Arizona managed one field goal, failed to score a touchdown and finished with just 198 yards in a 17–3 loss to a Seahawks team playing without its starting quarterback.

SEATTLE — Calling the Cardinals’ offense disappointing almost lets it off easy. Arizona spent most of Sunday looking unable to sustain a drive, finish a scoring chance or give its defense any help. The result was a 17–3 loss to Seattle that dropped the Cardinals to 3–6. NFL gamebook AP recap

The numbers are ugly: 198 total yards, 3.9 yards per play, and just 50 rushing yards on 18 carries. Gardner Minshew completed 21 of 30 passes for 166 yards, but threw no touchdowns and was sacked three times. Arizona converted only four of 13 third downs and went 0-for-2 in the red zone. The offense’s only points came on Chad Ryland’s 28-yard field goal. NFL final statistics

Even the opening drive offered a warning. The Cardinals marched 89 yards, reached Seattle’s 10-yard line, and came away with three points. From there, the offense repeatedly stalled. At the end of the first half, Minshew was sacked and fumbled; Trey McBride recovered, but Arizona went into the break still trailing 14–3.

There was one late chance to make the game interesting. Arizona put together a 14-play, 76-yard drive and reached the Seattle 2. Then came the moment that summed up the afternoon: the Cardinals couldn’t get into the end zone and turned the ball over on downs. They finished the second half with just 88 net yards.

McBride caught seven passes for 54 yards, and Michael Wilson added six catches for 60. Those were respectable individual efforts trapped inside an offense that never found a rhythm. Tyler Allgeier managed 46 yards on 17 carries, an average of 2.7 per attempt. No one playmaker could make up for a ground game that kept putting Arizona behind schedule and a passing game that produced no scoring punch.

Seattle’s defense deserves credit. It held Arizona to 13 first downs, recorded three sacks and kept the Cardinals out of the end zone. The Seahawks did it without starting quarterback Sam Darnold; Drew Lock led Seattle to 17 points, while tight end AJ Barner scored once rushing and once receiving. This is a clear indicator of how drastically far apart in overall talent these two teams are, the Cardinals have lots of work to do to even get near the level of the Seahawks.

The defense kept the score within reach. The offense did almost nothing with that opportunity. A 3-point performance, two empty red-zone trips and a goal-to-go failure at the 2-yard line are more than a bad afternoon—they’re a blunt indictment of how Arizona played on that side of the ball.