The Arizona Cardinals have had trouble getting going in each of their first two games this season and they know that has to change vs. the Rams
Two weeks into the season is still probably too early to start squawking about trends and picking apart an NFL team. When it comes to the Cardinals, however, there definitely seems to be a troubling pattern that is developing.
It probably would have ended that way, too, had it not been for quarterback Kyler Murray making an array of plays with his arm and his legs, lifting the offense back into relevancy as the defense finally started to bring the energy and the heat. The Cardinals watched film of the game together on Tuesday and according to Humphries, that was more stressful than the game itself.
It wasn’t just Murray that finally got the Cardinals going in Las Vegas. After he drove the offense 79 yards on 11 plays on Arizona’s second possession of the third quarter, capping the drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Greg Dortch, the defense stepped up as well. There’s no way of telling if that second-half success can carry over to this week’s game against an NFC West rival, the same team that embarrassed the Cardinals in the Wild Card round of the playoffs a year ago. Probabilities are pointless, even if a team is healthy and practicing as well as its head coach could possibly want.
“I’d just rather see us be able to get the fast start and produce like we know we can, like how we do when we’re battling back. But knowing the guys who you’re in the foxhole with and knowing you’re in the there with a bunch of guys who are scratching and clawing to get that W, that’s definitely a good feeling to have.”The Cardinals on Tuesday announced they have signed veteran linebacker Devon Kennard to the active roster from the practice squad and have released wide receiver Andre Baccellia.