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Seahawks-Cardinals: 10 observations After breaking down film of both teams, Scouts Inc. offers 10 things to watch in this week's Seahawks-Cardinals matchup. 1. Seattle needs to control the clock. The last thing that the Seahawks can afford to do is to get into a track meet with Arizona's offense. Seattle lacks the explosive playmakers that Arizona QB Kurt Warner has to work with, so the Seahawks need to chip away at the Cardinals' defense with a strong ground game and short, high-percentage passes.

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Matchup
	W-L	PF	PA	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
SEA	3-6	187	198	3-2	0-4	1-3	2-5
ARI	6-3	229	184	2-3	4-0	2-1	4-2
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Individual Leaders

Seattle Passing   CMP% YDS TD INT Hassel... 58.8 1622 11 6 Wallac... 66.7 676 3 2

Arizona Passing   CMP% YDS TD INT Warner 66.9 2515 18 11 Leinar... 63.6 45 0 1

Seattle Rushing   CAR YDS AVG TD Jones 107 392 3.7 2 Forset... 37 246 6.6 1

Arizona Rushing   CAR YDS AVG TD Wells 86 395 4.6 3 Highto... 88 320 3.6 5

Seattle Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD Houshm... 50 582 11.6 3 Burles... 45 562 12.5 3

Arizona Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD Fitzge... 63 705 11.2 8 Breast... 39 545 14.0 3

Full Player Stats: Seattle | Arizona

TEAM AVERAGES & NFL RANKS
TEAM OFFENSE	TEAM	PER GAME AVERAGE
Total Yards	SEA	338.0
	ARI	355.0
Yards Passing	SEA	244.2
	ARI	271.0
Yards Rushing	SEA	93.3
	ARI	84.2
TEAM DEFENSE	TEAM	PER GAME AVERAGE
Yards Allowed	SEA	338.0
	ARI	354.4
Pass Yds Allowed	SEA	233.0
	ARI	253.4
Rush Yds Allowed	SEA	105.0
	ARI	101.0

HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUPS (SINCE 2001)
Series tied 8-8
Oct 18, 2009	SEA 3, @ARI 27
Dec 28, 2008	SEA 21, ARI 34
Nov 16, 2008	SEA 20, @ARI 26
Dec 9, 2007	SEA 42, @ARI 21
Sep 16, 2007	SEA 20, ARI 23
Dec 10, 2006	SEA 21, ARI 27
Sep 17, 2006	SEA 21, @ARI 10
Nov 6, 2005	SEA 33, ARI 19
Sep 25, 2005	SEA 37, @ARI 12
Dec 26, 2004	SEA 24, @ARI 21
Oct 24, 2004	SEA 17, ARI 25
Dec 21, 2003	SEA 28, @ARI 10
Sep 14, 2003	SEA 38, ARI 0
Nov 10, 2002	SEA 27, ARI 6
Sep 15, 2002	SEA 13, @ARI 24

Thanks to their perfect road record, the Arizona Cardinals have built a two-game lead in the NFC West, but they've inexplicably struggled to win at home.

After another stellar road performance, the Cardinals will try again to carry that success into Sunday's game against the visiting Seattle Seahawks.

Arizona's fans booed loudly during a 34-21 loss to Carolina on Nov. 1 as Kurt Warner tied a career high with five interceptions and lost a fumble.

A week later, Warner tied a career high with five touchdowns in a 41-21 win at Chicago. The Cardinals (5-3) scored on their first six possessions to build a 24-point lead early in the third quarter.

"So much of this business is how you respond and how you come back," said Warner, two touchdowns shy of 200 for his career. "I always want my teammates to know that I'm going to be there every week battling with them. And if I have a bad week, hopefully they can pick me up. If not, I'll try to do my best the next."

The Cardinals have won by an average of 16.3 points in their first four-game road win streak since 1982. They are 1/3 at home after going 6-2 there in each of the last two seasons.

Arizona needed a goal-line stand to record that lone win, 28-21 over Houston on Oct. 11.

The Cardinals have rushed for 108.5 yards per game on the road, registering a season-high 182 last week, compared to 50.5 at home.

Warner has 10 touchdowns and two interceptions in the four road wins, and nine INTs and six TDs at home.

"Whatever it is, why ever we make those mistakes at home," coach Ken Whisenhunt said, "that's something that we have to make our focus this week on eliminating."

The defense has given up 70.8 rushing yards per game away from home but 115.5 at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Cardinals have also forced 10 turnovers on the road and three at home.

"Inconsistency is the thing that I probably dislike the most at this point," Whisenhunt said. "We have a number of games where if we don't make mistakes, we could be in a better position than we are in right now."

