The Seattle Seahawks took care of business against the Arizona Cardinals, defending home turf with a 16-6 win over the Red Birds. Seattle’s defense was truly suffocating, limiting the Cardinals to only a pair of field goals in the crucial NFC West showdown. The only other time Arizona was in striking distance of points was at the game when they attempted a long field goal in a long-odds effort to make it a one score game and hope for a successful onside kick. The field goal missed.
As a result, the Cardinals were prevented from reaching the end zone even once, making it a specifically rare loss for quarterback Kyler Murray. Ever since he was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft, Murray has been the starter when healthy. Typically, Arizona’s offense with Murray under center has not been the problem. But in Week 12, his unit stalled, and for only the fourth time in his tenure as a starter, the Cardinals failed to produce an offensive touchdown.
Why is this historic? Well, because of the now-four times this has happened, the Seahawks have been responsible for half! Obviously, one was the 16-6 victory on Sunday. But the other time it happened was in 2022 when Seattle defeated Arizona 19-9. Weirdly enough, Week 12 of this season capped off a somewhat bizarre trilogy of low-scoring, 10-point wins for the Seahawks over the Cardinals at Lumen Field.
- 2024: Seahawks win 16-6
- 2023: Seahawks win 20-10
- 2022: Seahawks win 19-9
The only other times Murray’s offense has been kept out of the end zone was a 31-9 loss to the Saints in 2019, and a 20-12 loss to the Rams in 2022 as well.
This was a incredible performance by Seattle’s defense. We will find out soon enough if they can replicate this performance when these teams face off against one another in less than two weeks time.
