Arizona Cardinals Down 9-3 To Seahawks At Halftime

First Half summary of Arizona Cardinals vs Seattle Seahawks game in Seattle

Well the Arizona Cardinals defense is keeping the team in the game today.  The Seattle Seahawks offense hasn’t done a lot but its done enough to hold a 9-3 lead at halftime at Century Link Field in Seattle.

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Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton threw an interception early in the quarter to put the defense in a tough position again but so far they’ve been able to keep the Seattle offense out of the end zone.

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson didn’t play too badly but the Cardinals defense was able to sack him five times.  Defensive end Calais Campbell has three sacks alone.  Safety-linebacker Deone Bucannon had a huge sack of Wilson early in the quarter to force the Seahawks to kick a field goal.

The special teams of the Cardinals also came up big, blocking a field goal attempt of Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka.  Coming off of that block got the Cardinals offense going again.  Stanton drove the Cardinals down to a first and goal at the three yard line before halftime but they could not punch it in the end zone.  That was a huge win for the Seattle defense.

The Cardinals were able to put points on the board before halftime though so you have to look at the positives there.  Stanton went 9-18 for 85-yards and the interception in the first half.  As for the running game, it is practically non-existent again.  Running back Andre Ellington has run the ball seven times for 13-yards.  Stanton had a 13-yard run himself for the biggest gain on the ground in the game for the Cardinals.