As they attempt to turn around those struggles, the Cardinals couldn't face a much better opponent than the Seahawks (3-5).

Seattle has been outscored 95-44 in three straight road losses to open this season and has dropped 11 of 13 away from home since Dec. 16, 2007.

The Seahawks have also lost three in a row at Arizona and five of six overall meetings dating to Dec. 10, 2006.

That includes a 27-3 defeat Oct. 18 in which Warner completed 32 of 41 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns. Larry Fitzgerald hauled in one of those TDs among his season-high 13 receptions for 100 yards.

Seattle needed five interceptions and a record-setting performance from quarterback Matt Hasselbeck last week to rally past lowly Detroit 32-20 at home.

The Seahawks trailed 17-0 after the first quarter, but Hasselbeck completed a franchise-best 39 passes on 51 attempts for 329 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown to T.J. Houshmandzadeh early in the third quarter that gave the Seahawks the lead for good.

Josh Wilson sealed the victory with a 61-yard interception return for a score with 22 seconds left.

"I don't care who you're playing, if you have Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, whoever at quarterback -- Troy Aikman -- you don't want to get down 17-0. We're just fortunate," Houshmandzadeh said.

Hasselbeck is expected to be limited in practice this week as he hurt his shoulder while making a tackle after throwing an interception on Seattle's first play. The quarterback, 144 yards shy of 25,000 in his career, is also playing with broken ribs, which caused him to miss two games.

Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin is expected to return from a high right ankle sprain. Boldin didn't practice until two days before last week's victory and did so on a limited basis.

He said he was ready to play after warming up for the game, but the Cardinals made him inactive, and Boldin expressed his displeasure with the decision following the win.

"Nobody was man enough to come and tell me what was the situation," Boldin said.

Whisenhunt said he told Boldin after the list of inactive players was submitted and said the receiver's comments weren't a concern.

"In fact, that is kind of what you like to see because he wants to play," Whisenhunt said. "I think we all know how tough and how competitive Anquan is. The fact that he was upset that he didn't play is what you would expect. I certainly have no issues with that whatsoever."

The Cardinals may be without starting linebackers Gerald Hayes and Chike Okeafor, who are doubtful due to back injuries. Hays would miss his second straight game.

Cards' Dockett fined $7,500 for Hasselbeck hit

The NFL has fined Arizona Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett $7,500 for his elbow to the throat of Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.

Seahawks likely without starting corner Wilson

Josh Wilson is unlikely to play Sunday at Minnesota because of a concussion, leaving the Seahawks without a starting cornerback against Brett Favre and the high-flying Vikings.

FBO: Week 11 previews

Football Outsiders applies its metrics to Week 11 in the NFL. Observations: The Colts do have a weakness; the Broncos need to run more; Drew Brees is gonna air it out big-time in Tampa and yes, yes ... Philly is inconsistent.

Gallo: Jim Mora objects!

Seahawks head coach Jim Mora sent a list of 17 grievances to the NFL office this week. We caught a sneak peek.

Walter Jones 'was able 2 get in football stance 2day'

That's the twitter shorthand from the mountain of a man that has been a fixture at the left edge of Seattle's offensive line.

Tyler Roehl suffers torn anterior-cruciate ligament

Tyler Roehl, an undrafted free agent fullback signed by Seattle in April suffered a torn knee ligament during a non-contact practice on Monday, according to reporter Jeff Kolpack of The Forum, in Fargo, S.D. Roehl confirmed that it was his left knee that was injured.

Seahawks work on short-yardage, goal-line situations at practice

That's the description offered up by Matt Hasselbeck via his Twitter account. Of course, he used cool acronyms: SY and GL practice today.

Hasselbeck looks healthy, learning new Seattle offense

Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck looks healthy after being limited to seven games last season.

Seahawks rookie out to prove he's just the right size

Working with the Seattle Seahawks defensive line group, Nick Reed looks like a boy among men.

Sendlein played through pain in '08

It was surprising this off-season when the Cardinals opted not to try and upgrade their center position, given the occasional struggles of starter Lyle Sendlein in 2008.

Breaston blooms in Boldin's absence

Cardinals receiver Steve Breaston, seen here in action against the 49ers last season, is taking advantage of Anquan Boldin's absence in summer workouts.

The Risk Remains

Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald breaks the huddle during 11-on-11 drills Monday after coming down awkwardly on a catch earlier in the workout.

Fitzgerald OK after awkward catch

For a minute or two, it looked as if the first day of June would bring gloom to the Cardinals.

Boldin hires Condon as agent

Receiver Anquan Boldin has hired Tom Condon as his agent, replacing Drew Rosenhaus, who was fired last week.