The Arizona Cardinals are really going through it right now, dropping another spot in ESPN’s power rankings to 29th after a Week 4 loss to the New York Giants. But honestly, if you’re a 12, you probably saw this coming from a mile away after our Hawks handed them a convincing loss back in Week 2.
The Cardinals’ Slide Continues, And We Were There For The Start
Reporter John Weinfuss put it best, saying, “The Cardinals are still figuring out life under new coach Mike LaFleur.” You can say that again. Following their Week 2 beating by our Seahawks, Arizona has been close in their last two games, but they just can’t get out of their own way. Weinfuss pointed out a “litany of self-inflicted mistakes,” and if you watched their game against the Giants, you saw the grand finale: a pick-six thrown by QB Jacoby Brissett on fourth-and-goal. Oof. That’s the kind of play that makes you wonder what’s going on in that locker room. The talk inside their building is that if they can just cut down on those boneheaded errors, they might salvage the season. Good luck with that.
Quarterback Chaos and More Trouble Down South
It’s becoming pretty clear the Cardinals have some major questions at the quarterback position. Brissett’s fourth-and-goal interception against the Giants was a prime example of their lack of consistency, which Weinfuss highlighted as “the key to unlocking a better week-to-week performance.” They’ve shown flashes that they have “enough juice to play with good teams,” but finding that steady rhythm? That seems like a mountain for them to climb. And if losing wasn’t enough, they also got hit with some bad injury news: Paris Johnson Jr. is out for the season after surgery. They quickly signed two players to fill the void, but losing a guy like Johnson Jr. is always a gut punch.
The rest of the league had its own drama too, with two NFL officials getting suspended for their actions on Sunday, and one of them apparently even cursed at Trey McBride. Plus, the Falcons absolutely steamrolled the Saints on Monday Night Football with five rushing touchdowns. And if that wasn’t enough, Saquon Barkley is now considered week-to-week after his recent injury. For the Cardinals, though, all eyes are on that QB position and whether they can finally clean up the mistakes that are derailing their early season. If they don’t, it’s gonna be a long year down in Arizona.
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Originally reported by Revenge of the Birds.
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