot odds. With three touchdowns in his last two games, the emerging rookie could be ready to wrestle the team’s WR2 role away from Kupp. In a correlated play with Darnold to throw multiple scores, we will target a player who is underpriced according to my projections.
Thus far, Vegas vs FullTime projections is off to a red-hot start:
✅Week 1: 5-6 (+6.15 UNITS)📈
✅Week 2: 7-10 (+7.25 UNITS)📈
✅Week 3: 4-1 (+4.3 UNITS)📈
🔥Overall YTD: 16-17 (+17.7 UNITS)📈
