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Takeaways from Seattle Seahawks 44-22 win over Cardinals
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 09: Tyrice Knight #48 of the Seattle Seahawks pressures Jacoby Brissett #7 of the Arizona Cardinals in the first quarter of a game at Lumen Field on November 09, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Soobum Im / Getty Images)
RENTON, Wash. – Next week should be really fun.
After a second straight blowout victory for the Seattle Seahawks, next week’s battle for the NFC West lead with the Los Angeles Rams looms as a key matchup in the postseason race for both teams (and the rest of the conference).
Another dominant first half performance on both sides of the ball saw Seattle with a 38-7 lead at halftime. DeMarcus Lawrence had two fumble return touchdowns on defense to go along with an all-around offensive showing against Arizona.
While the third quarter was sloppy with multiple turnovers, the Cardinals were able to turn that into points of their own as they made the final score look less like the beat down than it was in actuality.
Seattle also posted its best rushing performance of the season, gaining 198 yards on the day with touchdowns from Zach Charbonnet and George Holani.
“Obviously, it’s a great team win,” quarterback Sam Darnold said. “I thought offensively we were really efficient in the first half. Second half got the run game going a little bit. Third quarter was a little sloppy with the turnovers and we’ve got to clean that up obviously. But to be able to end of game on our terms in a four-minute situation, running the football out, that’s how you want to end every single game.
Coming off a 38-14 romp over the Washington Commanders last week, the Seahawks are now on a four-game winning streak and have won seven of their last eight games. They’ve dominated most of those last wins over Jacksonville, Houston, Washington and Arizona, with the lone hiccup being a game they scored 35 points against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Seahawks have the making of a VERY good football team. Next week’s game with the Rams will be the headline matchup of the week in the NFL between two 7-2 teams.
But first, a look back at Seattle’s blowout win over the Cardinals.
Tyrice Knight, DeMarcus Lawrence team up for two touchdowns.
Tyrice Knight and DeMarcus Lawrence may have done something on Sunday that has never before happened in NFL history.
Lawrence scored two touchdowns on fumble returns in Sunday’s win over the Cardinals. Both fumbles were forced by Knight on sacks of Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett.
“You can’t draw that up,” Lawrence said. “T-Knight did a great job running the play exactly how Coach Macdonald drew it up, and I was the lucky recipient of the two forced fumbles. I’ll take it every day.”
Knight came on blitzes and managed to dislodge the ball from Brissett’s hand before his forward throwing motion could begin. Lawrence was perfectly positioned to pick up the football in both instances as he raced for touchdowns of 34 yards and 22 yards as Seattle surged to a 28-0 lead early in the second quarter.
“Both of those were pressures we haven’t ran before, and so to be able to go in and execute those things not getting all the reps was some high-powered stuff,” Macdonald said.
“I couldn’t believe the D-Law got the second. I was like, with holy crap. It’s him again. The way that he attacked the ball, T-Knight is just awesome. Haven’t forced any fumbles this year on defense and got two today. It’s awareness, just taking advantage of those opportunities. It was awesome.”
Both plays were reviewed to see if Brissett’s arm was moving forward with the call standing in both instances.
Per Stathead.com, Lawrence is just the fourth player in NFL history to have two touchdowns off fumble returns in the same game. It’s only happened once in the Super Bowl era.
Jeremy Chinn of the Carolina Panthers accomplished the feat on back-to-back offensive snaps for the Minnesota Vikings in a 28-27 Panthers loss on November 29, 2020.
Prior to Chinn, it hadn’t happened since 1948 when Fred Evans had a pair of touchdowns for the Chicago Bears in a 48-13 win over the Washington Redskins. The only other instance came in 1920 as Al Nesser had two scores for the Akron Pros over the Wheeling Stogies.
And if you’ve never heard of those teams? Join the club.
The part that may be unique to Seattle is that Knight and Lawrence combined for both scores. Play-by-play data doesn’t go back far enough to know who forced the fumbles on the touchdowns for Evans and Nesser in their games. Chinn had one fumble forced himself and the other way by Zach Kerr.
Lawrence only had one fumble return touchdown in his career prior to Sunday, a 19-yard score against the Los Angeles Rams while playing for the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 9, 2022.
It’s also the first two forced fumbles of Knight’s career.
