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Arizona Cardinals vs San Francisco 49ers
Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.
Week 9 verdict
49ers is the better survivor pick this week
49ers score 0.553 equity (79.3% win probability) against Cardinals at 0.209 — a real gap of 0.343.
This week
2026 week 9 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores
Season series
2026 scheduled meetings
All-time series: 51 meetings · ARI 22 — SF 29. See the full head-to-head history →
Power rating & record
elo through 2026 · week 9
Defense vs position
ppr allowed per game · 2026 through week 8 · lower rank = tougher
Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only
tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market
Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.
Scheme tendencies — offense
ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate
Scheme tendencies — defense
nflverse participation · 2025 season
Injury report
2026 week 9 · nflverse + highlightly
Arizona Cardinals
- Bam KnightRBDid Not Participate In Practice
- Budda BakerSDid Not Participate In Practice
- Hjalte FroholdtCDid Not Participate In Practice
- Isaac SeumaloGDid Not Participate In Practice
- Isaiah AdamsGLimited Participation in Practice
- Jacoby BrissettQBDid Not Participate In Practice
- James ConnerRunning BackQuestionable
- Jayden WilliamsTDid Not Participate In Practice
- Joey BlountSafetyQuestionable
- Jon Gaines IIGDid Not Participate In Practice
- Josh SweatLBDid Not Participate In Practice
- Kaleb ProctorDefensive TackleInjured Reserve
San Francisco 49ers
- Christian KirkWRLimited Participation in Practice
- Christian McCaffreyRBDid Not Participate In Practice
- Deebo Samuel Sr.WRDid Not Participate In Practice
- Demarcus RobinsonWRLimited Participation in Practice
- Garret WallowLBLimited Participation in Practice
- Kurtis RourkeQuarterbackOut
- Luke GiffordLBLimited Participation in Practice
- Marques SigleSLimited Participation in Practice
- Mike EvansWRDid Not Participate In Practice
- Mykel WilliamsDEFull Participation in Practice
- Nate HobbsCBLimited Participation in Practice
- Nick BosaDELimited Participation in Practice
Relevant to this matchup
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