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 With their fifth straight victory, the Seahawks improved to 11-4
and can clinch the division ahead of the Cardinals (11-4) with a win
next Sunday against the St Louis Rams in their regular season finale
or an Arizona loss at San Francisco.
The Seahawks and the injury-ravaged Cardinals stepped onto the field
at University of Phoenix Stadium knowing they had already secured a
playoff spots but with plenty at stake with a home playoff date on
the line.
Seattle piled up a franchise record 596 yards of total offense
against one of the NFL's top-ranked defenses as Wilson recorded the
longest run of his career (55 yards) and Marshawn Lynch rumbled for
a pair of scores, including a 79-yarder in the fourth quarter.
 After a scoreless opening quarter, the Cardinals registered first in
the second on a 27-yard Chandler Catanzaro field goal before the
Seahawks replied on their next possession, Wilson finding tightend
Luke Wilson with an 80-yard touchdown strike.
Seattle took control of the contest when Lynch capped off a short
drive with a six-yard run to send the Seahawks into the break 14-3
ahead.
A 32-yard Catanzaro field goal accounted for all the scoring in the
third before Seattle put the contest away with a 21-point explosion
in the fourth.
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Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Cardinals
will try to regroup behind third string quarterback Ryan Lindley.
Lindley, getting the start due to injuries to Carson Palmer and Drew
Stanton, came into the game having never thrown a touchdown pass and
left it the same way completing 18-of-44 passes for 216 yards with
one interception.
Taken in the sixth round of the 2012 draft, Lindley hold the dubious
record of having thrown the most NFL passes (225) without a
touchdown.
(Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto; Editing by John O'Brien)
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