NFL: Arizona Cardinals 6 Seattle Seahawks 6 OT recap and analysis

The seventh Sunday Night of the season saw the Cardinals host the Seahawks in a derby of the AFC West division, a deeply felt playing in recent years given the successes in the regular season of both franchises. The first quarter as one might have thought was completely dominated by the defenses, impeccable both against the steps against the races dominating the battles on the line of scrimmage, forcing many three and out making the game very fragmented. The first chance of scoring points happened on the foot of the Cardinals kicker Chandler Catanzaro after a good drive could score the first field goal of the night but thanks to a great game of middle linebacker Wagner saw his effort stopped before the ball take flight continuing a losing streak in season special teams Arizona guilty of having made heavy mistakes in key moments so far. Fortunately for the home side their defense still continued to make a huge global labor and especially in putting pressure on Wilson who was never able to find a free handset that pass the ball, to the Cardinals next drive thanks to running back David Johnson was not limited only to run the ball, but to receive it but also with screen and flat tracks, unable to move toward the end zone giving Seattle a second chance, this time from 46 yards in Catanzaro that no mistake and gave the only three points the first half of the match of his team that came back in the locker room in a 3-0 advantage by giving less than 50 total yards to the attack host. The third portion of the game became more physical transforming not only individual but also tackle each individual block, cover and contact in a matter of life or death sportingly speaking, this made it impossible to score more points for both teams, Seattle led by a Wilson unable to use his legs to get out of the pocket as it usually does with much success, he found many difficulties to get into the rhythm and produce effective play saw predictability Wilson once held in the pocket, on the other hand, the very physical cover with pressure on the line of scrimmage of the defensive back of the Seahawks destroyed the timing between Palmer and them, the only difference trai hosts and their opponents was in being able to run the ball thanks to a good line work and a great running back as David Johnson able to do everything on a football field. The game followed these tracks up to 4:33 on the clock in the fourth quarter when once again the special teams Arizona became protagonists in negative making blocking a punt on their own 20 yard line, luckily their defense limited the damage by giving only three points arising by a field goal of 40 yards by kicker Haushka which he sent to all intents and purposes the game in overtime, an overtime that saw the Cardinals have their first offensive possession of the period managing to score three points but did not close the games since the Seahawks they still had possession for groped to match or win the game and thanks to the first real good drive Russell Wilson, also helped by Baldwin succeeded in the enterprise to score against the excellent defense of the Cardinals drawing the game with his second field goal of Hauschka . After a holding in the head right now that would mark the first would bring home the game, before the Cardinals were unable to score a touchdown from a yard, they tried to kick a field goal but again Catanzaro missed blatantly hitting the pole giving Seattle the chance to win but on the other side Hauschka missed a kick from 20 yards, which set the final tie between the two teams, so much regret for the Cardinals that playing to the limit of perfection in defense and thanks to a multitude of mistakes on special teams missed the opportunity to close the gap with their divisional rivals.

MVP: The entire defense of the Cardinals