Overview

• Jason Myers drilled a 52-yard field goal as time expired to give Seattle a 23-20 win after Arizona had just tied the game.
• Following the tying score with 28 seconds left, Chad Ryland’s kickoff landed just short of the NFL’s designated landing zone, spotting the ball at the Seahawks’ 40-yard line by rule.
• Sam Darnold connected with Jaxon Smith-Njigba for 22 yards and Zach Charbonnet added a 4-yard run to cover 26 yards in 24 seconds and set up the winner.
• Seattle had preserved 28 seconds by using a late timeout before the Cardinals’ touchdown, enabling the final drive under the new kickoff format.
• Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon defended Ryland and said the plan was to keep the kick in play, while Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said he loves the rule and former QB Chase Daniel publicly criticized it as “so dumb.”