Seahawks 30, Cardinals 18: 2 Kyler Murray INTs doom Arizona in 3rd straight loss

The Cardinals lost their third straight game and fell to 6-7 in a 30-18 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday.

The Arizona Cardinals have lost their third consecutive game and might have played themselves out of NFC West contention and the postseason. They started strong with an early touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks, but Kyler Murray threw two first-quarter interceptions that Seattle turned into touchdowns.

The Seahawks controlled the game the rest of the way, picking up a 30-18 win to improve to 8-5. The Cardinals fell to 6-7 and lost a head-to-head tiebreaker to Seattle with four games to go.

Seattle’s Zach Charbonnet rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Geno Smith didn’t turn the ball over.

Here is how everything went down.

Cardinals 7, Seahawks 0


The Cardinals opened the game with the ball and scored a touchdown after not finding the end zone once in their game against Seattle in Week 12. Kyler Murry threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Michael Wilson on a second-down play. James Conner and Zay Jones had catches in the drive, both picking up first downs.

Cardinals 7, Seahawks 3

The Seahawks moved the ball well but failed to score a touchdown on their opening drive for the 17th consecutive game. Geno Smith’s throw to tight end Pharoah Brown on third-and-goal was incomplete and Jason Myers made a 20-yard field goal to get them on the board. It was Smith’s only incompletion of the drive.

Murray picked off

Linebacker Ernest Jones jumped in front of a pass intended for Marvin Harrison Jr. and intercepted it, returning it to the 19. It came after center Hjalte Froholdt’s holding call negated a 16-yard pass to Harrison.

Seahawks 10, Cardinals 7

One play after the pick, Smith threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

Another INT!

Coby Bryant jumped in front of a pass intended for Zay Jones on the second play of the drive after Seattle’s touchdown and picked it off, returning it to the Arizona 46. It was Murray’s fourth pick in the last two games and fifth in the last three.

Seahawks 17, Cardinals 7

Zach Charbonnet had a one-yard touchdown run to give the Seahawks a 10-point lead. Smith-Njigba started the drive with a 19-yard catch and Charbonnet ran for 22 yards to get inside the five.

Seahawks 17, Cardinals 10

The Cardinals had a good drive but stalled in the red zone. Conner has a 23-yard run, but Murray had a throw slip out and then he and Jones were not on the same page on a throw on third-and-goal. Chad Ryland made the 28-yard field goal to salvage the drive.

Seahawks 24, Cardinals 10

After Smith-Njigba made an unreal catch on a throw that almost touched the ground for 24 yards, Charbonnet broke free for a 51-yard touchdown run to make it a 14-point game.

Chad Ryland punts

Blake Gillikin injured his ankle on a punt. After the Cardinals had to punt with 1:39 left in the half, Ryland, who handles kicking, came in and punted the ball 36 yards.

Seahawks 27, Cardinals 10

After teams exchanged punts to start the second half, the Seahawks added three to their lead with a 36-yard field goal.

Seahawks 27, Cardinals 18

Murray’s two-yard shovel pass to Conner went for a touchdown and Murray ran the two-point conversion to bring the Cardinals within nine points. Trey McBride had his first three catches of the game in the drive.

Ryland misses FG

The Cardinals picked things up offensively but stalled just outside the red zone. Ryland missed a 40-yard field goal, hitting the left upright, almost sealing their fate for this game.

Seahawks 30, Cardinals 18

Myers tacked on a 35-yard field goal after the two-minute warning. Cardinals were done and probably done for the NFC West and the playoffs.

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