‘Felt Really Good’: Drew Lock Delivers Masterpiece as Seahawks Throttle Cardinals

Stepping in to fill the big shoes left behind by injured starter Sam Darnold, the Seattle Seahawks didn’t need Drew Lock to be a superstar against the Arizona Cardinals to make a successful spot start. They simply needed him to take care of the football and manage the offense.

But in his first NFL start in nearly two years, on the heels of a strong performance subbing in for Darnold in the season opener, Lock orchestrated an All-Pro caliber performance at State Farm Stadium. Slinging the pigskin all over the field with decisiveness, accuracy, and enough zip to register triple digits on a radar gun, he turned in the best outing of his career as the Seahawks pulled away in the second half for a 31-7 rout of the Cardinals to improve to 2-0 and win a franchise record 12th straight game.

After completing 19 out of 26 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns to all-world receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba along with no turnovers, Lock could only gush about the way his supporting cast played around him, from a defense that didn’t give up a single play of more than 10 yards and consistently set the offense up with great field position to an offensive line that protected him all afternoon long and bashed the opposition in the run game throughout the second half.

“Felt really good,” Lock smiled as he summed up Seattle’s well-rounded beatdown. “It was a complete game, I’d say, from both sides of the ball. Special teams as well. Our defense is very good, giving us the ball in advantageous situations… Hats off to them for the way they played. Talk about the o-line for a sec. It’s awesome playing behind those guys. They’re an awesome group, awesome unit. Picked me up all week, talked me through everything all week.”