THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Before you book those Super Bowl plans ...

So…

You wanted to know if the Seahawks are legit?

Could they handle an exciting, fire-when-ready Arizona bunch in the Valley of the Sun?

OK, we’ll get to that part.

Hint: Seattle lost 37-34 in OT.

The Cards honestly were better in the second half and maybe deserved to win.

But first, I hope you saw the game — but if you didn’t, just watch and re-watch the highlights DK Metcalf, the fastest big man in the sport, chase Cardinals safety Budda Baker the length of the field on what should have been a 100-yard pick-six, and somehow run Baker down at the Seattle 5-yard line.

You might never see a play like it again, and oh, by the way, it saved the Seahawks seven points when Arizona failed to score.

Metcalf also appeared to grab the winning touchdown in OT, but it was negated by a heartbreaking holding penalty.

As for the business of the Hawks being a real, live Super Bowl contender, that one is now considerably far more up for grabs.

DESPITE Russell Wilson cookin’ like crazy (especially in the first half), dropping three electrifying TD bombs into the arms of Tyler Lockett to build a 34-24 lead, you could see trouble on the horizon.

That old bugaboo, lack of a pass rush, became even more of an issue as Seattle had more and more trouble chasing the quicksilver QB Kyler Murray.

The second-year Heisman winner from Oklahoma is getting more and more comfortable with a combo run-pass game — especially since Arizona stole DeAndre Hopkins, of football’s elite receivers, from the Houston Texans.

Murray made mistakes, including a hideous interception early in the fourth quarter, but he was getting harder and harder to catch.

Meanwhile, Wilson’s magical connections with Lockett seemed to dry up, in part because of perennial All-Pro defender Patrick Peterson.

Peterson got into Metcalf’s pocket in the second half, and picked off Wilson in the end zone.

Things started to look gloomy when Seattle couldn’t build on its lead in the third quarter, and Murray led a long drive — which he capped with a short dash to cut the lead to 27-24.

LIKE SO many games these days, though, this one seemed as though it could be decided by a close, close official’s call.

Gambling on a fourth-and-2 at the Arizona 3-yard line with a three-point lead and the final quarter ticking away, the Hawks turned down a field goal for that six-point lead and Wilson threw another of his “moon ball” passes to Lockett in the left corner of the end zone.

The official on the spot immediately signaled for the TD, but then was overruled.

Coach Pete Carroll had to use a challenge (potentially his final timeout), just to get justice restored.

After that, it was the same old, same old — with the Hawks trying to keep the clock running and Arizona hopping around as time dripped away.

Seattle never really got Murray stopped, but changing defenses made the Cards take their gains in smaller chunks.

I mean, does this sound like every other Seahawks game so far?

The Cards took a 52-yard field goal with 2:57 remaining to make it 34-27, but … sigh …

Benson Mayowa was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for using a lineman to help him gain leverage for a block.

Arizona took the yardage and, presto, Murray hit Christian Kirk for a TD and 34-31 at the 2:28 mark.

Is that ENOUGH drama?

Well, no, because of the grand finale.

Sorry!

Email: scameron@cdapress.com

Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “Moments, Memories and Madness,” his reminiscences from several decades as a sports journalist, runs each Sunday.

Steve also writes Zags Tracker, a commentary on Gonzaga basketball, once per month during the offseason.