Cardinals vs. Seahawks: Seattle shuts out Arizona

SB Nation’s Seahawks blog, Field Gulls, called this game one of the more memorable in franchise history. The offense, defense and special teams units finally all played exceptionally well, which the fans had been hoping for all season long.

As a team, the Seahawks forced eight turnovers and held a 38-point lead by halftime. It’s tough to find any real blemishes to the day, and it’s a performance the coaching staff will be awfully proud of when they watch tape this week.

Although I’m not sure that posing after a big hit that draws a penalty while you are down by 51 points is a good idea.

Seattle now has touchdowns on offense, defense, and special teams. The Seahawks might have to hold a halftime contest to pick a fan that gets to “Score on the Arizona Cardinals!”

Fun stuff: Richard Sherman is going to get in at least one more dance before a potential four-game suspension.

So all of those practices really do pay off:

Fantasy Impact: “Beast Mode” is now up to eight touchdowns on the season, and it’s his first multi-score game. He’s been one of the biggest reasons why the Seahawks are making a playoff run.

Fantasy owners can confidently start him as an RB1 throughout the fantasy playoffs. He’s playing some of the best football of his career right now.

The complete Cardinals inactives list, via AZCardinals.com reporter Josh Weinfuss:

The complete list of Seahawks inactives, via the team’s official Twitter:

Wells was listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report, clouding his status. If he plays, he should handle most of the rushing workload for Arizona. He hasn’t been very effective this season, however, averaging just 2.4 yards per carry.

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In other words, the teams are going in opposite directions with the quarterback position. More than that, they’re going in opposite directions with their record, as Seattle is sitting at 7-5, in the hunt for the NFC West lead, while the Cardinals have dropped eight-straight games after starting the season 4-0.

One of their four wins was against the Seahawks in Week 1, but it was a sloppy game all around, and this time it will be played at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, one of the harder stadiums to play at in the NFL. All eyes will be on the quarterbacks in this one, but for very different reasons.

Here is all of the game day information you’ll need to watch Sunday’s game.

Example: Sunday, Dec. 9, 4:25 p.m. ET

The game is a rematch of the season opener, in which the Cardinals knocked off the Seahawks 20-16 at University of Phoenix Stadium.

Three of CBSSports.com’s NFL experts believe that the Cardinals can break the eight-game slide and knock off the Seahawks at home in one of the rowdiest and loudest stadiums in the league.

The Seahawks are just one-point favorites, however, as Wilson will be facing a strong Cardinals defense. The over/under is set at 41 points, despite neither team averaging more than 21 points a game. The Cardinals beat the Seahawks, 20-16, in the first game of the season.

Kickoff is set for 4:25 p.m. ET, with coverage on Fox.