3. The Seahawks felt Uchenna Nwosu’s presence in his two-sack performance.

After Thursday’s game, outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu noted he was pretty gassed, which was to be expected considering he played 38 defensive snaps after playing 20 the week before, and 16 in Week 2, his first game back following offseason knee surgery. Having missed most of training camp and the preseason, Nwosu is having to play his way into game shape as the season progresses, but tired or not, he had a strong third game back, recording two of Seattle’s six sacks.

“Our guys play hard; they should be tired,” Macdonald said. “They play a certain way, and it felt like, you felt Uchenna out there, which is great. He’s back and I’m proud of him. I’m happy for him. Again, I’ve only watched the first half, but definitely felt his presence out there. He’s got such a knack for how to rush with angles and set up blocks, he’s a great game runner. There’s a physicality to how he plays, which is really cool and complements the rest of the group.”

4. Devon Witherspoon played well, but will improve.

Devon Witherspoon was back after a two-game absence, and played every snap, recording a team-leading nine tackles, half a sack and a pass defensed, but there were also a couple of plays he’d like to have back, including Arizona’s first touchdown, a pass to Marvin Harrison Jr. that got just over the outstretched hand of Witherspoon, who had good coverage on the play. Overall, it was a good game for Witherspoon, who hasn’t had a full practice since before injuring his knee in the opener, but he and Macdonald both know he will get better as he gets all the way back from the injury and starts to build up those practice reps.

“As soon as you take your first snap of the season, you’re not going to be a hundred percent, but I thought he played a good game,” Macdonald said. “There’s a couple plays he gave up, a couple catches that Harrison (Marvin Harrison Jr.) had on him, but Spoon’s going to be fine. The guy competes; he’s on his stuff. He’s a spark plug out there for us. You have to remember, he hasn’t practiced. He literally hasn’t had a full-speed practice in three weeks, and he goes out there and plays an NFL game on a Thursday night and played good football for us. I think you have to keep that under consideration. Now he’s going to have a full week of practice going into the next game. Spoon is going to be just fine.”

5. Drake Thomas is pushing Tyrice Knight at inside linebacker.

While Ernest Jones IV is entrenched at one starting inside linebacker spot, the Seahawks have a competition going on at the other spot next two him. Tyrice Knight, who took over the starting job midway through last season as a rookie, started Seattle’s first three games, with Drake Thomas coming in at times to take over for Knight. On Thursday, however, it was Knight starting the game, and playing 44 defensive snaps to Knight’s 21.

“It’s the same thing that we’ve been saying here for a few weeks. Drake’s playing really good football and he’s playing winning football. When you do that, you’re going to play for us. It’s really that simple. It’s great, we have multiple spots where we have guys that can play and go help us win games, which is great for our team.”