"It just feels good to be back healthy," he said. "That isn't an excuse for early in the season, but right now I just feel like me again, back moving how I move, just playing football better."
Knight injured his knee in early August, then while recovering from that, Macdonald revealed the linebacker was dealing with an undisclosed health concern, one he was quickly cleared from. Knight revealed Sunday that he had a "heart situation" that was quickly resolved, but said the knee injury lingered longer.
"I had a little heart situation that got resolved early in training camp," he said. "The knee was more than the heart at that time. I wasn't really about the heart, everything got situated with that, but the knee, it took some time for it to get back."
"I feel like I was out for that whole month of August. When I got back, everything just felt slow, it didn't feel like I was playing football. You can watch it, but you just can't move. It's such a different approach to it, but I started to get back in my groove."
Knight was fully in his groove on Sunday, and the result were two huge plays in a big NFC West win.
Then, of course, there was Lawrence, the player who capitalized on those two Knight forced fumbles, returning them 34 and 22 yards for touchdowns.
"First and foremost, all glory to God," Lawrence said. "You can't draw that up. T-Knight did a great job running the play exactly how Coach Macdonald drew it up, and I was the lucky recipient of the two forced fumbles. I'll take it every day."
Lawrence, a four-time Pro-Bowler in his 11 seasons with the Cowboys, has been a huge addition for the Seahawks since signing in free agency, both in terms on his on-field production and his leadership. After splitting a sack with rookie Nick Emmanwori, he is now up to four this season to go along with seven tackles for loss and 11 quarterback hits.
With his two touchdowns, the third and fourth of his NFL career, Lawrence joined a very rare group of players to score two fumble return touchdowns in a game. Previously it had been done only three times, and once in the Super Bowl era, with Lawrence joining Jeremy Chinn (2020), Fred Evans (1948) and Al Nesser (1920) on that list.
"I'm just thankful DeMarcus Lawrence is on my team, honestly," said receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. "I grew up watching him, on the Cowboys, so to have him, it's an honor. I still can't really believe that he's on my team. Just thankful for a lot of great players that we have."