Seattle's latest scoring onslaught featured a new addition to the history books Sunday when DeMarcus Lawrence became just the fourth player to return two fumbles for touchdowns in the same game.
That's not all. Both plays -- strip sacks caused by blitzing linebacker Tyrice Knight -- looked eerily similar, and each saw Lawrence return the fumbles more than 20 yards to pay dirt, becoming the first player in NFL history to do so.
Following the Seahawks' 44-22 win over the Arizona Cardinals, Lawrence admitted the achievement was inexplicable, yet incredible.
"You can't draw that up," Lawrence said, via ESPN. "T-Knight did a great job, running the play exactly how coach (Mike) Macdonald drew it up, and I was the lucky recipient of the two forced fumbles. I'll take it every day."
When Knight blitzed with 9:32 left in the first quarter and hit Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett just before his arm started moving forward, Lawrence was perfectly positioned to recover the ball off the bounce like a well-trained shortstop and take off with it toward the end zone. When Knight won the race to Brissett early in the second quarter, Lawrence was right behind him and never stopped running, scooping the ball off one bounce again with his right arm and striding gleefully across the goal line.
The second defensive touchdown gave the Seahawks a 28-0 lead and stunned everyone watching because of how it mirrored Lawrence's first. It also doubled his career defensive touchdowns total in one half.
"I couldn't believe that D-Law got the second one," Macdonald said. "I was like, 'Holy crap, it's him again.' But the way that he attacked the ball, T-Knight, is just awesome. We hadn't forced any fumbles yet all this year on defense and we got two today. It's awareness. Just taking advantage of those opportunities was awesome."
The plays typified Seattle's brand of football under Macdonald's direction in 2025: fast, aggressive, violent and often, dominant. Arizona learned the hard way in what felt like a blur Sunday.
The Seahawks' latest detonation of an opponent included some of the usual suspects: receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba opened the scoring by hauling in a 43-yard touchdown strike from Sam Darnold less than five minutes into the game. Seattle's defense held the opposition to 32 yards over its first two possessions, and because of Lawrence's fumble return, owned a 14-point lead before the offense stepped onto the field for their second drive.
This Sunday was a bit different, though: The Seahawks built a 35-0 lead and coasted to victory despite three Darnold turnovers, perhaps the most inconsequential giveaways in any NFL game this season. Smith-Njigba caught just four more passes for 93 total yards, Darnold only attempted 12 passes on the day and Seattle turned to its running game on 78 percent of its plays.
It was more than enough for one of the hottest teams in the NFL to cruise to victory.
"I'm just thankful DeMarcus Lawrence is on my team, honestly," Smith-Njigba said. "I grew up watching him on the Cowboys, so to have him, it's an honor, and I still can't really believe that he's on my team. But just thankful for a lot of great players that we have."
Those who were impressed by Seattle's dominance over Washington in Week 9 were likely floored by what they saw Sunday. If the Seahawks continue at this rate, they just might spend the first weekend of the postseason enjoying the luxury of the bye week.
"I believe it's a testament of what we built in training camp," Lawrence said. "We've been going at this for a while, and our young guys are stepping up, playing good ball. ... We've got a good thing going."