The Seahawks travel to Phoenix and will face off against the Arizona Cardinals for the second and final time this season. The Seahawk are riding a season long three game win streak which started against the Cardinals in Week Six at Lumen Field. Here the keys for a Seahawks win.
Can The Seahawks Defense Replicate Its Week 6 Performance ?
In f the first meeting between the two teams the at Lumen Field the Seahawks defense played a masterful game of bend but don’t break. The defense gave up two field goals with the Cardinals lone touchdown coming on a was a special teams blunder. Chris Banjo jumped on a Michael Dickson fumble in the Seattle endzone
The Hawks defense held the Cardinal offense to 296 total yards. While that might seem like a lot of yards the majority of the yards gained were between the 20 yard lines. The Cardinals offense had two trips inside the redzone and on both occasions came up empty.
The Cardinals game was the coming out party for the new and improved defense that saw the defensive line given simplified gap responsibility and the line backers stripped of the confusing and time consuming read block responsibilities.
Both units were allowed to read and react which resulted in them playing faster. As a result the Seahawks defense recorded six sacks and one interception.
CAN THE OFFENSE MOVE THE BALL ?
In the Week Six match up the Seahawks offense like the Cardinals offense struggled for the majority of the game. On its first eight possession of the game Hawks offense punted three times, had a lost fumble. The Hawks lone touchdown came just inside the fourth quarter courtesy of a Ken Walker 11 yard run that gave the Seahawks a 19-lead. Walker had 21 rushed for 97 yard. It was the team only successful trip inside the redzone. For the day the Seahawks were a dismal 1-5 inside the redzone.
A repeat performance by Walker would take the pressure off quarterback Geno Smith who was sacked five times for -37 yards.In addition to the five sacks the Cardinals defense made it a rough day for Smith who struggled with making quick decision and getting the ball out of his hands. Smith completed 20 of 31 passes for 197 yards and finished the day with a qb rating of 82.3
“Thinking about that game, they presented us with a bunch of different fronts and situational challenges. I can remember being down in the red zone and it was right before the half, so they were backed up, pretty much playing goal line. We didn’t do great in the red zone that game, so that’s something that we have to improve on. Really, throughout the entire season, we haven’t been great in the red zone, so we have to just keep getting better in the red zone and really finish drives. We have to finish drives with touchdowns, not settling for field goals, and also doing really well on 3rd down.”
Geno Smith on why the offense struggled in the first game against the Cardinals
HOW WILL TARIQ WOOLEN FARE AGAINST ALL PRO DEANDRE HOPKINS
The return of DeAndre Hopkins is a game changer for the Cardinals offense. The five time Pro Bowler missed the first six game of the season while serving a suspension for violating the league’s performance -enhancing drug policy. Hopkins has been back for two games and has not missed a beat. Since his return Hopkins has 22 catches on 27 targets for 262 yards and one touchdown. In last week’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings Cardinals head coach Cliff Kingsbury had Hopkins lining up in several positions. On a several occasions Hopkins move from one end of the field to the other on pre- snaps.
Woolen was named NFL Defensive rookie of the Month for October. The rookie had a break out month with three interception. Woolen has four interceptions for the season. One of the Woolen’s interception came in Week Six against Murray. While Woolen won’t be the only one covering Hopkins as the team will play a lot of nickel packages and maybe a few dime packages, when the Hopkins and Woolen match occurs it will be worth watching.
SEAHAWKS HEAD COACH PETE CARROLL ON FACING THE CARDINALS A SECOND TIME
“It’s a challenge now. They are a difficult team to play against. They really do a lot of stuff, and they won’t do the same thing they did the last time we played them. We know that and we watched them change their game plan. They are very multiple, but every experience helps us. I would bet for those guys that it was a blur. Right now, these first eight games have been a blur for them, but as they see the film, they see themselves against those guys. It wasn’t like they got beat one-on-one and that was the problem. We got beat scheme wise with some pressures and stuff like that. As I said earlier in the week, we’ve put ourselves in some third and real long situations and they took advantage of it. We can’t do that and expect to hold up the way
we did. We tried to pass pro them, and they were coming after us. We need to do it differently this time, but those guys are learning so much. Here we are at the halfway point, and I’ve always been talking to you guys about giving these rookies a chance, and this should be the time where they can turn and become regular players on the squad. I think those guys already had to do that, but this is another marker for them, and they are going to be better, keep growing and learning, and they will feel more comfortable, and they will be quicker, and all of that. It’s still going to be hard. It’s a big challenge for these guys.”
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2022 STAT LEADERS
| | SEAHAWKS | CARDINALS |
| Rushing | Kenneth Walker III 461 (85-5.4.5) | Kyler Murray 299 (51-5.9-2) |
| Passing | Geno Smith 1,924 (249-181-13-3107.2) | Kyler Murray 1,9993 (325-215-10-6-85.3) |
| Receptions | Tyler Lockett 46 (531-11.5-3) | Zach Ertz 41 (354-8.6-3) |
| | Kenneth Walker III | Zach Ertz |
| ( non kicker) | 30 | 22 |
| Sacks | Uchenna Nwosu 5.0 | J.J Watt 4.5 |
| Int | Tariq Woolen 4 | Five tied 1 |
| Punting | Michael Dickson 48.7 /43.5 net (8 In 20) | Andy Lee 46.5/38.5 net( 6 In 20) |
| Kicking | Jason Myers 72 (17/18 FG, 21/22PAT) | Matt Prater 30 ( 8/8 FG, 6/6/ PA) |
HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPETITION
| 2022 REGULAR SEASON | SEAHAWKS | CARDINALS |
| Record | 5-3 | 3-5 |
| Total Yard Gained | 2,817 | 2,777 |
| Total Offense ( NFL Rank) | 352.1(12) | 347.1(14) |
| Rush Offense | 130.8 (12) | 116.4(17) |
| Pass offense | 221.4 (18) | 230.8 (130 |
| Points Per Game | 26.3 (4) | 22.8 (15) |
| Total Yards Allowed | 3,019 | 2,899 |
| Total Defense | 377.4 (27) | 362.4 (22) |
| Rush Defense | 140.8(28) | 110.1 (13) |
| Pass Defense | 236. (21) | 252.3 (230 |
| Points Allowed/ Game | 24.9 (T26) | 26.3 (30) |
| Possession Avg. | 28:07 | 31:04 |
| Sacked/Yds.Lost | 19/153 | 20/159 |
| Sacks Made /Yds Lost | 22/144 | 14/117 |
| Interceptions By | 5 | 5 |
| Penalties/Yds | 60/528 | 52/435 |
| Punts/Avg | 27/48.7 | 30/46.5 |
| Turnover Differential | +3 (T5) | +3 (T5) |
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