ARIZONA (4-8) At SEATTLE (7-5)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Seahawks by 10 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Arizona 5-7; Seattle 8-4
SERIES RECORD – Cardinals lead 15-12
AP PRO32 RANKING – Cardinals No. 28; Seahawks No. 12
LAST MEETING – Cardinals beat Seahawks 20-16, Sept. 9
LAST WEEK – Cardinals lost to Jets 7-6; Seahawks beat Bears 23-17 OT
CARDINALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (32), RUSH (31), PASS (27)
CARDINALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (24), PASS (3)
SEAHAWKS OFFENSE – OVERALL (24), RUSH (7), PASS (30)
SEAHAWKS DEFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (12), PASS (5)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Over last nine games Seahawks 7-2 against Cardinals in Seattle. … Cardinals won in Week 1 20-16 when Kevin Kolb came off bench to lead 80-yard TD drive capped with 6-yard TD pass to Andre Roberts with 4:59 left. Cardinals defense then held Seattle inside Arizona 10 in final minute, ending when Russell Wilson’s pass deflected off Braylon Edwards’ hands at goal line on fourth-down. … Cardinals current eight-game losing streak longest since dropping eight straight during 2006 season. … Coach Ken Whisenhunt making change at QB and going back to John Skelton, who has not started since Nov. 18 at Atlanta. … Rookie Ryan Lindley has started last two weeks, but was 10 of 31 for 72 yards last week vs. Jets. … Cardinals had 137 yards total offense vs. Jets, fewest since 2010 and fourth-lowest total since 1995. … Cardinals offensive line has struggled, allowing 48 sacks in 12 games, most in NFL by wide margin. Green Bay next allowing 39. … WR Larry Fitzgerald has 106 career receptions against Seahawks. That’s second most of any opponent against Seattle behind only Tim Brown and most for Fitzgerald against any team. … While Arizona offense struggles, its defense remains among best in NFL. Cardinals enter week ranked seventh overall and third against pass. … Cardinals sacked Seattle QB Russell Wilson three times in season opening victory. …Seattle 12-8 over last 20 games with average margin of defeat of just 4.4 points in eight losses. … Seahawks to play first game without CB Brandon Browner – suspended four games by NFL for use of performance enhancing drugs. … Over last six weeks, Wilson has highest QB rating in NFL at 114.6. His rating has been above 125 in three of five games during that stretch. … Wilson’s 71 yards rushing last week vs. Chicago was most by Seahawks QB. … Wilson has nine touchdown passes and no interceptions over past four games raising his season total to 19. He’s three TD passes short of moving into second-place for most ever by rookie and seven behind Peyton Manning’s record of 26. … Despite two straight weeks of failing to top 100 yards, RB Marshawn Lynch remains No. 2 in NFL in yards rushing. … Lynch had 87 yards on 19 carries against Chicago. … Over past four games, WRs Sidney Rice and Golden Tate have combined 30 receptions for 487 yards and eight touchdowns. … Seahawks defense third in NFL allowing just 16.8 ppg. … Seahawks have just two sacks in past two weeks after having seven in two weeks before Seattle’s bye. … Rookie LB Bobby Wagner had Seahawks only sack in win over Chicago. … Wagner leads team with 101 total tackles, 26 more than any other Seahawks defensive player. … After forcing five turnovers against Minnesota and Jets combined, Seahawks have one in the last two weeks.
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