Before the game started, I said to my youngest son that it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing if we lost. Really, really tough to beat a very good team 3 times in one season. That's probably what would have to happen had we won today. Don't get me wrong, I hate to see us lose like we did today. But it really doesn't matter how ugly it was. There's no guarantee that Seattle beats Washington & Carolina, although I think they will. I'll take a home game for the NFC Championship against Seattle. In a freakin heartbeat!!
Football is an emotional game. I think that deep down the Cardinals to a man knew that there was no way Carolina would lose & that today's game was essentially meaningless. Very difficult to get up emotionally, especially since we beat them in their house not that many weeks back. Complete opposite for Seattle. They played like dog **** last week & they were still feeling the sting of us beating them in their house. Keep your heads up, should we play them again, you'll see a much different Cardinal team on the field. MUCH DIFFERENT.