Arians Blamed The Loss On The Defense

[Gee!]

hows that Cason jersey? = P

Glad I have it.. Don't care what Shane says.. Haha

 

[Buckybird]

The play calling seems better too, its just an OL jailbreak and not much to do about that.

Based on...?

As bad as our offense in EVERY phase has performed 7 games into the season, I find this statement comical. Please explain.

IMO if we didn't know as Cards fans who the HC was & that we fired last years guy, I would swear Wiz is still the HC. Pass, pass, pass...poor game management as well as the clock, refusal to add a quality LT, bringing in familiar players with previous teams who aren't that good & same BS excuses after losses.

Tell me again this team is differant.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Our 3 wins we were losing at half time.

exactly what changes did you see made against Tampa? And just because we came back from small halftime deficits against the Lions and 3 point deficit against a bad Carolina team means we're making halftime adjustments? Man, I don't see it.

Each game we seem to play better in the second half.

The Rams game? Where the team completely melted down in the fourth quarter? or the Saints game where the team completely melted down in the fourth quarter? The Niners game? I mean, for all the bluster of us playing really well in the second half of that game, we still got outscored 10 to 6 and just got dominated in the fourth quarter. or last night's game where the team pretty much kept getting their asses kicked in the second half? I guess they played better in the second half against Tampa (who's probably the second worst team in the league) and Detroit and Carolina...but I'm not sure if simply winning a couple games against mediocre, bad and a decent team show things we've "never" seen before here.

I am used to coming out strong and then in the 2nd half just having a 100% pure meltdown.

when did you get used to that? this team hasn't come out strong in about 4 years.

Every single game we had threads about qhiz not changing anything and adjusting at halftime, I have seen it this year.

we were consistently coming back from games two years ago when Wiz was 8-8. And his teams were consistently making changes and halftime adjustments when he was actually leading us to victories.

The play calling seems better too, its just an OL jailbreak and not much to do about that.

Man...I guess we just don't see eye to eye here. The playcalling last night of up the middle was atrocious. The delay of game penalties, backing us up to our two yard and then calling for a five step drop is atrocious as well. I thought the play calling the first couple games was actually pretty good, but I've been pretty unimpressed since then.

Offensive adjustment, I dont know what you adjust to, they are screwed. The D seems to play well in first half and even better in each 2nd half though.

I don't know if I can agree with this either. the D in it's three biggest tests against any offense with a legitimate pulse (NO, San Fran, Seattle) hasn't done much of anything in the second half and completely crapped the bed against St. Louis. That's over half of our games. The played well in the second half against a rookie 3rd round pick, a Hekyll and Jekyll QB and a Detroit team that has shown this year that if you take one important piece of their offense away, they're completely impotent. the D looks to be OK at this point. They make some plays, but they've started a bad trend of getting knocked around rushing the ball and their secondary has been pretty awful save for a couple great games by Peterson and some good play by Honey Badger.

 

[Mulli]

Calm down.

 

[Duckjake]

I wouldnt be surprised if his days are numbered BUT - he may be the best of the 6 last night and that is saying something.

Per Kent Somers, Arians said that C Sendlein was the only offensive lineman who played well. Rest of them struggled.

Maybe that's why Sendlein gets a pass from almost everyone but Rugby.

 

[cardncubfan]

http://www.azcardinals.com/videos-p...luggish-/253852c2-0010-423d-831f-7d6224423d80

Here is the post game interview and probably to what they are referring. I am not buying him throwing the defense out at the expense of the offense. They focused on starting fast defensively during the short week and instead came out flat and mistake prone - he has every right to call him on this, especially the blown coverage leading to the Rice TD. He calls out the running game and protection as well and mentions that switching QBs is a possibility if the decision making is poor.

I fail to understand (and this isn't directed to you, more a general comment) how so many of us want to chastise BA on his first season with a new team and a QB that is clearly not in his prime, an OLine without a strength and a mediocre roster. I watched the most of the game, I don't remember screaming about the play calls - I do remember yelling at Carson, dropped catches, missed blocking assignments and our 'safeties'. What is a coach supposed to say after that performance and when the other team is clearly better in terms of talent?

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