Cardinals Destroyed in Seattle - 49ers Lone SFL Unbeaten

by Kris_06905 | 2 years ago | 0 Comments

Going into week 6 three SFL teams remained unbeaten.  The 49ers, Packers, and Cardinals were all 5-0. 

San Francisco survived an early 10-0 defecit to the Falcons and rallied for a convincing 38-25 victory.  The 49ers will face arguably their toughest test of the season when they travel to 3-2 Kansas City week 7.  The Chiefs are coming off an impressive win over the AFC favorite Las Vegas Raiders, and Mahomes looks like he's getting comfortable without Tyreek Hill.  This should be a measuring stick game for both teams.  

Green Bay fell to the surprising New York Jets 37-25.  The Jets harrassed Aaron Rodgers into 4 INTs and limited their own turnovers for the win.  The Packers won't have an easy game in week 7 as they will face the 5-1 first place Washington Commanders.  The Commanders have surprised several teams through the first 6 games, but now the league has started to take notice.  Green Bay will need to win to keep their slim lead over the 4-1 Detroit Lions in the NFC North. 

The Arizona Cardinals traveled to a rain-soaked Seattle with a ton of confidence.  Their defense leads the league with 35 turnovers and 10 defensive TDs.  The offense was playing well enough to win especially with the way the defense was playing.  The Seahawks came into the game 2-3 and on paper looked overmatched by the unbeaten Cardinals.  However, the game ended up looking like it was the Seahawks who were the undefeated team with a suffocating defense and extremely efficient offense.  The mix of bad weather, the Seattle 12th man, and bad football by the Cardinals led to an embarrassing loss 51-3.  The Seahawk defense made the Cardinal offense feel what most opposing teams had felt when playing the Cardinals.  Murray threw 7 INTs and the Cardinals turned the ball over 9 times in all.  The Seahawks also added 4 sacks of Murray.  Jordan Love wasn't overly impressive on the stat line, but was good when he needed to be.  He found DJ Metcalf for 3 TDs of Love's 10 total completions on the night.  The Seahawks used a balanced running attack to keep the Cardinals guessing and once the Hawks had the lead, it was too much for the Cards to overcome.

The Cardinals loss will either be a motivator and refocus the team, or it may be the kind of loss that deflates them and carries over for several weeks.  Only time and the next game will tell.  The Cardinals will face the 0-6 Saints in week 7.  The Saints have struggled all year and will have their hands full with a Cardinals squad that will want to put the week 6 loss behind them in a hurry.  

The Seahawks are now 3-3 but still 4th in the NFC West.  The win should boost their confidence, but they have a big hole to climb out of in their own division.  Next up for them is the first place AFC West Los Angeles Chargers (4-2).  A win against another 1st place team would be a huge next step out of that hole.