Arizona stops Seattle, controls NFC West

Lockette had surgery in Dallas on November 2 to fix disc and ligament damage in his neck the day after a scary hit by Cowboys safety Jeff Heath. Seattle was now forced to start taking timeouts before the 2-minute warning in hopes of extending the game. Arizona moved in front, 32-29.

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Image: Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer. At 4-5, now having lost two games at home and blowing five fourth-quarter leads, the Seahawks are officially back to the pack.

“We’re a gutsy team, we’re a tough team”, Palmer said.

Arizona coach Bruce Arians was blunt that this is not a rivalry game yet. The Cardinals haven’t been successful enough against Seattle in recent years to proclaim the matchup as a rivalry.

Were the officials a little over-anxious throwing the flags on Sunday night? Now, at 7-2 and three games ahead of their nemesis (who now sits at 4-5), there’s a different feeling because Palmer is on the field and locked in. After New York’s Josh Brown made his fourth field goal of the game with 1:47 remaining, Tom Brady drove the Patriots 44 yards, converting a fourth-and-10 before Gostkowski, the NFL’s leading scorer the past three seasons, made his franchise-record 264th career field goal with the Patriots. While not insurmountable, it’s a hard deficit to overcome.

Ari’s prediction: Seattle 27, Arizona 17 Well, that didn’t pan out. “So you just kind of have to make sure you get protected and get the ball out on time, and find the right guy at the right time”.

If the Seahawks have any chance of making a late run to snatch the N.F.C. West title away from the Cardinals, they probably need to win this game.

He was just a spectator when Drew Stanton and Ryan Finley unsuccessfully tried to supplant the Seahawks out of the top spot in the division. The pass wasn’t necessarily the surprising part, as Palmer has always been one of the most productive and accurate throwers in the league.

“I guess he came off the field [on Thursday] and felt something”.

Seattle’s challenge is less about trying to stop Palmer’s group as it is getting an offense going that’s been more dismal than dynamic. Russell Wilson was running for his life most of the night, which was complicated by the fact that that line was racking up penalties at a ridiculous rate.

Lynch is averaging 3.6 yards per carry this season, tied for the lowest of his career.

The battle between the two NFC foes should be an all-out war with both teams rested and both coming off a perfectly timed mid-season bye.

A big issue for the Seahawks is the lack of pass protection for Russell Wilson.

Seattle would finally get a response however following the two minute warning when Will Tukuafa ran it in from the one yard.

The Cardinals signed Iupati, the former San Francisco 49er Pro Bowler, to bolster their offensive line this season and the results with him have been impressive. Not with Chris Johnson, another story of desert resurgence that rivals Palmer’s, dominating the ground game as he hasn’t done in many years. He’s been on the run all season long from the rush and Arizona is a fantastic team as pressuring the quarterback and stuffing the running game.

PICK PARTY: Seattle’s vaunted secondary is still looking for a flurry of interceptions to come its way. Watford had been on the inactive list for the last three weeks. Floyd had two fantastic touchdown receptions, the first sneaking behind Richard Sherman and tapping his toes for a 27-yard TD and later a 35-yard catch-and-run touchdown, plowing over the pylon to cap a 19-point run in less than 9 minutes.