Game Thread: Cards vs Rams

[Davis_Mike]

This game will tell where we are at. We should be winning these games at home against mediocre teams. Starting 4-0, 2-0 in the division & 4-0 in the NFC, gives us a little wiggle room as we play the next 6 out of 8 games on the road.

They will be wearing their black jerseys Sunday.

Iupati is a definite go. Ellington is a game time decision & won't be the starter even if he is active.

 

[johnson]

It's going to be nasty. Cards are playing at such a high level at this point I am picking them to win every game until they prove otherwise.

Very interested to see how our run game does against the Rams D. They held in check L Bell and Lynch, but then got torched by the Redskins backs.

 

[FORKWDEVIL]

Protect our QB and we got this.

 

[DweeberAZ]

Unlike last weekend, where the college side was a complete let down, this is a better weekend. Just need the Cards to take care of business and take this game. 4-0 would be a great way to start this season.

 

[BPNAZ]

this is a classic "trap" game

D.Johnson has to catch that for TD

gonna be interesting to see how this team does in a close game for once

 

[johnson]

It's hard to say in football one man could be solely responsible for a loss, but if the game ended now, that would be David Johnson. Fumbled opening kickoff and a dropped TD. I'm not exactly excited to see what's next from him.

 

[Davis_Mike]

The Cardinals are shooting themselves in the foot. David Johnson is basically responsible for an 11 point swing in scoring. This game should be 13-3 Cards.

We all knew this would be a tough game. It always is.

 

[BPNAZ]

classic trap game is exactly happening as I expected. Lots of turnovers, poor playcalling, letting a mediocre at best team stick around to steal one

 

[BPNAZ]

This game just an ugly reminder of how far off they still are. Just frankly not on same level as NE, a Green Bay or even Seattle team.

 

[BPNAZ]

then Palmer chokes to seal it....two ridiculously high throws , one to john brown and he was wiiiiiiiiiiiiiide open

just didn't deserve to win, now they HAVE to win both road games at Detroit and at Pittsburgh

 

[johnson]

This game just an ugly reminder of how far off they still are. Just frankly not on same level as NE, a Green Bay or even Seattle team.

Totally disagree. That Seattle team got beat by the same Rams team that just beat us. The Pack beat the Niners, but it was competitive. We slaughtered them. I think we are still in the same convo with all those teams.

This one is on David Johnson. If he doesn't botch the opening kick off, drop a TD pass, and get stuffed on a crucial 3rd down missing a gap, we win easily. The rest of the team I thought performed pretty well.

Palmer wasn't great on that last drive, but he was pretty solid the entire game. CJ was great. Fitz was generally awesome, but the turnover hurt bad.

Rams deserved to win. They didn't make any major errors and the defense reminded me a lot of the Cards D the past few years. Once we got in the red zone, they just locked it down. Too many FGs. Foles made a few good passes that counted big. Hats off to them, but I still feel really good about the Cards.

 

[Battlelyon]

Good game guys, good luck the rest of the way in games that help the Rams.

 

[johnson]

Well, the Lions aren't helping any of us. What is wrong with that team? There are some franchises in the NFL that just seem to be gigantic losers no matter who is coaching, who the players are, etc...that ending is something only Lions fans, Bills fans, or Browns fans can come close to relating to.

Texting Lions fan friends and getting optimistic toward the end of the game and every single one is like "Nope, don't bother. They will choke." Even at 3rd and 1 at the 11 none of them had faith. And they were all right.