This...some much this.
The Watt injury news was what started it for me. I think if Watt plays, the Cardinals win this game and it's like a 10 point victory. Has his play been that impactful? Not really, but I think his absence had an overall effect.
They gotta get over that fast... and is why it made his signing risky in sin the first place. A player THAT positively impactful can also really devastate a team when his body breaks down on him in the middle of the season.
I hope we don’t go woe is us and don’t think we will. We’ve got a mini bye to get people healthy and once we get Hudson back in there, we can roll SF. As long as that happens, the ship gets righted.
Hell, even if it doesn’t, if we’re 7-2 with the Panthers, Seahags and Bears, we could EASILY go to 10-2 and get back our swag before a big show down game with the Rams at home. If we win that Niners game, 10-2 is the worst I think we’ll be by the Rams game and we could easily be 11-1 at that point.
Reality is last night was this version of the Cardinals first PRIMETIME showdown. They looked REALLY stiff in the first half. They got that nerves game out of them, played like total crap and still almost won. Not time to panic at all.