Seahawks vs Steelers Player Stats: Full Analysis

By the time the fourth quarter started in Pittsburgh, the Seahawks had already flipped the game’s momentum. The final box score says it plainly: Seattle 31, Pittsburgh 17, with Sam Darnold throwing for 295 yards and two touchdowns, Kenneth Walker III rushing for 105 yards, Jaxon Smith-Njigba gaining 103 receiving yards, and a Steelers run game that never got moving.

Final Score: Seahawks 31, Steelers 17 · Passing (SEA) — Sam Darnold: 295 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT · Passing (PIT) — Aaron Rodgers: 203 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rushing (SEA) — Kenneth Walker III: 105 yards, 1 TD · Steelers Rushing: 72 yards, 3.4 per carry · Turnovers: 2 apiece · Data: ESPN game page, Seahawks official box score, Seahawks official recap

Twelve numbers from the box score, one pattern: Seattle won the passing battle, the ground battle, and the second half, while the turnover count stayed even.

The pattern to notice: Pittsburgh outscored Seattle 14-7 in the first half, then managed only a field goal after halftime. The game turned in the middle quarters, not at the end.

Who is favored between the Seahawks and the Steelers?

The pre-game odds weren’t part of the verified data for this breakdown, but the scoreboard answers the question: Seattle won 31-17, a 14-point margin, per ESPN game page. The underlying stats show how the game stopped being competitive.

How the result settled the question

• Final score: Seahawks 31, Steelers 17 (ESPN game page)
• After halftime: Seattle 24, Pittsburgh 3 (ESPN game page)
• Pittsburgh gained 31 total yards in the second and third quarters combined after opening with 102 (ESPN’s league-wide recap)

What the winner did best

• Sam Darnold: 22 of 33, 295 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions (Seahawks official box score)
• Kenneth Walker III: 13 carries, 105 yards, 1 touchdown (Seahawks official box score)
• Aaron Rodgers was sacked three times and committed intentional grounding (Seahawks official recap)

The implication: Seattle’s edge came from halftime adjustments, not a single lucky play.

What was the score of the Pittsburgh Steelers game today?

The Steelers hosted Seattle in Week 2 and lost 31-17, according to CBS Sports game tracker recap and ESPN game page. The scoring rhythm tells a more interesting story than the final number.

Final score and quarter-by-quarter rhythm

• Seahawks by quarter: 7-0-7-17 (ESPN game page)
• Steelers by quarter: 6-8-0-3 (ESPN game page)
• Halftime: Pittsburgh 14, Seattle 7 (ESPN game page)

The plays that changed the game

• Jason Myers’ recovered kickoff set up a 10-point lead early in the fourth quarter (CBS Sports game tracker recap)
• After 102 first-quarter yards, Pittsburgh gained 31 total yards in the second and third quarters (ESPN’s league-wide recap)
• Darnold’s 295 passing yards and two touchdowns paced the comeback (Seahawks official box score)

Why this matters: the final score makes it look competitive, but the game was one-sided after halftime.

Who’s the best player on the Seahawks right now?

Ranking debates are subjective; box scores are not. After this game, the strongest cases for Seattle’s best player belong to three names.

The stat leaders from the Steelers game

• Sam Darnold — 295 passing yards, 2 touchdowns (Seahawks official box score)
• Kenneth Walker III — 105 rushing yards and 1 touchdown on 13 carries (Seahawks official box score)
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba — 8 receptions, 103 receiving yards (ESPN game page)

Defense and special teams make their case

• Three sacks of Aaron Rodgers, plus one intentional grounding call (Seahawks official recap)
• Jason Myers’ recovered kickoff flipped field position in the fourth quarter (CBS Sports game tracker recap)

The pattern: the best-player debate is a committee, and the committee carried the 31-17 result.

Who is the highest paid Steeler player?

Contract terms weren’t part of the verified game data for this article, so this section sticks to what’s on the record. In Pittsburgh’s salary conversation, T.J. Watt’s name comes up first; the on-field story is about the players around the quarterback.

The contract question, answered honestly

• T.J. Watt is the name most often associated with the top of the Steelers’ pay scale
• The Steelers’ official site framed the game as a 31-17 loss to Seattle (Pittsburgh Steelers official site)
• Verified salary figures aren’t repeated here because they weren’t in the research pack

How Pittsburgh’s highest-profile investments played

• Aaron Rodgers: 18 of 33, 203 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions (ESPN game page)
• Rodgers was sacked three times and called for intentional grounding (Seahawks official recap)
• Pittsburgh’s ground game finished with 72 yards at 3.4 per carry (Seahawks official recap)

The trade-off: Pittsburgh’s highest-paid defenders can’t fix an offense that allowed three sacks and averaged 3.4 yards per rush.

Who is considered the best Seattle Seahawks player of all time?

Franchise history is a longer conversation than one box score, but the names that anchor it stay consistent: Walter Jones, Steve Largent, and Russell Wilson.

The usual names in the franchise conversation

• Walter Jones — the name most often put at the top of Seattle’s all-time list
• Steve Largent — a franchise anchor from the early era
• Russell Wilson — a franchise anchor from the recent era

Where this week’s performances fit

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s 103 receiving yards (ESPN game page)
• Kenneth Walker III’s 105 rushing yards (Seahawks official box score)
• Sam Darnold’s 295 passing yards (Seahawks official box score)

The pattern: every era of Seahawks football has defining players, and the 31-17 win gave the current roster three new data points for the debate.

Seahawks vs Steelers stat comparison

Five player-stats lines, one pattern: Seattle won the passing battle, the ground battle, and the pressure battle while turnovers stayed even.

The implication: the 14-point margin came from efficiency — Seattle’s explosive plays versus Pittsburgh’s stalled middle quarters.

What’s confirmed and what’s still unclear

The pattern: the available data points strongly favor Seattle’s control of the game, even if some secondary details remain unconfirmed.

What the official recaps emphasized

Pittsburgh was held to 72 rushing yards and 3.4 yards per carry.

Seahawks official recap

Pittsburgh gained just 31 yards in the second and third quarters combined after 102 yards in the first quarter.

ESPN’s league-wide recap

Seattle’s recovery of a kickoff by Jason Myers set up a 10-point lead early in the fourth quarter.

CBS Sports game tracker recap

For Seattle, the 31-17 win is a template: spread the ball to Walker III and Smith-Njigba, keep the pressure on the quarterback, and let the defense clamp down after halftime. For Pittsburgh, the road back is narrower — the line that allowed three sacks and the run game that averaged 3.4 yards per carry will decide whether the next loss becomes a pattern. For the Seahawks, the choice is clear: keep feeding the playmakers who delivered this result, or let a 14-point margin become a one-score game next time.

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