‘It won’t always be sunshine and rainbows’

Regardless of how it plays out, Seattle still has hope now after fighting for a very ugly win on Thursday.

Each team had six plus punts, three plus sacks taken, two plus fumbles, at least one turnover and zero touchdowns. It is first such game since all the way back to October 11, 1987, when the Indianapolis Colts defeated the New York Jets, 6-0, in a strikeout contest.

Although Thursday’s game — the lowest-scoring affair in the league this season and the second without a touchdown — wasn’t the most watchable, Saturday night’s Cardinals-Rams matchup, the nightcap of an NFL Network tripleheader, will be must-see TV for the Seahawks .

“I want to watch every snap,” Macdonald said.

Optics be damned, the Seahawks took care of business against the Bears. Now they’ll hope for the best while they wait and see how the rest of Week 17 plays out and what becomes of their prospects in Week 18.

“Honestly, we shouldn’t be in this position, and the most important thing is that we understand that we have to control our destiny whenever we can,” Smith said. “But yeah, I’ll be a big Kyler Murray fan on Saturday. If they get it done, they get it done, but we’re going into this last week of the season with the same mindset no matter what.”