“I thought we got great effort from all three phases. There were some critical errors by some young players”. He was unable to get behind the Patriots defense, and in turn, it wound up really slowing down the Arizona offense quite a bit. Not only is Bill Belichick one of the greatest coaches of all time, he’s one of the greatest GM’s of all time. “It was not talent”. Cardinals GM Steve Keim was apparently in that group.
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“Of course I think the world of Dante”, said Belichick. “Those are the ones you definitely have to get, but we had our chances and we just didn’t capitalize”. That’s certainly an area that needs improvement.
Keim held back nothing when he described the Cardinals’ performance in the 23-21 loss, which ended with kicker Chandler Catanzaro missing a potential game-winning 47-yard field goal in the final minute.
But rookie long snapper Kameron Canaday sent a low snap to holder Drew Butler.
– Johnson, Arians said, was a little impatient early but settled into a groove. “. But me and Cat (Catanzaro) have a job to do and I’ll definitely take some blame on that one”. “I wish I could take it back but I can’t”. “So he does a great job of all those things”. The last team to make the Super Bowl after an 0-2 start, for what it’s worth, was the 2007 New York Giants.
From a football standpoint, Sunday night was confirmation that we’re in for a fun September around here.
Jimmy Garoppolo, a third-year pro in his first start, completed 24 of 33 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions. “The guy didn’t beat him for a touchdown; he beat himself because he missed the check”, Arians said. “They outplayed us and we will learn from it and grow from it and continue.There’s a long way to go and regroup and see if we can win the next one”.
That meant Williams was supposed to shift to man-to-man coverage but instead stayed in a zone scheme.
The reason that the Arizona Cardinals were able to go from one of the NFL’s bottom feeders to a legitimate Super Bowl contender in seemingly no time at all has been the success of both Arians and Keim, neither of whom mince words or see any reason to say anything that’s not the truth.
I don’t know about you, but I might be having some nightmares now.
“We didn’t make enough plays and the Patriots did, that one’s definitely going to sting at home”, Campbell said.
“He jumped offside when they (the Patriots) weren’t even set, on a big third down”, the coach said. He missed two tackles. “Or he shouldn’t play”.
New England now owns the top spot in the rankings.
– About the 15-yard celebration penalty when safety D.J.
The disappointment lingers – the players were sparse during the open locker room session – but soon, it was time to talk Bucs and forget about Pats.
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Right guard Evan Mathis was in and out of the game with a foot injury. The move leaves Zac Dysert as the only quarterback on the practice squad.
