Coach Pete Carroll had insisted that last week’s loss to the Rams was an aberration. He was confident the team of the previous five weeks — when it won five in a row by averaging 34 points — was the real Seahawks.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seahawks played Sunday without two starters on their offensive line, their top two running backs and their top two tight ends.
All the Arizona Cardinals knew, though, was that the Seahawks had too much of everything else for their liking.
In a rousing regular-season finale, the Seahawks routed the 2015 NFC West champion Cardinals 36-6, a performance that was surprising in its ease and heightened expectations for the playoffs.