The Arizona Cardinals will face the Seattle Seahawks in Week 14. Here’s fantasy football start-sit advice for every Cardinals skill player who has the potential to make a fantasy impact during the game.
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Kyler Murray, QB
Kyler Murray came out with a very distinct plan last week, and I think I liked it. On Arizona’s first drive, he completed all five of his passes (four different pass catchers). The willingness to spread the ball around was great to see, though I will admit that the dialing back of aggression to do so was a red flag.
Against the Vikings, it took Murray 45 passes to total 260 passing yards and just one touchdown. The focus on quick decision-making did help him in the run game (48 rush yards after totaling just 36 in November), and that’s the path to making this strategy work if it’s here to stay.
Murray threw for 285 yards in the first game against Seattle, and that’s nice, but the fact that he was bottled up on the ground (nine rushing yards) is concerning. The Seahawks own the seventh-lowest opponent aDOT, something that I believe will support a reasonable floor for Murray.
Only time will tell if the upside is enough to swing matchups (one top-20 finish since Week 8), but I’m OK with a high-floor game for an athlete like those who have access to a ceiling, something a player like Kirk Cousins does not.
James Conner, RB
The Seahawks, for the season, give up the fifth-most yards per carry to opposing running backs (4.9), but they’ve looked better of late. Two weeks ago, they held James Conner to eight yards on seven carries, and over the weekend, Breece Hall scored just six fantasy points (17.8% below his usage-based expectations).
No matter what you think about this Arizona offense, Conner’s role is simply too strong to ignore. He has at least 17 carries in four of his past six games and at least three grabs in four straight.
The fact that he doesn’t have a rush gaining more than 22 yards this entire season is annoying, but it’s not overly prohibitive given the sheer number of opportunities he gets on a weekly basis.
Trey Benson, RB
On one hand, Trey Benson was trusted with a third-down carry on Arizona’s first drive last week and converted. That indicates to me that the team trusts its talented rookie, and that’s a nice thing to see, but that feels an awful lot like a company paying an employee in compliments.
Yeah, it’s good for morale, but it doesn’t really make a tangible difference.
Benson has seen his snap share decline in three straight games, and Emari Demercado was actually on the field more often against the Vikings (26% snap share to 15.6%). The Seahawks allow the fourth-most yards per carry before contact to running backs this season.
I think this running game has success, I just don’t think the pie is big enough for Benson to work his way onto the Flex conversation just yet.
Marvin Harrison Jr., WR
The 12 targets in Minnesota last week were a season-high for Marvin Harrison Jr. and good to see after totaling just 11 in the previous two weeks, but the efficiency concerns weren’t erased (five catches and 5.0 yards per target). The high-pedigree rookie has been held significantly under fantasy expectations in six of his past eight games, making the volume of looks a mandate for him to return value as opposed to a nice-to-have.
Not to nitpick, but the volume he got last week came in a highly concentrated fashion, something we continue to see from Harrison. He didn’t have a catch until the final 70 seconds of the first half, a pass that was Kyler Murray’s 15th completion of the afternoon.
I take a negative view of the short-term and a positive one long-term. I don’t see the sporadic usage changing this year, and that’s going to cap his weekly consistency, but in the scope of 2025, what if those high-target stretches are extended for longer periods after having a year to gel?
Harrison is a WR2 this week and moving forward for the rest of this season. I anticipate getting more shares of him at somewhat of a suppressed cost next season — the profile remains impressive, but the cost should be less prohibitive.
Michael Wilson, WR
Michael Wilson saw seven targets last week in Minnesota, matching his second-highest total of the season and marking a step in the right direction. I’ll be tracking his ability to earn targets down the stretch of this season and weighing any development shown into my 2025 rankings, but I just can’t get there as a true Flex option.
We don’t have enough proof of his role being one of volume, and that makes his 18.4% decline in aDOT this season enough to make him more fantasy roster depth than a lineup threat. If you’re struggling for options, we’ve at least seen Wilson produce down the field in this matchup (catches of 24 and 30 yards in the Week 12 meeting), making him a dart I’d throw over a Quentin Johnson or Marquez Valdes-Scantling type this week.
Trey McBride, TE
The knock on Trey McBride last season was sustaining the volume he showed after a slow start to his 2023 season. As he broke out, he caught 73 passes in his final 12 games, a usage that was so good that it caused debates about not if regression would happen but how much.
- 2024 (11 games): 73 catches
He is the answer to the “Who did Nick Westbrook-Ikhine steal all of his touchdown luck from?” question, and that’s a tough pill to swallow. But it’s not the type of thing that is predictive. You trust the volume and don’t think twice about it. Since 2000, six times has a player hauled in at least 12 passes in consecutive games before starting his fourth NFL season …
- Stefon Diggs (2016)
- Davante Adams (2016)
- Michael Thomas (2018)
- Justin Jefferson (2022)
- Amon-Ra St. Brown (2023)
- McBride (2024)
That streak started with a loss against these Seahawks (12-133-0), a game in which he posted a 50% reception share. McBride is my TE1 for the rest of this season and deserves to be in the conversation with Brock Bowers for the top spot at the position in dynasty formats.