Hello dear NFLTR readers. As Cardinals lobby, "What will happen to this team?" We started to brood. Arizona Cardinals, who lost 20-17 in the New England Patriots match played on Sunday; He faces problems like coaching troubles, some player mistakes that break out in between, kicker Zane Gonzalez still not being cut off from the team like New York Jets head coach Adam Gase. In this week's article, we will evaluate the course of the Cardinals and the chance of the play off.
First of all, let's talk briefly about what happened in the Patriots match. Cardinals recruited former player Markus Golden in the previous weeks to expand the linebacker rotation, which had contracted due to Chandler Jones' injury and Devon Kennard's contraction with COVID-19. Cardinals started the game with a quick start with Golden's interception and ended the attack right with Kenyan Drake's touchdown. The main drawbacks of the match were, as usual, Kingsbury's poor tactics and his inability to advance the offense as desired. Although Kyler Murray's statistics seem to be low, we keep insisting that Kyler Murray is not the main problem, as with other lost matches. Even though the Cardinals did not get enough distance with their RB, the running games were challenging throughout the match. was one of the main offense problems. Throughout the match, "Did DeAndre Hopkins come to the team for nothing?" there were moments when we questioned ourselves. In the week when Larry Fitzgerald was not able to play due to COVID, another reason why Kyler Murray's stats remained low was that WRs Christian Kirk and Andy Isabella could not catch deep passes. That being the case, one who only looks at the statistics might say Kyler Murray played badly in the match, but as usual, Kyler Murray did his best.
One of the biggest mistakes of this week was that "4 & 1" was forced into "4 & 1" instead of throwing FG while on endzone one second before the end of first half. Since Kenyan Drake could not touchdown in that position, the circuit was closed 10-7 Cardinals lead. However, despite everything, we were still not very worried, there were still two quarters ahead of us, and in the second half the first offense would be at Cardinals. However, the Cardinals attack, which could not find its rhythm during the second half, could not bring the end of the match. Regardless, Zane Gonzalez, who missed this opportunity in her attempt to get ahead with FG from 45 yards two minutes before the end, also destroyed her chance to win. Two minutes left now, the whole load was on defense. The most critical moment of the match was the Patriots playing "3 & 13" from their 32nd yard with 50 seconds remaining. On that right, Cam Newton ran 14 yards to his 46th. He reached the yard and got the first down. At that time Isaiah Simmons gave Newton a tackle right off the pitch. However, at this very moment, the referees gave Simmons a "unnecesary roughness" penalty with a decision that we did not find right and that would affect the fate of the match. Thanks to this, Patriots both got the 1st down and reached the 39th yard of the Cardinals with a 15 yard penalty and entered the field goal range. The Patriots offensive, advancing the ball seven yards further in the remaining time, won the match with the field goal scored by Nick Folk from 50 yards at the end of the match. Although the Cardinals defense did their best and somehow covered up the mistakes of the Cardinals offense, the winner of the match was the Patriots and, in the end, another match was lost due to Zane Gonzalez. However, at this very moment, the referees gave Simmons a "unnecesary roughness" penalty with a decision that we did not find right and that would affect the fate of the match. Thanks to this, Patriots both got the 1st down and reached the 39th yard of the Cardinals with a 15 yard penalty and entered the field goal range. The Patriots offensive, advancing the ball seven yards further in the remaining time, won the match with the field goal scored by Nick Folk from 50 yards at the end of the match. Although the Cardinals defense did their best and somehow covered up the mistakes of the Cardinals offense, the winner of the match was the Patriots and, in the end, another match was lost due to Zane Gonzalez. However, at this very moment, the referees gave Simmons a "unnecesary roughness" penalty with a decision that we did not find right and that would affect the fate of the match. Thanks to this, Patriots both got the 1st down and reached the 39th yard of the Cardinals with a 15 yard penalty and entered the field goal range. The Patriots attack, advancing the ball seven yards more in the remaining time, won the match with the field goal scored by Nick Folk from 50 yards at the end of the match. Although the Cardinals defense did their best and somehow covered up the mistakes of the Cardinals offense, the winner of the match was the Patriots and, in the end, another match was lost due to Zane Gonzalez. reached the help of the field and entered the goal range. The Patriots attack, advancing the ball seven yards more in the remaining time, won the match with the field goal scored by Nick Folk from 50 yards at the end of the match. Although the Cardinals defense did their best and somehow covered up the mistakes of the Cardinals offense, the winner of the match was the Patriots and, in the end, another match was lost due to Zane Gonzalez. reached the help of the field and entered the goal range. The Patriots offensive, advancing the ball seven yards further in the remaining time, won the match with the field goal scored by Nick Folk from 50 yards at the end of the match. Although the Cardinals defense did their best and somehow covered up the mistakes of the Cardinals offense, the winner of the match was the Patriots and, in the end, another match was lost due to Zane Gonzalez.
Seattle Seahawks, one of the other teams of NFC West, took a comfortable victory on the road to Philadelphia Eagles and rose to the leadership again in the group with 8-3. Returning to the team after four weeks of injury in Seattle, Chris Carson demonstrated his quality from the first game, with an average of 5.1 yards per carry and one TD run, even though he only carried the ball eight times. DK Metcalf, which passed 177 yards in the match, showed once again that it deserves to be mentioned among the elite receivers of the NFL.
In the important game of NFC West, the San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams, and things turned into a mess in the group. Currently, Rams are ranked 7-4, Cardinals 6-5, and 49'ers 5-6. The playoff race also heated up as Minnesota's 5-6 from the NFC North group. In the current situation, we cannot say that the chances of Cardinals being the NFC West winner are not too long. Obviously, Cardinals' division title was not very heartwarming due to the difficulty of opponents that might face him in the playoffs, and the group runner-up might even have an advantage due to the possibility of pairing with the NFC East winner. But right now the problem for Cardinals has turned into whether or not to enter the playoffs. In the remaining part of the fixture, Although the Eagles and Giants matches, except for the two Rams and one 49ers matches that will be played within the division, are a little relieving, we are also worried this time when we remember that the Cardinals lost the Lions, Panthers, Patriots matches that seemed easiest throughout the season. Moreover, the approach of rivals for the seventh place in the Cardinals playoff race may turn into a panic we never want to see. Despite all these mistakes made in the last two weeks, we still think the Cardinals will be able to make the playoffs, but it is worth mentioning that the hopes are not as strong as the previous weeks. Moreover, the approach of rivals for the seventh place in the Cardinals playoff race may turn into a panic we never want to see. Despite all these mistakes made in the last two weeks, we still think the Cardinals will be able to make the playoffs, but it is worth mentioning that the hopes are not as strong as the previous weeks. Moreover, the approach of rivals for the seventh place in the Cardinals playoff race could turn into a panic we never wanted to see. Despite all these mistakes made in the last two weeks, we still think the Cardinals can make a playoff, but it is worth mentioning that the hopes are not as strong as the previous weeks.
Cardinals, which was established from good players outside of the Kicker position, we hope that he will not sacrifice this year to coaching problems. Hope to see you again next week…
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