Knight was in the starting lineup in place of Ernest Jones IV, who was sidelined with a knee injury. Knight himself had a knee injury and a heart issue in training camp that sidelined him until the start of the season and he struggled early in the year.
Knight said that it took until after their loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 5 for his knee to feel back to 100 percent.
“I just feel like me again, just back moving and playing football better,” Knight said. “It’s good for my rehab to get back right, just for me staying strong and just staying locked in with everything. Things will work out how they’re supposed to work out.”
How much to read into the best rushing output of the year?
The Seahawks unquestionably had their best rushing performance of the season.
Seattle rushed for over 200 yards in the game before late kneel downs brought the total back down to 198 yards overall.
“Felt like we were physical. Felt like we were going to the right people,” Macdonald said. “We took the line. Thought our running backs played really well. Finished runs the right way. Ball was never in jeopardy. So those are all positive things.”
The Seahawks surpassed their previous season-high of 155 rushing yards, which also came against the Cardinals in Arizona in Week 4.
“This is the second game in a row now against Arizona that our offensive staff has done a great job of getting to runs that — through adjustments, part of our game plan, over the course of the game that made our run game finish strong. So both games. They deserve a lot of credit,” Macdonald said.
Getting the running game to be a consistent producer might be the final box the Seahawks need to check in their quest to becoming a legitimate Super Bowl contender. Seattle wants to run the ball and has been committed to it throughout the year, they just haven’t been as successful as they’d like to be.
Against Arizona, the Seahawks rushed 46 times for 198 yards with seven total players getting rushing attempts. Seven of those came from Sam Darnold and Drew Lock, so lets remove those and the minus-6 yards they combined for on those plays and it’s 39 carries for 204 yards and a 5.2 yards per carry average on the day.
“The backs were running great,” receiver Cooper Kupp said. “I thought the O-line did an awesome job as well. It’s not just about being positive, but the explosives that came out of the running game. Those are the kind of plays that make offenses very dangerous, when you can be explosive in both facets of your offense.”
Perhaps the best part of the performance came after consecutive drives with Seattle turnovers in the third quarter and a turnover on downs forced by the defense. The Seahawks ran 12 consecutive rushing plays, gaining 79 yards primarily behind the efforts of Zach Charbonnet that led to a Jason Myers field goal.
Charbonnet gained 61 yards over four consecutive rushing plays alone to begin the drive for Seattle’s offense.
“It feels great for the team,” wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba said. “I love seeing that. They can’t stop it, let’s keep going. I thought that everybody did a great job and it’s just another thing to focus on for defenses, which will open more things up, so (I’m) excited for that. They did a great job today.”
But was it just one good performance? Or is it a sign of things to come? The ground game appeared more successful with Olu Oluwatimi at center after Jalen Sundell left with an injury. Is that a causation or just a correlation?
Regardless, if this is a sign of things to come for Seattle’s rushing attack, the ceiling for this Seahawks team could be really high.
Jalen Sundell injury a concern for Seahawks’ offense.
Starting center Jalen Sundell left the game midway through the second quarter with a knee injury and was ruled out quickly by the Seahawks.
Sundell has started every game for Seattle this season and has helped the Seahawks keep quarterback Sam Darnold remarkably clean in the passing game throughout the year. Entering Sunday, Darnold had been sacked just nine times this year, which was tied with Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix for the fewest in the NFL.
The Seahawks built a 28-0 lead in the first half with Sundell at center before his injury with 9:09 left in the second quarter.
Macdonald said they don’t know the severity of the injury yet, but his initial thought is that it’s not season-ending.
“Not sure on the severity,” he said. “Looked like he was in good spirits. You know how it goes. We’ll see. We’ll get it imaged and move on from there. I mean, could come back to haunt me, I don’t think it’s season-ending.”
Olu Oluwatimi replaced Sundell for the rest of the game and the change had an immediate impact for Seattle.
After a goal line stand, the Seahawks were backed up at their own 1-yard line. After getting a yard to get a touch of breathing room, Darnold fumbled an exchange with Oluwatimi that was recovered by Arizona. Greg Dortch scored two plays later for the Cardinals’ first score of the day.
Bryce Cabeldue was the emergency center option for Seattle if they needed to turn to a third option in the game. Cabeldue has had limited action at the position, but had taken some snaps there as a contingency option. So has fellow rookie Mason Richman, but he was inactive for Sunday’s game.
