The Seattle Seahawks (3-6) took an early lead on the Arizona Cardinals (6-3), but they could not hold on to it.  The Seahawks had a 7-0 lead after one, when Justin Forsett scored on an 11-yard run.  Matt Hasselbeck and John Carleson put the Seahawks up 14-0 when they connected on a 31 yard touchdown pass.  The Cardinals finally answered with a Kurt Warner touchdown pass and then both teams hit field goals to put the halftime score at 17-10.  Hasselbeck was having a good game until late, when he threw two interceptions.  The Cardinals had come back and had a lead late in the game, when Hasselbeck’s comeback efforts turned into interceptions.  He finished with 315 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions on  26/52 pass attempts.  He and T.J. Houshmandzadeh hooked up for some big plays and Housh finished with 165 receiving yards on 9 catches.  Justin Forsett ran the ball great for the Seahawks, but could not get into the endzone after his first quarter score.  He finished with 123 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

It looked like the Seahawks defense knew how to shut down the explosive Arizona offense, as they held them scoreless for most of the first half.  It seems as though the Cardinals were just off to a slow start and the Hawks’ defense was not the main reason why.  Kurt Warner and the Cardinals offense when on to score 21 points in the second half.  They let rookie Beanie Wells run all over them and he scored twice.  He hurt them in the running game (85 yards on 16 carries) as well as the passing game (32 yards on 2 catches).  Warner sealed the win late in the 4th when he hit Larry Fitzgerald for an 18-yard touchdown pass.  The Seahawks put up a good effort, but they need to do a better job keeping a lead and coming out ready to play in the second half.  They were outscored 21-3 after halftime.