Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was pleased with his team’s 30-13 victory over St. Louis on Monday night – Seattle’s 13 win over the Rams in the last 14 games. But he still understands his team has more work to do.

At 6-7 overall, the victory kept alive Seattle’s hopes for an NFL wild-card berth. Detroit and Atlanta currently hold the wild card spots at 8-5. Chicago and Dallas sit a game out at 7-6, and the Seahawks are tied with Arizona at 6-7.

“We haven’t done nothing yet,” Carroll said. “But we’re on track to find ourselves. And where that leaves us at the end of the season, there’s a lot going on and all, so I don’t know the scenarios so I don’t even care. Really, I want us to practice really well on Wednesday. And if we do that, we can step into this next week and have a chance to do this again.”

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The big news is St. Louis quarterback Sam Bradford is active and will start for the Rams.

Bradford re-injured a high ankle sprain that kept him out of the San Francisco game last week. But the Oklahoma product practiced on Saturday and made it through pre-game workouts okay.

Recent addition Kellen Clemons will serve as the Rams’ backup quarterback.

For Seattle, cornerback Kennard Cox (hamstring) is inactive, which means we could see a lot of rookie Byron Maxwell on special teams as the gunner.

The only two games Cox has not started Seattle has given up returns for touchdowns this season, against San Francisco and Cincinnati.

Rookie offensive tackle Jarriel King is active for the first time this season, and likely will serve as the swing tackle today if Paul McQuistan or Breno Giacomini suffers an injury.

Linebacker David Hawthorne (knee) and defensive end Raheem Brock (calf) will be active for tonight’s game.

Here’s the full list.

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The Seattle Seahawks rebounded nicely from a tough loss against Washington last week by defeating a talented, but wounded Philadelphia Eagles’ squad 31-14.

Seattle was solid in all three phases of the game, but this one belonged to Marshawn Lynch, who finished with a season-high 148 rushing yards on 22 carries and two touchdowns.

Lynch ran over, around and through Philadelphia defenders, helping Seattle improve to 5-7 on the season.

Check out the stats here.

Seattle quarterback Tarvaris Jackson was solid, finishing an efficient 13 of 16 for 190 yards and a touchdown, and most importantly, no interceptions.

With Sidney Rice done for the season, second-year pro Golden Tate finally played up to his immense potential, finishing with four catches for 47 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown pass in the second half.

And Seattle got another gem of a performance from its defense, with linebacker David Hawthorne, safety Kam Chancellor and Brandon Browner corralling interceptions.

Browner had two on the evening.

Hawthorne ran his back 77 yards for a touchdown with 4:24 left in the game.

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Two players listed as questionable made it through pre-game workouts okay. Linebacker David Hawthorne (knee) and cornerback Richard Sherman (calf) will be active for tonight’s game.

And receiver Deon Butler will be active for the first time today.

For Philadelphia, running back LeSean McCoy and cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, both questionable heading into today’s game, will play today.

Vince young will start for Mike Vick. Riley Cooper will start for Jeremy Maclin.

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Seattle led by as many as 10 points in the second half, but let one slip away in a 23-17 loss to Washington.

Rex Grossman threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns. The dagger was a 50-yard strike to Anthony Armstrong on 3rd and 19 from the 50-yard line midway through the fourth quarter.

The Seahawks finished with 124 rushing yards, but penalties and poor execution on offense led Seattle’s demise.

The Seahawks had five drops on the day.

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I don’t have much more to add, other than it was just an overall …

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One of the things that Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll seemed most pleased about after his team’s 24-7 win over St. Louis is his team did not let a slow start and two straight turnovers by the offense affect their desire to beat a team they should be on the road.

“What was really done well by our guys is that they did not waiver,” he said. “Nobody wavered at all. Nobody lost their mind on it, and nobody got down in the dumps.

“They knew it was the start of the football game and it didn’t matter. Something that we always preach is that we just keep playing. You could feel it change. It was just going to be a matter of time that we got back on top of this thing and got it going.”

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This game wasn’t pretty, but a win is a win, and the Seattle Seahawks have their first two-game winning streak of the season with a 24-7 victory at St. Louis.

The Seahawks have won six of the past seven times here at the Edward Jones Dome, and now sit at 4-6 overall on the year, with their next three games at home.

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Once again, Seattle’s defense was the story. They held St. Louis running back Steven Jackson to 42 yards on the ground. Jackson had averaged 130 yards a contest in his last three games.

Seattle quarterback Tarvaris Jackson was not at his best, finishing with just 148 passing yards and two interceptions, the second of which led to the Rams’ only score, a 30-yard touchdown pass from Sam Bradford to Brandon Lloyd.

* Marshawn Lynch finished with 88 yards on 26 carries, and a 3-yard touchdown run. Lynch has now scored a touchdown in six straight games.

* Sidney Rice completed a 55-yard reverse pass to Mike Williams to open the game, but Jackson threw a pick on the very next play.

* Red Bryant got his first career interception off of a Brandon Mebane tip.

*And Justin Forsett capped the game with a 22-yard touchdown run.

What are your thoughts on Seattle’s performance as they head back home for three straight games? Are they improving? What about the play of Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman at corner?

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Both were questionable heading into today’s contest, so it’s no surprise that safety Atari Bigby and defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove are inactive with hamstring issues.

So rookie safety Jeron Johnson is active for the first time since the Cleveland game, and has been on the inactive list for the last three games.

Also, Paul Faniaka is active instead of Jarriel King, which is a mild surprise considering the Seahawks cut Fanaikia off the practice squad two weeks ago.

For the Rams, right tackle Jason Smith and receiver Danario Alexander are inactive, along with running back Carnell Williams.

Here’s the full list.

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