The Seahawks didn’t just leave Glendale with a win. They left with a new piece of franchise history.
Seattle rolled past the Arizona Cardinals 31-7, turning what could have been a tricky road spot into a blowout and stretching its winning streak to 12 straight games, a franchise record.
It was the kind of result good teams are supposed to produce: take care of business, separate early, and never let an inferior opponent breathe. The Seahawks did exactly that, and they did it while piling up 381 total yards to Arizona’s 150.
A big part of the story was Drew Lock. With Sam Darnold out, Seattle didn’t dial things back and hide the quarterback.
The Seahawks let Lock throw it, and he answered with 235 passing yards and three touchdowns. For a player once written off as a bust, it was another step in the direction of being a functional starter.
That shouldn’t have come as a total shock, either. Lock entered Week 2 ranked eighth overall in QB Rating, and Seattle clearly trusted what he had been showing.
The Seahawks’ run under John Schneider and Mike Macdonald keeps collecting praise, and this was another clean example of why. They attacked on offense instead of playing scared, and the defense backed it up by making life miserable for Arizona.
After Seattle’s Week 1 win against the New England Patriots, Lock told ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt, “It’s not run it back, it’s run it forward; this is a new team. It’s about finding out what the 2026 Seahawks are all about. if tonight has any indication of how tough and resilient this group is, it would be a really good sign.”
That good sign showed up again in Week 2. Now the Seahawks will try to stack another one in Week 3, with the record already in hand and the streak still rolling.
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