This was how the West was lost. “Not well enough to win”.
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The Cardinals proved it. Arizona built an early 19-0 lead, lost it and then got two fourth-quarter touchdowns to slam the door on the Seahawks and extend their lead to three games.
Carroll kept wanting to revisit the first half when “we made a mess of things”, he said. “A very hard loss to take”.
To an epic extent, in fact. Is he willing to make the tough choices regarding his coaching staff that seem more necessary with each game?
Seattle also allowed Arizona to convert 8 of 17 third downs while making just 1 of 8 of their own. “Like I’ve always said about Carson, he is resilient”.
“We don’t play like that”, Carroll said of the penalties.
Seattle responded after halftime and got the break it needed on the second play of the fourth quarter.
Earlier in the day, the St. Louis Rams continued their mystifying season by getting blown out by the Chicago Bears at home. That includes the finale January 3 at Arizona (6-3).
“Is it the end of the world?” No. We have five losses.
With his offensive line continuing to malfunction around him, Wilson threw for 240 yards.
Chicago’s Jay Cutler completed 19-of-24 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns as the Bears won going away. “We have to lean on each other”. The push ended with Will Tukuafu’s 1-yard touchdown run, the Seahawks’ first score. Much of their scoring was because of the defense: one fumble was returned for a touchdown and another fumble set up a three-yard Marshawn Lynch run. The Seattle Seahawks were back in the lead, having erased a 19-point deficit. After giving the Seahawks the lead at 29-25, the defense gave up touchdowns on drives of 83 and 80 yards.
Drew Stanton reminded us all of that feeling when he joyfully freaked out over teammate Andre Ellington’s 48-yard touchdown Sunday night. Yet they will arrive in Seattle seven days from now with a chance to tie the Seahawks in the standings with a win. Again Seattle couldn’t pick up the two-point conversion, but the play gave the Seahawks a 29-25 lead. However, Avril did start celebrating this play while the ball was in the air, so it wasn’t all roses for the stud defensive end. The offense put together two drives of note – an up-tempo breakthrough near the end of the first half, and another quickie in the third quarter that amounted to two long passes to Doug Baldwin.
That was a whole lot better than the 19-0 hole the Seahawks were in with 6 minutes left in the second quarter. Will he, together with General Manager John Schneider, be able to properly identify the most significant issues with this team and make the appropriate moves to fix them?
Washington 47, Saints 14: Kirk Cousins threw for a career-high four touchdowns to lead Washington.
Trying to squeeze a pass into double coverage along the right seam, Palmer’s pass was deflected by Sherman.
The Cardinals flexed their offensive muscle in the first half. “He busted through. He was there”, Carroll said of Lockett.
On to Cincinnati at home. The second was a 22-yard return by Bobby Wagner to put Seattle up 29-25.
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“This definitely, definitely hurt”, Wagner said. On that play, Floyd was first ruled down at the one before replay determined the ball crossed the goal line before he went out-of-bounds.
