Seattle Seahawks Rookie WRs Help Build Halftime Lead Over Arizona Cardinals

The Seattle Seahawks lead the Arizona Cardinals at halftime.

The Seattle Seahawks let one slip away from them in Week 6's 17-13 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, but came out stronger in the first half of Sunday's meeting against a pesky Arizona Cardinals team at Lumen Field.

Behind a pair of touchdowns from rookie receivers Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Jake Bobo, the Seahawks headed into the locker room with a 14-10 lead at halftime.

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith finished the first half 12 of 15 passing for 149 yards and two touchdowns. With DK Metcalf inactive, Smith's favorite first-half target was Smith-Njigba, who had four catches (on six targets) for 63 yards and the touchdown.

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Despite a slow start, Cardinals quarterback Joshua Dobbs made one of the plays of the first half that helped keep Arizona in it. Faced with a 1st and goal from the 25-yard line after a series of penalties, he broke free untouched for a 25-yard rushing touchdown to give the Cardinals a 10-7 lead in the second quarter. 

This helped make up for his lackluster stat line of 8 of 18 passing for 64 yards.

However, the Cardinals have proven they're better than the 1-5 record shows. Arizona's special teams came up with a big turnover on special teams after Seattle running back DeeJay Dallas fumbled on a punt return. The ensuing recovery from the Cardinals resulted in a field goal for Arizona to make it a 7-3 game.

Arizona looked like it'd be adding another field goal in the final seconds of the half, but a sack of Dobbs and more penalties halted the drive.

The Seahawks will receive the second-half kickoff.