The Arizona Cardinals are a middling team with two major problems: They aren’t playing well in the first quarter and they aren’t playing well at home. Solutions need to come quickly.
are a middling team with two major problems: They aren’t playing well in the first quarter and they aren’t playing well at home.lost to the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles 20-17 on SundayThe Cardinals played terrible early, falling behind 14-0 before playing much better in the second half and rallying to tie it at 17 in the fourth quarter.
Nobody wanted to blame the loss on Ammendola — who had just been elevated to the active roster for injured starter Matt Prater. Instead, it’s become obvious that fighting from behind every single week isn’t a consistent winning formula."We’ve tried it all, but we’ll keep trying," Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury said. "It just comes down to coaches calling better plays, offensively and defensively, guys executing on a higher level and no feel-out period. Let’s just play like we played in the second half from the start.
"We can talk all we want about ‘Do this,’ or ‘Do that,’ or change the schedule or change the practice routine," Kingsbury said. "But it’s just a matter of getting to work and getting better on the practice field."Arizona’s defense continues to hold its own against some of the NFL’s best offenses. The Eagles managed just 357 total yards on Sunday, which is a respectable performance against Philadelphia QB Jalen Hurts, who has emerged as an MVP candidate.
"The division is wide open and our guys understand what’s on the line," Kingsbury said. "We need to play better in a hurry and I know we’re capable of doing that."
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