Take what you can get, don’t be afraid to throw the ball away, yada yada yada, he knows the drill.
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“This team has the character we had previous year”, Arizona coach Bruce Arians said. The Seahawks are not far behind with a 44.0% of making the playoffs.
“I hope there’s another signature win, and a bunch of them, in our future”, Palmer said. The second came at Pittsburgh, a game where the Steelers turned to third-string quarterback Landry Jones to win. Twice Seattle had undefeated teams on the ropes in the fourth quarter, only to suffer dramatic late collapses against both the Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers, depriving the Seahawks of that signature victory that could have catapulted their season forward. Next year it figures to be different – Okung and Sweezy will be free agents at the end of the season, for instance. They have a knack for getting into the backfield and blowing up plays, with four members of the defense in the top 20 in tackles for loss. If not, Seattle will lose. Iupati was pulling on the play and lowered his head and he collided with Seattle’s Kam Chancellor.
Ever since the defense struggled to close out games they came together and have been a dominant unit the past couple weeks. It doesn’t matter what you do, or how hard you hit or whatever, so it all begins there. “But when it comes down to it, we know that we’re capable of winning any game and every game”. Seattle is now healthy after a bye week, and expect Paul Richardson to be active for the first time this season after missing the first eight games of the season with an injury. On the other side, the Seahawks may have taken a step back from last season. The Cardinals are 4-1 versus teams in the NFC. That’s not going to be an easy task coming into our home. But yes factually speaking the Sunday night showdown will be nationally televised on NBC.
(Photo: Getty) Larry Fitzgerald is having a terrific season at the age of 32. The schedule for the Arizona Cardinals has been one of the weakest, now ranking 31st in the NFL.
The Hawks also barely squeezed out a fourth-quarter win in Week 8 over Dallas in a game they were on the verge of losing.
Even better is his consistency-even though Palmer’s completion percentage (64.6) and interceptions (6) tend toward the middle of the pack, it underscores that the style of this offense is to generate yardage in bigger chunks. The Cardinals were aided by a huge third-down illegal contact penalty against Bobby Wagner to keep the drive alive and went back in front 32-29 on Palmer’s strike to Gresham. Here’s a look at the Cardinals match-ups for this game.
Will Palmer be able to get the ball to receivers Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown who have combined to catch 112 passes for 1,587 yards and 13 touchdowns? “There must have been five first-and-20s in this game, at least, and so that’s really hard when you’re doing that to yourself”.
RUN CHRIS RUN: The resurgence of Chris Johnson has been an added element to Arizona’s offense. But then they visited CenturyLink Field. The Cardinals also employ two former Seahawks in tight end Darren Fells and defensive lineman Cory Redding. Johnson has rushed for more than 100 yards in four of past six games…. The Seahawks have won two straight games and will look to carry that momentum with them into the game.
It’s hard to pick between these really good teams. TE Jimmy Graham had seven catches for 75 yards in Week 8 win over Cowboys. He has been an absolute beast for the Cardinals on the ground and will continue his big season tonight against a tough Seattle defense.
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He forced Palmer to fumble, and the Seahawks recovered at the Cardinals 3. He’s in great command of the offense.
