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GLENDALE C. J. Prosise Color Rush Jersey , Ariz. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks got a victory but lost an embittered Earl Thomas with a fractured leg.The Arizona Cardinals remained winless but had to be encouraged with the performance of rookie quarterback Josh Rosen in his first start.It was a mixed bag for both teams but the Seahawks came away with the victory Sunday when Sebastian Janikowski, after two earlier misses, kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired for a 20-17 victory over the Cardinals, who fell to 0-4 for the first time since 1986, two years before the franchise moved from St. Louis.“We ran the ball for over 170 yards, which is fantastic,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “Mike Davis ran like crazy. He gave us a great effort on a day when Chris (Carson) couldn’t go.”Thomas sustained a lower left leg fracture while defending what turned out to be the game-tying touchdown pass from Rosen to Chad Williams in the fourth quarter.Obviously frustrated, Thomas made an obscene gesture toward the Seattle side of the field as he was carted off.Thomas had been embroiled in a contract squabble with the Seahawks, skipping some practices to show his ire. His teammates understood his frustration.“It’s an unfortunate part of the business,” Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. “If he doesn’t come back, he’s not a team guy. If he does come back, he gets hurt and they say he shouldn’t have come back. It’s a crazy business that we’re in.”Rosen, meanwhile, was impressive in his starting debut, completing 15 of 27 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown with no interception. He had several passes dropped.“I thought he played fantastic,” said teammate Larry Fitzgerald, who uncharacteristically dropped a couple. “I didn’t do him any justice by making plays for him, but I think he stuck in there and made some wonderful plays, some great throws.”Here are some things to consider from Seattle’s victory over Arizona.ROSEN’S DAYRosen said he had a couple of scrambles out of the backfield “that kind of got me in the flow of the game a little bit in the sense of like, ‘I belong here.”He said he felt more comfortable as the game went on and was at his most effective completing three big passes leading to his 22-yard TD toss to Chad Williams to tie the game at 17-17.“Again, his poise showed up,” coach Steve Wilks said. “… Total control over that whole drive.”INJURED SEAHAWKSThomas wasn’t the only Seattle player to be injured.Rookie tight end Will Dissly was carted off in the first quarter with a patellar tendon injury.“There’s nothing we can do but send love to them and build them up and all that,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “The bittersweet is so obvious. That’s how we’re feeling about it.”DAVIS RUNS WILDThrough the first three games this season, Davis had three carries for three yards.With Collins unable to play on Sunday Tre Madden Color Rush Jersey , Davis ran wild, gaining 101 yards in 21 attempts, including TD runs of 20 and one yards.“Mike Davis stepped up in a huge, huge way,” Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson said. “He was the star of the game, I think, just making so many plays. He’s an explosive player. He works the right way. He’s a professional. He comes in ready.”After his TDs, Davis did a celebration that included him waking from a slumber.“I just feel like I have been slept on ever since I came into the NFL,” he said. “It is just a reminder that I will wake them up one day.”JOHNSON’S PROGRESSFinally, David Johnson began to look like David Johnson.The Arizona running back topped 100 yards from scrimmage. He rushed for 71 yards in 22 attempts, including a 21-yard run, and caught three for 41 yards, including a 30-yard screen pass on Arizona’s game-tying TD drive.But Johnson gave himself poor grades.“I don’t know about the other guys, but I’m very disappointed in myself,” he said. “I had a lot of mental errors, man, and I didn’t do enough to help out the team.”KICKING WOESJankowski and Dawson are two of the most experienced kickers in the business, but they each missed twice.“No excuses,” Dawson said. “I go out there whenever I’m told to go out there, and it’s my job to put the ball through the posts. And twice today, I didn’t do that.”Dawson missed a 45-yarder that would have given Arizona the lead with 1:50 to play. Seattle drove downfield, with no timeouts, to set up Janikowski’s winning kick. Even if you’re not Pete Carroll, and you didn’t receive Kam Chancellor Color Rush Jersey , on Christmas Eve, a contract extension paying you a rumored $11 million annually, the Seattle Seahawks still got you something. Tis the season and all.They don’t even care if you were on the naughty list. They got you something. Five somethings.The PlayoffsSince Russell Wilson has arrived, a playoff berth, sitting under the tree at Christmastime, has been like the cozy, predictable, ubiquitous pair of socks from your grandmother. You know, the gift you can spot ahead of time, before it’s unwrapped, from the return address label even; the one you can count on year after year; the one you know will be there no matter what else is wrong with the world. They’re nice socks, too. Socks are an underrated present.Then, one year (let’s call it 2017), no socks. What the? The gift’s missing and you wonder what happened. Is Grandma okay?Guess what! The socks are back. She’s fine. The Seahawks are fine. They’re right where they belong this time of year: in the mix for another title, and trending up, not down.Backing up a couple years, Seattle has made the playoffs the second-most times this decade, on seven occasions, tied with Green Bay and trailing only New England’s nine. Let’s never again grow used to being there in January. A Shiny New BackBefore the Chiefs game, who thought Akeem King, the defensive back you forgot was on the roster, would be a factor? Who thought he’d play at all? Who thought he would help contain Travis Kelce (5 catches for 54 yards only)?King played 13 snaps on Sunday night and made the most of them. Four tackles logged, and he was a major part of keeping the explosive Chiefs offense to a so-so day in the red zone instead of a great one. Kansas City went just 2-of-4 in the red zone, a major difference in a game decided by one score.King earned more playing time. Merry Christmas to him and us.A Top Offense Did you know? The Seahawks are sixth in scoring this season and have so far bested the vaunted offenses of the Patriots (8th) Shaquem Griffin Color Rush Jersey , Texans (10th), Falcons (11th) and Packers (12th).Their 26.7 ppg far eclipses last year’s 22.9 effort.They can rush the ball (no kidding) and Wilson can sling it with the best, as he proved in outdueling probable MVP Patrick Mahomes under the Sunday Night lights.The line can block. The receivers catch everything, and sometimes more. Doug Baldwin caught this ball, which, uh:The Seahawks are a top offense, like it or not. They’ve made the switch, found their proper play station, whether it’s Wilson who drops dimes or Chris Carson who wrecks boxes full of defenders. What a nice present.StabilityWith an extension through 2021 for Carroll, the Seahawks have something most other franchises only fantasize about: long-term front-office continuity.And it does not matter that Carroll will turn 70 during the 2021 season, in September. He has the energy of two 35-year-olds and the body of one.The Seahawks have the fourth-best record in the league since Carroll arrived. Even counting the pair of 7-9 seasons he posted at the start of his Seattle tenure, he trails only the Patriots, Steelers, and Packers in 2010s victories. Look.NFL DECADE STANDINGS (regular season)NEP: 112-31. Games behind: zeroPIT: 93-49-1. Games behind: 18.5GB: 89-52-2. Games behind: 22SEA: 88-54-1. Games behind: 23.5With a Seattle win and a Green Bay loss to close out the season, the Seahawks would vault into third place for the decade.What do all four franchises have in common? Coaching stability. Granted, there is some chicken-and-egg mechanism at work, with teams obviously loath to fire coaches who win the most. But it’s impossible to fail to notice: only one of those teams above has fired its coach this decade, and it was earlier this month at that, with poor Mike McCarthy in Green Bay.Thanks for staying, and thanks for winning, Pete.This ThrowHave you every seen anything prettier? No. The answer is no.Put that in your stocking and watch it on repeat.