The Seahawks came into Sunday's game against the Cardinals missing several of their top players, with quarterback Sam Darnold, defensive tackle Leonard Williams, outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu, receiver Rashid Shaheed, guard Quenton Nelson and tackle Charles Cross all ruled out due to injury.

But thanks to their overall talent and depth, the Seahawks were still able to be in control for nearly all of Sunday's game, beating the Cardinals, 17-3, at Lumen Field to improve to 5-4.

"This is a 70-man roster week," Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said Friday. "This is a strength of the Seahawks, this is why we build the team the way we try to, because we know that inevitably there are going to be opportunities for these guys to play."

Here are five rapid reactions to Sunday's win over the Cardinals:

1. After allowing one long scoring drive, the Seahawks defense was dominant.

The Cardinals' first possession of the game began at their own 1-yard line thanks to a beautiful 57-yard Michael Dickson punt that stopped dead just short of the goal line, but Gardner Minshew and the Arizona offense were able to get out of that hole and drive to take an early lead. Yes, there was a debatable call on a deep third-down catch on the sideline to extend the drive -- Mike Macdonald challenged the ruling of a catch, but the call stood -- but the Cardinals also managed a few other chunk plays to get into the. Seattle's defense, which has struggled in the red zone at times this season, got the stop to hold Arizona to a field goal. From that point on, however, the Dark Side defense was in total control of the game.

After gaining 89 yards on that opening drive, the Cardinals managed just 109 the rest of the way, finishing with 198 in the game. Aside from a one-play drive at the end of the half, which ended on Dante Fowler Jr.'s first sack as a Seahawk, the Cardinals punted on five straight possessions before, managing only five first downs on those possessions, a long drive in the fourth quarter that ended on a turnover on downs.

The Seahawks will have come out of the game feeling like they also should have a couple of takeaways if not for questionable calls. Ernest Jones IV appeared to force a fumble with a hit on Trey McBride in the second quarter, and Seattle recovered, but after a discussion the officials ruled McBride's forward progress was stopped, a ruling that is not reviewable. In the fourth quarter, a Josh Jobe interception was wiped out by a pass interference call on the cornerback, but on replay it looked like McBride simply lost his footing.

Even without any takeaways, there was a ton to like about the defensive effort, most notably the goal-line stand on the fourth-quarter drive extended by that debatable PI call, a series that ended with Nick Emmanwori breaking up a fourth-and-goal pass to McBride in the end zone. The Seahawks also notched three sacks, with Byron Murphy II, DeMarcus Lawrence and Fowler all getting in on the action, and had eight tackles for loss, including three from Derick Hall, two each from Lawrence and Murphy, and one from Devon Witherspoon, who was also in on a tackle for loss credited to Murphy.

With Sunday's result, the Seahawks limited the Cardinals two a total of two scores -- a touchdown in their previous meeting and a field goal Sunday -- and 349 total yards in two games this season. According to NFL Research, Arizona's 10 points combined in those 2026 matchups against Seattle is tied for the fewest by any team in a season series against a division opponent in the last five seasons.

2. The Seahawks felt the presence of Price and Charbonnet being back.

The Seahawks finally got healthy at running back last week with Jadarian Price and Zach Charbonnet returning from injury, but they had fewer limitations on them in their second game back, and it showed as both played key roles in Sunday's win.

Price was Seattle's leading receiver with 54 yards on four catches, marking the first time this season anyone but Jaxon Smith-Njigba has led the team in receiving, and he added 24 yards on nine carries.

Charbonnet, in just his second game back from a torn ACL, rushed for 77 yards on 16 carries, including some hard-fought yardage to help the Seahawks run out the clock, and also added 9 yards on one reception, with another long catch and run getting wiped out by a penalty at the end of the play.

3. Lock was solid again in relief of Darnold.

Despite being limited in practice for the last three weeks, Drew Lock was healthy enough to fill in for Sam Darnold, and did what the Seahawks needed to lead the offense to a win.

Lock was a solid, if not spectacular, going 11-of-28 passing for 175 yards and a touchdown, giving him a passer rating of 96.6, and he also picked up a third-down conversion with a scramble. Most importantly, for the third time in as many games this season, he played turnover-free ball to help the Seahawks stay in control of the game.

4. Barner doubled up on touchdowns.

The Seahawks have been very successful running short-yardage sneaks with AJ Barner under center, and that continued Sunday with the tight end picking up three first downs on three rushes. Two of his runs came on back-to-back plays, a second-and-1 sneak at the 2-yard line, followed by a 1-yard touchdown run on the next play. Later in the second quarter, he caught a touchdown pass from Lock, making him the first Seahawk since Chris Carson in 2019 to have rushing and receiving touchdowns in the same quarter. It was the second multi-touchdown game of Barner's career and first via rushing and receiving scores.

5. Emmanwori came through on big downs.

While Nick Emmanwori's stat line shows a pretty quiet game -- two tackles, one QB hit and one pass defensed -- the second-year safety was a big factor in a dominant defensive performance.

Most notably. Emmanwori had a key fourth-down pass breakup in the end zone to help clinch the win, knocking the ball away from a diving Trey McBride. Emmanwori also covered McBride, Arizona's top weapon in the passing game, multiple times on third down, including on a Seahawks sack and that knocked Arizona out of field goal range. Emmanwori also had a couple of pressures on third-down pass rushes, one of which led to an intentional grounding call.