The Seahawks came into Sunday's game against the Cardinals with several of their top players sidelined by injuries.
They left Lumen Field on Sunday evening with a 17-3 victory and the feeling that, even playing shorthanded, they had rediscovered their swagger.
The Seahawks, who were coming off a tough Monday night loss to the Bears, had lost four of their last six games, and were playing without quarterback Sam Darnold, defensive tackle Leonard Williams, receiver Rashid Shaheed, left tackle Charles Cross, outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu and newly-acquired left guard Quenton Nelson. That's five players who earned Pro Bowl or All-Pro honors last season, and five who were starters on a Super Bowl-winning team.
But with Drew Lock again playing well in relief of Darnold, with players like Rylie Mills, Mike Morris, Dante Fowler Jr. and Connor O'Toole all taking on bigger roles in place of Williams and Nwosu; with Tory Horton and Jadarian Price helping make up for Shaheed's absence both in the return game and the passing game; and with Anthony Bradford and Josh Jones contributing to a sack-free game for Lock, the Seahawks didn't just survive those absences, they rolled to a double-digit ...