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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Now that his team is guaranteed to have a losing record for the first time in his four seasons in Arizona, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians next chore is to prepare a team headed nowhere for a Christmas Eve encounter with the Seahawks in Seattle.Its the Seahawks, Arians said at his Monday news conference, so we should be ready to play.Arians liked everything but his defense in Sundays 48-41 home loss to the New Orleans Saints. The outcome left Arizona at 5-8-1. The Cardinals finish the season with road games at Seattle and Los Angeles, and the best they could hope for is to wind up 7-8-1.But Arizona is 1-5 on the road with the only victory away from home at San Francisco, a team that stands 1-13.And a strong finish to the season would entail beating a Seahawks team that will have extra rest and something to play for when the teams meet at Century Link Field.Arizona has won in Seattle two out of three times under Arians, including last seasons 39-32 back-and-forth triumph en route to a 13-3 season and an NFC West title for the Cardinals.The way it went, to get way ahead, he said, to lose it, and then come back, it was very special.Now, Seattle (9-4-1) has sewn up the division title and is a half-game ahead of Detroit and Atlanta for the No. 2 seed in the NFC and the first-round bye that goes with it.Arians has a healthy respect for the Seahawks.Every time you play them, he said, you better have your big-boy pants on.That will be a big challenge for an inexperienced, makeshift offensive line that held up well against the Saints. So will the next game, the season finale against the rugged front of the Rams.Theyll have their hands full both times, Arians said. Being on the road with arguably the two best, most disruptive players in (Michael) Bennett and Aaron Donald, we have our hands full when we have a healthy offensive line.Two months ago in Arizona, the Cardinals and Seattle fought to an odd 6-6 tie with both teams missing chip-shot field goals that would have won the game in overtime.This is a much different Arizona squad, though, after a series of injuries.We dont have the same team we played them here with, but I like the way we played this past week offensively, Arians said. Special teams, other than the (missed) extra point, were good. We had a couple of good kickoff returns. Defensively, weve got to show up.The coach described the play of his secondary as very, very below par for us.He said safety Tyrann Mathieu, playing despite a shoulder injury, gave it everything he had.But, he said of Mathieus play, it aint Ty.There were some bright spots.In addition to the overall strength of the inexperienced offensive line, Arians also liked the play of defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, the first-round draft pick who played after being inactive for most games this season.Robert did well, Arians said. The stat sheet didnt look it, but he was explosive. Hes been practicing really well.The coach has criticized Nkemdiche for not working hard enough in practice, but said effort isnt a problem now.The last six weeks he has (worked hard), Arians said. The opportunity presented itself this time. He had a really good week of practice.David Johnson set an NFL record by topping 100 yards from scrimmage in the first 14 games of a season. 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Chicago was also eliminated by New York in four games in the 2015 National League Championship Series.Chicago has lost eight straight to New York after taking seven straight regular-season games during 2015.Lester (9-4, 3.01 ERA) faces left-hander Steve Matz (7-5, 3.38 ERA) on Monday and looks to right himself after allowing 12 earned runs in his last two starts. He had given up just 24 runs total in his first 16 starts.Lester gave up a season-high eight runs in a career-low 1 1/2 innings in his outing on July 3 at Citi Field.Chicago appears to be shaking off a pre-All Star game slump in which it lost 15 of 20 games.The Cubs (55-36) then won three straight, including a 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh, just before the break. The Rangers broke that winning streak with Sundays 4-1 victory but the Cubs still took two of three from the American League West leaders.The Mets (49-42) had also been struggling to gain traction prior to the break, dropping four of their last six and losing ground to first-place Washington in the National League East.But on Sunday, New York claimed a 5-0 victory over the Phillies thanks to Jacob deGroms dominant, complete-game, one-hit shutout. The Mets took two of three in the post-All Star Game series.ddddddddddddMatz, who started the season at 7-1, gets first crack at Chicago.He took the loss in the Mets 3-2 loss to Washington on July 10 after working seven innings and allowing three runs on six hits. He is 4-2 on the road this season in seven road starts.The marquee matchup of the series may come Tuesday when Arrieta (12-4, 2.68 ERA) goes against Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard (9-4, 2.56 ERA). Both seek a return to earlier form after struggling prior to the break.Not picking up a ball for four days was exactly what I needed, said Arrieta, who had lost three of his last four decisions -- including one to the Mets -- since June 22. Sometimes you need that mental downtime, spending time with (son) Cooper and my family was tremendous. I picked up the ball for the first time in four or five days and threw the best pen Ive thrown all year.Syndergaard, who will make his 19th appearance, has thrown 105 2/3 innings and also welcomed the All-Star break.I was really fatigued the last part of the first half of the season, he told reporters. 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