The Cardinals are analyzing their free-agents-to-be and with some of them, the team has/will be formulating extension offers, General Manager Steve Keim said Tuesday during an appearance on 98.7, Arizona's Sports Station. The players Keim wants back are, not surprisingly, not only competitors on the field but good in the locker room. That was a focus last year as well.

"That's an ongoing process and we have made some of those players extension offers," Keim said. "The bottom line is we have a lot of work to do, as I said last week.

"We've dealt with enough adversity this year with the injuries and with some of the losses, so we have to make sure we use this season and, in particular, our issues that we have dealt with, as learning things, where we can look back and grow from it instead of having the attitude of 'woe is me.' That is something I believe in wholeheartedly, not only on the scouting side of it but as an organization in general."

-- The many injuries have made it more difficult to evaluate some key players here and there, Keim acknowledged, but "at the end of the day there are still one-on-one battles these guys have to win."

-- Does having a chance to knock the Seahawks out of the playoffs mean a lot for Sunday? "Anytime you are playing a division rival it's big regardless of what is at stake," Keim said. "We are all competitors. We want to win every game. In my opinion, you can't look at where your draft slot could potentially be. Let the chips fall where they may. We owe it to our fans, we owe it to our organization to compete every week and to try and put the best product on the field. We will deal with draft and free agency when it comes. This week our mindset is to go up to Seattle and get a win."

-- The Cardinals' first shutout since 1992 "says a lot of things about players on the field and the character in our locker room." Keim credited the game planning of defensive coordinator James Bettcher. He also said he though $LB Deone Bucannon not only played his best game of the season, he had arguably his best game in the NFL, period. Chandler Jones provided pressure and drew a couple of holding calls, Frostee Rucker and Karlos Dansby are invaluable leaders, and safety Antoine Bethea was "exceptional" in getting a pair of interceptions.

-- Keim added his thoughts to the huge game of wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who Keim said took over the game offensively. "There's no doubt he willed us to win on offense."

-- Keim added that it was nice to see John Brown contribute with a touchdown and a key third-down conversion with his two catches.