SEATTLE — Perhaps the Seahawks needed to get away from Seattle for their formidable defense to return to form.

In Sunday’s 20-12 victory against the Jaguars , the Seahawks limited Jacksonville to 273 yards of offense and sacked Trevor Lawrence a career-high seven times. Seattle moved to 3-0 on the road this season while carrying a 1-2 mark at Lumen Field, and the pass rush was a key factor in its latest victory outside the Emerald City.

In a back-and-forth, 38-35 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a week earlier, the Seahawks brought down Baker Mayfield only once.

“We didn’t do that last week; we did it this week,” coach Mike Macdonald said. “That’s how we’ve got to play moving forward. I thought the guys played great.”

Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who returned from a quadrice

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