THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: The natives are getting restless in Seattle

The crowd said it better than I can …

BOO!!

And then, after a flicker of hope turned to ashes …

BOO!!

Fans at Lumen Field aren’t used to seeing the Seahawks get flat-out handled — let alone by an Arizona team led by Colt McCoy — but they had to swallow a 23-13 loss on Sunday, and it was actually more one-sided than the score.

The Cardinals have the best record in the NFL at 9-2, but most of those wins came with Kyler Murray at quarterback and the magical DeAndre Hopkins catching his throws.

Neither Murray nor Hopkins was healthy enough to play in this one, which made you think — at least before kickoff — that the Seahawks might improve on their dismal 3-6 record.

Nope.

It’s now 3-7, and time for panic stations.

The rehabbing Russell Wilson was terrible again, except for two long completions to a wide-open Tyler Lockett.

The offensive line once again was tissue paper, so Wilson (four sacks and a million hurries) doesn’t get all the blame.

SEATTLE didn’t deserve any chances to win this game, but the Cardinals couldn’t help but handing the Seahawks a few, anyway.

Cards kicker Matt Prater missed two easy field goals and an extra point — leaving seven points in the garbage can when the Seahawks were gasping for breath.

But …

No joy.

With the Hawks down 13-3 late in the second quarter and threatening to score their first touchdown in two games, Wilson somehow didn’t see a wide-open Gerald Everett in the end zone.

Then, on the next play, he missed an equally open Freddie Swain in the end zone and tried an impossible throw to DK Metcalf — who was triple-covered in the corner.

Offensively, that was the day in a nutshell.

On the other side of the ball, Seattle was totally taken apart by the veteran McCoy, who threw quick and accurately.

Arizona boss Kliff Kingsbury, surely recalling the woes McCoy experienced the previous week in a lopsided loss to Carolina, put together a great game plan — and the Seahawks (missing both starting corners when Tre Brown was injured early) simply couldn’t cope.

Bully James Conner ran through people, caught passes out of the backfield and looked exactly like the player leading the league in touchdowns.

Which he is.

YES, WE now have an obvious question …

Where do the nearly helpless Seahawks go from here?

When you put your head on the pillow the night after a game, and realize you let Colt McCoy complete 35 of 44 passes for 328 yards, you’re not going to sleep well.

Arizona drove 82 and 92 yards for its first two TDs — both short tosses to hulking tight end Zach Ertz.

And finally, after one of those cross-country throws to Lockett set up a fourth-quarter touchdown by DeeJay Dallas to cut the Seahawks’ deficit to 16-13 — and woke up the frustrated crowd — the Cards simply drove another 67 yards for a 1-yard Conner score.

Good night, thanks for coming, drive safely on your way home.

Listen, Pete Carroll has done some amazing things with this team.

Among the list of accolades is that Seattle has never had a losing record in Wilson’s decade at quarterback.

But, hey …

Turning this thing around would be worthy of Houdini.

Wilson clearly still isn’t comfortable throwing the ball, and the line in front of him is so helpless, they might as well toss their franchise QB into a pit of snakes.

The defense remains decent, despite getting carved up by McCoy and the Cards.

So …

Can something good come out of this season?

The best outcome might be playing well enough to hold up Wilson’s trade value.

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Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

He also writes Zags Tracker, a commentary on Gonzaga basketball which is published weekly during the season.