DeMarcus Lawrence has scored four touchdowns on defense during his career. Soobum Im / Getty Images

By The Athletic NFL Staff

Nov. 9, 2025 7:39 pm EST

By Michael-Shawn Dugar, Doug Haller and Alex Valdes

DeMarcus Lawrence scored more touchdowns than Jaxon Smith-Njigba on Sunday in Seattle — and the Seahawks are totally cool with it.

The 12th-year linebacker tied an NFL record by scoring two touchdowns on scoop-and-scores as the Seahawks (7-2) scored 35 points in the first 22 minutes and coasted to a 44-22 victory over the Arizona Cardinals (3-6). Seattle has won seven of eight since dropping its season opener.

Lawrence tied the record of two touchdowns scored by a defensive player in one game, a record held by several dozen players. On both of Lawrence’s scores — from 34 yards and from 22 yards — linebacker teammate Tyrice Knight knocked the ball out of Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett’s throwing hand.

Name a more iconic duo… we’ll wait. 😏 @Tyricek_ @TankLawrence

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— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) November 9, 2025

Cardinals crash back to Earth

Arizona’s win over Dallas last week and the national attention on Kyler Murray’s future offered a nice diversion, but reality hit in Seattle. Hard. The Seahawks might be the NFL’s best team, so beating them on the road would’ve required a Herculean effort, especially with three defensive starters out with injuries. The Cardinals not only fell incredibly short, which would’ve been excusable, but they also never gave themselves a chance, which is not.

Seattle dominated Arizona’s offensive line, turning two sacks of Brissett into touchdowns, and that was pretty much it. Game over. Teams trailing 35-0 midway through the second quarter are not to be taken seriously. After so many close losses, you kind of knew a game like this was coming. Especially with all the QB drama. At 3-6, the Cardinals are all but out of the division race. They still have time to make this season respectable. But they’ll have to be much better. — Doug Haller, Cardinals senior writer

‘Hawks haven’t trailed since Oct. 12

Seattle was so dominant in the first half that being outscored by Arizona in the second was mostly meaningless. The Seahawks scored the first 35 points of the game — two rushing, one passing and two on defense — and that was more than enough to coast to a fourth straight victory and sweep Arizona on the season. The Seahawks haven’t trailed in a game since Week 6, and they’ve outscored their opponents by more than 100 points this year. The Seahawks once again demonstrated they’re the real deal. The Cardinals were just the latest team to end up on the wrong end of a lopsided result against one of the league’s best clubs. — *Michael-Shawn Dugar, *Seahawks writer

Macdonald has built a monster

Seattle’s defense allowed a few scores in the second half, but two of those drives netted a combined 22 yards. Coach Mike Macdonald’s unit is a monster, even when it is shorthanded, as was the case Sunday. Seattle was without safety Julian Love, cornerback Josh Jobe, linebacker Ernest Jones IV and defensive tackle Jarran Reed. And it didn’t matter. Arizona couldn’t move the ball until the score got out of hand, and Brissett was under duress all afternoon. Seattle has one of the league’s best defenses and arguably the best in the NFC. — Dugar

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