You didn't really believe in a win, did you??

[Cardsfanstl]

What the hell was Arians thinking with less than a minute to go in the first half? Have Lee punt and pin Seattle down near their own goal line and they simply run out the clock, even a touchback would have sufficed. No, instead he tries on 4th down fails, and give Seattle the ball almost at the 40 yd. line. They were lucky Seattle didn't get a TD.

Agree. Was telling my niece this was a stupid decision.

 

[kerouac9]

Well, if Andre Ellington could run and chew gum at the same time, there's a six point swing prior to halftime. I don't know if they'd have won though. Stanton missed too many wide open throws but that's not a surprise. I think it was 2 very mediocre teams out there playing. Seattle is not even close to a SB contender in my eyes.

Put Earl Thomas back into that mix and I think you’d have an NFC Championship participant. I’m interested to see how tha D looks without Sherman against someone with a pulse.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

But it was!

Yep.

Didn't think we would win, but was happily surprised the Cardinals didn't pull one of their infamous, "get their doors blow off in a HUGE blowout, down by 21+ in the 2nd quarter on national TV" type games.

Kept it close, kept it interesting enough. I got my money's worth, and made taking today off, worth it.

Not to mention it is gorgeous out today, and I get to do lawn work (which I like to do).

Its all good.



As for the team, I agree, there is a lot wrong, and a lot of work to do. Yet, this offseason will feel like an unforced "gutting" of the roster, and maybe even the coaching staff. Since there are a lot of players that could leave/retire/cut for $$$.

It will be pretty close to a blank sheet. Weirdest thing will be no Larry Fitzgerald.

But everything is on the table. Coaches, players, systems, philosophies.........going to be intense/interesting.

I want to jump the gun and start talking about 2018, but there is plenty of time for that later.

With 7 games left, who knows what happens, who comes out of no where, who earns a spot next year, and who loses one.

 

[cardncubfan]

Yes. Yes I did.

 

[Ronin]

I was hoping that the Cardinals would win last night.

 

[AZCB34]

No but as the game dragged on it was painfully obvious that a healthy Cardinals team wins this game easily.

Would the healthy cardinals have beaten a healthy Seahawks team?

Not so sure about that

 

[CardLogic]

If a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump it's ass!



Just thought I'd get in on this "If. . ." discussion.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Hawks by 6, just like Vegas said it would be.

Ended up being one huge throwaway pass completion on a scramble from being an OT game or possibly an upset, too.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Tonight was the official unveiling of all that is wrong with this team...

- Age showed up... Bethea, Williams, Dansby, Frostee... That catch by Baldwin on Wilson's scramble was a pathetic display of athleticism by Bethea. Embarrassing really...

- Badger is no Badger no more...

- The loss of Calais has killed this team. And is it concerning that Olson Pierre appears to have more upside than Diche??

- O-Line... They suck as much as any other oline this team has fielded under BASK...

- No QBoF...

- No legit threat at WR after Larry.

Also, was I the only one who was frustrated to see the Hawks field a very promising CB opposite of Sherman> When we've struggled to find anything at CB opposite of PP21?? Ugh....

You damn right we could have won and beaten these Seahawks... now the current Rams are a different story

 

[Dude]

Would the healthy cardinals have beaten a healthy Seahawks team?

Not so sure about that

They still had Wilson I don't care who else is out. Better Question is do they win if both teams played without their starting QB's?

IMO as hard as we played we win ether case.

 

[THESMEL]

Yes thought we would win at home, out played them stats , time, first downs - but we are soft and they are tougher, with more endurance physically and mentally, I don’t where we go from here,

We’re going to have to rebuild around DJ -