The Seattle Seahawks’ defense put forth a dominant showing versus their NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals in Sunday’s crucial 16-6 Week 12 victory. Mike Macdonald’s defense was firing on all cylinders early. It turns out they set the tone during the opening half of Sunday’s triumph.

The Arizona Cardinals could not keep up their recent success. Coming off their bye week, they failed to score a touchdown and were limited only 298 yards as the Seattle Seahawks defeated them 16-6 at Lumen Field. Kyler Murray threw a pick-six and was sacked five times, and the Arizona offense was only 3-for-12 on third down.

The Seahawks have now strung together consecutive positive performances from the defense, and Macdonald hopes that momentum can carry as the team moves forward into December. Seattle is riding a two-game win streak for the first time since the team began the season 3-0.