Midterm grades just dropped for all 32 NFL teams after nine weeks, and while we are always looking forward, you have to peek at the NFC West report card. Our division rival, the Arizona Cardinals, just got slammed with a C-. And for anyone who was at Lumen Field earlier this season, that grade probably feels like a score we are all too familiar with.
Arizona’s Rough Road to a C-
The Cardinals are really struggling, pulling in a C- at the halfway point of the 2026 season. They did manage to snag a couple of wins at SoFi Stadium and another in Dallas during the first half of the season, so they aren’t completely winless like some other squads out there. But let’s be brutally honest, their quarterback situation is a mess: Gardner Minshew II is injured, and Jacoby Brissett got sent to third string before being banished to Baltimore. The article even calls their division “impossible,” and when you are shuffling QBs like that, trying to get better is a serious uphill climb. Remember Zach Charbonnet, our own running back? He was tackled by Cardinals’ Cody Simon and Andrew Wingard in the fourth quarter at Lumen Field. That play is a small snapshot, but it speaks volumes about the Cardinals’ fight against us, and their overall limitations when facing a tough team.
Why Seattle Already Knew That Grade Was Coming
You want to talk about a grade being “earned”? Just look at the scoreboard from our game against them: Seattle Seahawks 17, Arizona Cardinals 3. That is right, a dominant 17-3 victory at Lumen Field, where our defense absolutely locked them down, holding them to a single field goal. While the official midterm report card did not give us a specific grade, our performance against a team that is clearly struggling set the absolute tone for their C-. When you are stuck in an “impossible division,” every loss hurts, but one as definitive as that 17-3 smackdown really highlights the gap. It shows why their path to improvement is going to be so darn tough.
Midterm grades are out, but for us 12s, the focus is always forward. The second half of the season is here, and every single game in the NFC West is going to be a battle. Let’s keep that energy going and show the rest of the league what Seattle football is truly about!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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