Seahawks at Cardinals: 5 takeaways from the terrible tie

Seahawks at Cardinals: The Seattle Seahawks did just enough to avoid losing in Glendale against the Arizona Cardinals. Unfortunately, they didn’t do enough to win either.

Man, I sure didn’t see that result coming. The Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals played an entire extra 15 minutes of football, and neither team found the end zone. The result was an extremely rare tie game.

That 6-6 scoreline tells the story of a Seahawks team that did some very good things. It also tells the story of an offense that looked as bad as it possibly could have looked.

Seattle’s offense was so bad in this game that I cannot find the appropriate words to describe it right now. That pathetic performance should probably be one of my topics below, but it won’t be. I need a night to think this one over. I’ll delve into that topic tomorrow.

Here are my five takeaways from tonight’s tie:

1. What a great defensive performance

With Seattle’s offense doing absolutely nothing, the pressure was on the defense to try and keep the Seahawks in this game. That is exactly what they did.

Despite being on the field for almost 40 minutes, Seattle’s defense held Arizona to just 3 points in regulation.

Even with an entire extra period of football, Seattle’s defense remained solid. Getting a tie out of a game when the offense played that poorly is a tremendous result for the defense.