The Seahawks did put Cabeldue in for their final series of the game to get some reps with backup quarterback Drew Lock as they ran out the clock. Cabeldue and Lock also had a fumbled exchange before settling in for the rest of the game.
“The first one was with Olu,” Macdonald said. “I think was the first snap, so that’s something we have to be better at. Happened again over there in four-minute with Drew and Bryce. Can’t have the ball on the ground in snaps.”
Seattle did run the ball well in the second half with Oluwatimi at center.
“I don’t know how he played, but felt like we moved the ball when we ran it and the center drives that. I can’t wait to watch it. But it’s great to have him right there ready to go,” Macdonald said.
Christian Haynes worked at center during training camp before a pectoral injury landed him on injured reserve. Haynes has been practicing the last two weeks since being designated to return from the injured list and could potentially factor in as a backup option when he returns to the roster.
The Source: Information in this story came from FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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I have always been in love with cities. I joke with friends that I have crushes on cities the way they have crushes on good-looking strangers. Sometimes—as with Paris and London—my unrequited crush meant finding an excuse to move there. With Seattle, however, that initial attraction grew into a long-term relationship.
Liz Dunn
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I arrived here as a “tech baby,” coming from Canada to work at Microsoft as a college intern. For a long time, I felt as though I were living in a bubble—until I realized I could pivot my career and work in and on the city I’d come to call home. Through my company, Dunn & Hobbes, I’ve done just that, spending more than 25 years building and renovating spaces for retail, restaurants, and creative work. I love old buildings—but what I love more is what happens inside and around them. I love making space for creative people and then watching them fully inhabit those places and thrive. I also love how a collection of structures on a block can become an economic and artistic ecosystem.
Working in real estate is not just about making deals—you’re crafting pieces of the city, and that comes with both impact and responsibility.
Small businesses are the heart and soul of any neighborhood. Research shows that locally owned businesses generate a much higher multiplier effect in the regional economy than national chains. Beyond economics, the independent shops, restaurants, and designers that comprise the core fabric of a city are the secret sauce that makes it feel unique.
Nowhere is that more evident than Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine corridor, where I’ve conducted most of my work and lived out large chunks of my adult life. During the past 25 years, it has become a case study in what happens when you preserve character and invest in small business. The area was once filled with old auto-row buildings that had fallen into disuse. Instead of wiping the slate clean, local developers, including me, saw an opportunity for creative reuse. Those buildings turned out to be perfectly scaled for independent retailers and restaurants, creating a unique critical mass that offers a popular destination for locals and tourists alike.
What makes Pike/Pine special is its texture and grit—the layered history you feel in both the physical architecture and the spirit of the shops and restaurants. A large percentage of businesses are owned by members of the LGBTQ+ community, women, immigrants, and people of color. The density of independent retailers and studios—and the inclusive community that supports them—creates omething you can’t replicate with a formula. It evolved over decades, shaped by artists, musicians, designers and small entrepreneurs willing to take risks and plant their flags.
Today, neighborhoods like Pike/Pine face challenges that threaten the tightly woven ecosystem that makes them thrive. There’s a difference between gritty and too gritty, and during the past six years, it’s become harder to attract people. Foot traffic in neighborhood retail districts is dropping, even as downtown begins to recover with tourism. Small businesses are dealing with crushing cost pressures, many tied to public safety concerns and well-intentioned policies with unintended consequences. Public safety has been the elephant in the room—though I do believe we are starting to see improvements. At the same time, our habits have changed. Seattleites have been hibernating, whether because of repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic or the convenience of delivery apps, streaming, and gaming.
And yet, people still deeply crave connection.
That’s why what’s happening in Pike/Pine right now is inspiring and hopeful. Many of the people who helped shape the neighborhood are still here, investing their time, money, and creativity because they care deeply about its future. We’re doubling down on what makes it special—art walks, a slate of new murals, the On The Block street fair, and Capitol Hill Block Party—all invitations for the community to come back out and re-engage.
