AJ Barner — Week 9: Two Touchdowns, Two Ways
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Nov 9
Barner scored both Seattle touchdowns against the Cardinals, a 1-yard run on a direct snap and a 7-yard catch with 18 seconds left in the half, in Seattle's 17-3 win at home.
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AJ Barner scored both of Seattle's touchdowns against the Cardinals, one each way: 3 carries for 3 yards and a touchdown, and 2 catches on 4 targets for 7 yards and a touchdown. All three of his touchdowns this season have come against Arizona.
The first came early in the second quarter, down 3-0. Seattle lined him up to take the snap directly: from second and 1 at the Arizona 2 he gained a yard, then went up the middle from the 1 for the score and a lead it never gave back. The second came with 18 seconds left in the half, up 7-3, first and goal at the 7: Drew Lock threw short over the middle, Barner caught it in the end zone, and replay upheld it. That was +2.3 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, and 4.2 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. With 2:41 left he took one more direct snap on third and 1 at the Seattle 38 and gained the yard that let Seattle kneel it out.
The receiving touchdown was his first of the season. Through Week 8 he had 21 catches on 34 targets for 203 yards, -13.8 EPA, -0.40 a target, and one rushing touchdown, a 1-yarder at Arizona in Week 2; here it was -0.04 a target. A holding penalty on him in the third quarter erased a 4-yard Zach Charbonnet run.
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