The Arizona Cardinals (11-2) are coming from a 23-20 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
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“I’m fine”, Maxwell said. As the week gets deeper, I’m getting better. “So we have to grab the kids that are growing up and make them feel attached. If we do that, then we’ll win some games because we’ll do some of these other things better”.
In two games as the No. 1 back, Johnson has carried the ball 41 times for 191 yards and caught seven passes for 52 yards, scoring once. In Thursday’s loss, quarterback Teddy Bridgewater threw five passes Wallace’s way.
But there is something positive that can come from this game. “I think he’s one of the better coordinators in the league”.
“We have three games left”. Barr has been limited to play the past couple of weeks because of injuries. At 8-5, the Vikings are in the sixth playoff spot now and need to finish strong at home outside at TCF vs. Chicago Sunday and NY the following week. Palmer was able to make a full recovery in just 10 months while taking his play up another notch. Arians wouldn’t say what they found, but it’s likely they concentrated on improving in short-yardage situations.
Yes Minnesota dropped a little further behind Green Bay in the race for the division but, after Sunday’s early game results, they have gotten a big leg up in the Wild Card race. Unfortunately, he’s the most expendable of the four defensive starters.
There were a lot of new faces on the field Thursday night against the Cardinals.
A return to health and an intensity level matching the Cardinals game would position the Vikings to head into Green Bay with a 10-5 record. He said that Kelly’s read-option system was a “great college offense”, but that it put quarterbacks at too much risk for injury. He is 32-13 in his three seasons in Arizona. “That’s how our leaders are seeing it, and I’m going to follow suit”.
“Yeah, it’s little things that turn into big things”, quarterback Carson Palmer said.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians recalled facing Freeney in those days. And that Zimmer knew on Monday that Newman would be starting. Freeney said, smiling. “I think it probably started from there”. “So, I lied, OK?”
In fact, cornerback Xavier Rhodes botched what should have been a game-tying pick-six. There would be no field goal try.
“It’s very important every week to get off to a fast start”, Bridgewater said. All I could have done was throw the ball over Adrian’s head.
“No excuses”, he said. “It’s not a play I could have checked out of. That would have changed the momentum entirely”. He already has passed for 4,003 yards, with 31 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
The Bears had one sack in the previous meeting. He has been a key component in Minnesota’s run defense. “Our pass rush, they have to do their job in getting there and making him throw bad passes where we can potentially capitalize off them”. It has steadily slid since, going from No. 2 in total yards to fifth to 16th this season. Walsh had hit from 54 yards, into the same uprights, earlier in the quarter. He put up just five receptions for 41 yards in Week 14. It’s a play we’re comfortable with.
That statistic goes a long way in explaining Arizona’s victory.
COSTLY MISTAKES: The Vikings lost three fumbles. The second one led to a Cardinals touchdown.
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It seemed pre-game to be a recipe for a one-sided defeat.
