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The and did not exactly shower themselves in glory during the latest edition of "Thursday Night Football."Seattle eventually won 22-16 but it was a war of attrition because of injuries, penalties, drops, mi sed throws and other miscues. At times it seemed as though the Seahawks were going to keep the Cardinals in the game through a sheer stubborn insistence on being caught committing as many penalties as po sible -- Arizona's first scoring drive saw them gifted four first downs by Seattle fouls Tommy Pham Jersey . It was the fourth straight game in which the Seahawks committed at least 10 penalties (12 for 108 yards in all).Had not repeatedly mi sed open receivers down the field and over the middle, the Seahawks might have been trailing at one point or another. Alas, Stanton just couldn't get it done. He made a few nice throws here and there, but his inaccuracy on downfield plays prevented the Cardinals offense from ever getting on track. And so it was a low-scoring, close affair for a lot of the night.Eventually, stepped up and made a miraculous play to help his team pull ahead for good, as he so often does. Wilson was bottled up for much of the night, sacked five teams and forced to check down repeatedly. Early in the fourth quarter, though, he scrambled away from the Cardinals pa s rush, wheeled around a few times and flung the ball in the general direction of . The rest was one of the best plays of the season Tyler Glasnow Jersey . THAT. WAS. UNBELIEVABLE.QB wizardry, by ! NFL (@NFL) Seattle scored again on the next play, pushing its lead to 12 points -- a margin that proved insurmountable even after the Cardinals staged a late touchdown drive.More importantly for the Seahawks, they lost several defensive starters (and running back C.J. Prosise, again) to injury. Already working without and , Seattle saw , , , , and all leave the field, with injuries of varying severity. Coach Pete Carroll announced after the game that with a torn Achilles tendon.The Seahawks kept pace with the division-leading by coming away with a victory, but their fate this season might come down to whether those players can make it back from their latest ailments. Here are a few more things to know about the Seahawks' 22-16 win ... Fitz joins another elusive clubAll hail the great . The man keeps climbing up all-time lists, showing just how good he has been -- and still is. With a fourth-quarter catch, he became the sixth player ever to ama s 15,000 receiving yards. Only Jerry Rice did it at a younger age than Fitz, who was 34 years and 70 days old Thursday night. . is the second youngest player in history to reach 15,000 career receiving yards. Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) Larry Fitzgerald: 6th player in NFL history to ama s 15,000+ career receiving yards. He's the 2nd-youngest player to reach that milestone NFL Research (@NFLResearch) Five years from whenever he retires, we're going to need his measurements for a gold jacket. Let's just hope he doesn't retire anytime soon. , red zone weapon, is backRemember when the Seahawks first traded for Jimmy Graham and everyone got super excited about how great of a weapon he would be in the red zone, but then for two years, the Seahawks hardly ever threw to him in the red zone? Graham was the intended target on only five of Wilson's 39 red-zone throws in 2015, and just seven of 41 last season. Well, heading into this matchup against the Cards, Graham had already been targeted nine times on Wilson's 37 red zone throws in 2017.The first time Seattle got close to the goal line Thursday, Wilson looked Graham's way again, floating him a lob over the top of the defense and letting Graham use his basketball skills to box out his man for the rebound. To the surprise of exactly no one, it worked. JUMP BALL ... he got it! gets the on the board! NFL (@NFL) In the fourth quarter (after what might have been the play of the year), they did it again. Another jump ball TD for and then ... TECHNO THURSDAY! Brad Miller Jersey NFL (@NFL) And it wasn't the first time. The scores were Graham's fifth and sixth in the past five games -- all of them in the red zone. He had touchdown catches of 18 yards and 1 yard against the two weeks ago, a 1-yard score on a back-shoulder throw against Wilson Ramos Jersey the , and a touchdown from 4 yards out against the Rams.It took more than two seasons, but it appears the Seahawks have finally realized what a special weapon they have when they get in close. They would be wise to keep peppering him with targets down there, because he's almost impo sible to stop.More 'TNF' injuriesThe totally safe Thursday night game, so safe that it absolutely makes sense for a team to play four days following its previous game and not after a bye week, did not result in any injuries whatsoever. Oh, just kidding. Everybody and their mother got hurt. Here's a list of players that left the game and did not return: Injury updates: DT Jarran Reed has a hamstring injury & will not return. LT D.J. Humphries has a knee injury and his return is questionable. Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) Cardinals safety Tyvon Branch stayed down after the Seahawks took an early lead on a Jimmy Graham touchdown Sports Illustrated (@SInow) Branch putting no pre sure on his right leg. Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) Tackle Duane Brown has an ankle injury. His return is questionable. Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) C.J. Prosise has been taken into the injury tent. Danny O'Neil (@dannyoneil) TE Ifeanyi Momah (ankle) return is questionable. Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) Richard Sherman has a heel injury, return doubtful. John Boyle (@johnpboyle) Richard Sherman is convinced he tore his Achilles. Tampa Bay Rays Jersey Following Tirico's lip read, you could see he told Bobby Wagner, "It's torn, it's torn." Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) Reading Richard Shermans lips: I tore my Achilles NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) Frank Clark slams into Sheldon Richardson, both are down injured. The carnage just goes on for . They lead 22-10 mid 4Q Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) That's both starting defensive tackles for Seattle (Jarran Reed, Sheldon Richardson), the starting left tackle for both teams (D.J. Humphries and ), a starting safety for Arizona ( ), a rotational tight end for the Cardinals ( ), one of the best cornerbacks in football (Richard Sherman, who is finished for the season) and a starting defensive end for the Seahawks (Frank Clark).Linebacker also left and did not return, and Kam Chancellor went into the medical tent near the end of the game. Shaquil Griffin (shoulder) and Wilson -- who might have fooled the concu sion spotters by after the referee made him leave the game for a play following a hit to the helmet -- both briefly exited before coming back.Like I said, Thursday night games are totally, 100 percent safe.Adventures in catch rule explanationsLate in the second quarter, caught a pa s over the middle of the fi