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I think it’s easy to say Seahawks-Cardinals is not a rivalry due to the Seahawks’ 4-2 record (including a sweep last year) since Russell Wilson arrived in the Pacific Northwest, take another sip of your Keystone Light, then lean back in your seat with a well-deserved sense of satisfaction.
To you, I would say this: The Cardinals’ starting quarterbacks in those six games: John Skelton, John Skelton, Carson Palmer, Carson Palmer, Drew Stanton, Ryan Lindley.
Obviously, Palmer is going to be under center Sunday night, and the teams split the two games Palmer played in. The Cards’ one victory with Palmer came in the QB’s only visit to Seattle, a 17-10 win that was the last loss of the 2013 season for the eventual Super Bowl champs.
That game, if you remember, was an ugly, nasty classic. Wilson’s 11-yard pass to Zach Miller midway through the fourth quarter was the first touchdown of the game, giving Seattle a 10-9 lead. At that point, Palmer was 10-for-21 for 122 yards and four interceptions. He took Arizona on a 10-play, 80-yard drive, connecting with Michael Floyd on a 31-yard TD pass, Floyd juggling it with Byron Maxwell right in his shirt, with 2:13 left to win it.
The sense is that everyone is waiting for Seattle to flip a switch and dominate again. But it’s the Cardinals who have the second-highest point differential in football this year, behind only the Patriots (yes, Arizona’s +110 is better than Cincinnati and Carolina). These teams, of course, still have one more date this season, Week 17 in Glendale.
