The Seahawks finished victorious on Sunday, but it wasn't without some good and some bad plays in their 30-23 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.

The good: The Seahawks had four total takeaways -- two interceptions, a strip-sack fumble recovery, and a muffed punt recovery.

The bad: The Seahawks were called for 14 penalties (150 yards) and eight of them were on the defense.

Through a majority of three quarters, the Seahawks held a 21-point lead and looked to be working well offensively, with multiple players, including Tory Horton, Emanuel Wilson and Rashid Shaheed all having found the end zone up to that point.

But it was a handful of 15-yard penalties, including unnecessary roughness, a face mask and roughing the passer, that allowed the Chargers to make Sunday's matchup closer than Seattle would have liked, with L.A. cutting the lead to seven late into the fourth quarter.

"I think we're all collectively kind of pissed," Seahawks linebacker Ernest Jones IV said. "In this league, you can't extend drives for offenses, and we did that a hell of a lot today. So, we'll address it as a defense tomorrow and we'll get it fixed going into next week."

Head coach Mike Macdonald said the personal fouls were "unacceptable."

"To have seven personal foul penalties is unacceptable on any level, however you slice it," he said. "That's not us, and that's not going to be how we play football around here."

Macdonald knows that with the way he wants the team to play, there will be penalties that will be called and the team will take those on the chin.

"We have a spectrum around here on how we ascribe penalties," Macdonald said. "One is cost of doing business. In terms of playing style, we want to play hard. Sometimes we make mistakes. And on the other side of the spectrum, we call them selfish penalties. This is going to be a through not around next 24 to 48 hours on how we address the penalties."

So, when the team addresses the penalties on Monday, conversations will be had about what is and isn't Seahawks football.

"We talk as men," Jones said. "Hey, we just can't have that. It's as simple as that. Some penalties are in the heat of the moment. Not saying the guys purposely trying to hurt the team at all, but it's football, things happen. We just got to watch the film on those penalties and see where we can be better."

The four takeaways were a point of emphasis this week for Seattle.

"We made an emphasis on taking the ball away this week and it came to life," said linebacker Drake Thomas, who picked off Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert on the game's very first play from scrimmage. "I feel like every single time we put emphasis on certain things within the unit, those things always come to life and we improve on them."

Sunday's four takeaways by the Seahawks, which followed last week's loss where the defense forced zero turnovers, was unsurprising for Macdonald.

"The guys will be great," he said. "You know, any time we've set our intention on something, I have a hard time finding an exception, the guys have done it. So we just have to be honest with our process on how we approach it and how we go through it, straight up. It's everybody pulling the same direction. It's where we want to improve. There's other part of the game where I thought we did a great job. There's areas where we didn't. The run game on defense isn't good enough. We have to be better there as well."

Safety Rodney Thomas II added: "Taking the ball away, taking the ball away, taking the ball away. We pride ourselves on defense about it. When we win the turnover margin, we win the game or there's a higher chance of us winning the game, so we just focus a lot on the ball and taking the ball away."

Though the penalties were frustrating and something the Seahawks know they will address and fix this week, Macdonald and the team were proud of the way they closed out the game.

"We have to stay together," Macdonald said. "As frustrated as we were, we have to go win the game."

Outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu, who notched a strip-sack to seal the game and received a game ball for his effort on Sunday, explained what the Dark Side defense calls those moments when a big play is necessary.

"That's what we call the death zone," Nwosu said. "We got to have it in situations that our backs against the wall and we rise out of it. That's what we call the death zone and shout out to the guys for making those plays when time needed."

Closing out the game with a Nwosu strip-sack and Derick Hall's recovery was proof enough for Seattle that they are confident in themselves moving forward.

"I think I'm a firm believer, like in this league, certain moments and how you win games, they set you up for later on down the line," Jones said. "So there's going to come another moment. There's going to be moments in game where defense is going to be on the field. So you need those stops and moments like that just builds confidence that you can do it, that you can and you will go get those stops."

The defense though made life difficult for Herbert, who went 19-of-31 passing for 189 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, was sacked four times by four different players.

"Shout out to the entire defense. We stood strong no matter what," Nwosu said. "We was up and down like this. We let the emotions get the best of [us], but we stayed strong together and we battled. Credit to the interior line for getting that great push, D Law (DeMarcus Lawrence) and I think Murph (Byron Murphy II) was also winner, forcing the quarterback to not be able to step up. And he retreated and I just kept rushing. I was able to make a play. So shout out to the D line and shout out to the defense."

Seattle will look to make adjustments and clean up their operation before a divisional matchup against the San Francisco 49ers next week.

"I would say we're very grateful for a win," Macdonald said. "To be 3-1 is a tribute to our guys and our mentality throughout the week. I thought our guys were great throughout the week in terms of our approach, and to win in the NFL is dang hard. With humility, we're really grateful for where we're at right now and excited to move forward, but we also understand that we have definitely a lot of room for improvement with our operation, how we take care of the football… Got to look forward, move forward. Got a big week ahead of us, and guys are excited. They played extremely hard, stayed together, and did enough to win the game, so we're thankful."