This spring, on Saturday, May 16th, we’re launching something new: the Pike/Pine Spring Fashion Walk and Social. It’s designed to be an annual celebration that stretches across the neighborhood, anchored by a collection of activations at Melrose Market, and a runway show on the “catwalk” at Chophouse Row that will include Seattle fashion apparel leaders Glasswing, JackStraw, the Refind, the Finerie, and Flora and Henri. Neighborhood-based designer and brand activations up and down the corridor will include open studios, DJs, wine tastings, in-store pop-ups, and involvement from local college students—bringing in the next generation of designers and entrepreneurs. One of the goals is to remind everyone that Seattle still has amazing fashion “game,” offering a scene that is just as creative and diverse as anything you might find in New York or LA. At its core, this event is not about shopping. It’s about creating a reason for people to come together, to reconnect, and to experience the neighborhood as a shared space.
Because that’s the point. Cities work best when we show up—for them and for each other. Seattle’s culture is not something that exists just for us to consume; we are all participants in shaping it. So, my call to action is simple: come out. Walk around and meet your neighbors. Engage in what’s happening. It feels good—and it does good.
SEATTLE — Memorials are growing outside popular beer garden The Growler Guys in North Seattle, as friends and family honor the life of a young employee found dead at the business Saturday morning.
Seattle police said coworkers found the victim’s body with apparent fatal gunshot wounds inside The Growler Guys around 9 a.m. Saturday. Authorities have not publicly identified the victim yet. He was in his 20s.
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The young man’s death has shocked and shaken the surrounding North Seattle community.
Dozens of family members, friends, and regular customers surrounded the taped-off homicide scene for hours throughout the day Saturday. Several people who knew the victim described him as a friend to all, a family man, and a stand-out employee to his boss, Kelly Dole.
“He was a part of my community at The Growler Guys,” Dole said. “It’s been a joy just to see them together day after day, and for him to lose his life this way is just a shame and such a loss.”
The victim was also a close friend of Dole’s son for years.
The Growler Guys is closed for the time being, but many people stopped by on Sunday to drop off flowers, cards, or to stop to take a moment and reflect.
A note left at the corner of NE 85th St. and 20th Ave. NE was written by a family that had the victim serve them at The Growler Guys. “While we were only lucky enough to know you for one evening,” the note reads, “I know there are many, many more lives you have made a lasting impact on.”
Left next to the note was a child’s apple juice box. Coworkers of the victim said he always gave kids free apple juice.
“Don’t tell my boss,” they said the victim would say with a smile.
He really was important to the guests and always had a smile, Dole said of his young employee. He had worked at The Growler Guys for about a year.
The victim was killed sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, and police are still investigating a possible motive and suspect. So far, no arrests have been made.
People living nearby, who wanted to remain anonymous, said they didn’t hear any gunshots but called the death shocking: “Well, my heart breaks. My first thought is that it’s a tragedy,” one man said.
Anyone with information or surveillance video in the surrounding Lake City area should contact Seattle police or 911 immediately.
Dole said he hopes justice is served to offer a small piece of closure to the victim’s grieving family.
“My heart goes out to his mom and his dad, his brother and other family members,” Dole said. “It’s just so tragic.”
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‘Do you care more about the kids or the drug addicts?’: Jake calls out Seattle for potential homeless shelters near schools – MyNorthwest.com
After the Seattle City Council moved forward with legislation that would expand temporary homeless shelters without buffer zones near schools, KIRO host Jake Skorheim questioned who the city really cares about.
Jake wondered aloud about what goes on in a Seattle City Council member’s head, assuming they even read the proposal.
“They see the thing, they go like, ‘Well, what do we think about this one here, about school zones?’ They’re like, ‘I don’t know about that. Let’s scratch that out. We can have homeless people around school zones, drug addicts, people who are trying to get their fix,’” he said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio.
Seattle legislation would increase shelter capacity by 50%
If approved, the legislation would let temporary shelter sites, including tiny home villages, RV safe lots, and tent encampments, increase capacity by 50%, raising the maximum from 100 to 150 residents.
Approved amendments would require sites with more than 100 beds to maintain public safety plans and around-the-clock staffing. Another amendment would require shelters to establish agreements with surrounding neighborhoods outlining expectations for resident behavior and site management. A final amendment mandates at least one manager for every 15 high-needs residents.
Still, several nonprofits urged council members to pass the bill without amendments, arguing the added restrictions could slow resources to people experiencing homelessness and further stigmatize them.
Jake had a question for city leaders: “Who do you care more about? You care more about the kids or the homeless drug addicts?”
Watch the full discussion in the video above.
Listen to “The Jake and Spike Show” weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here.
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