Cardinals, biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!!!!! 13-2 with a bye week in the playoffs, baby!
You were right, EZ. Part of me still thought you were trolling me when you said we'd blow you out but jesus... I'm so damn proud of our defense even with the Packers OL decimated, the effort they put forth was tremendous. They truly took playing for the Badger to heart. Rashad Johnson was ruled out right before the game which surprised me and had me concerned as I was counting on his return making up for HB being out. Bethel was really tested yesterday and all things considered, he did extremely well. Rodgers really went after him in the redzone on one drive and he gave up nothing, the kid is now battle tested. Our secondary will only get better when Rashad returns, I can't wait! Meanwhile the DL had a sack party and it was the first time all season I actually felt that we could get to the QB on every play. 9 sacks! 8 on Rodgers wooooo! Again, I know the Packer OL is trash but pass rush is not our forte so it felt good to exploit that. My favorite stat of the night:
The Cardinals had more sacks than the Packers had points
The D just curb stomped them and claimed their soul scoring more points than their offense.
As for offense, I was pleased to see Palmer throw accurately and fine with the injured finger. Although Arians stated he threw well on Thur and Fri, there were rumors going around that it was worse than the FO was letting out and his accuracy might suffer. Thankfully that wasn't the case. David Johnson continues to be a stud and should get a serious nod at OROTY considering he has 13 TDs with limited playing time compared to the other candidates. He nearly had 100 yards receiving...at RB! Granted, 44 came off one big play. It was nice to see Fitz finally get a TD again and he matched his career record of 103 receptions for the season so he should easily beat that next week unless we rest him. Floyd had another 100+ yd performance, John Brown another TD...there's just no stopping this offense. We have too many weapons, how do you even scheme against us?
At this point I flat out feel we are honestly the best team in the NFL. Does anyone want to argue that point? FMT? Squicken? Still think we aren't contenders because Honey Badger went down, Squicken? Like I said before, I'm not afraid of a single team in the league and don't care who we play in the playoffs. We are the better team no matter who we play and the only team that can beat us are ourselves. Most importantly of all, we are red hot and peaking at the right time, bring on the playoffs! Everyone was talking about how tough our second half of the season was (myself included) but we are a perfect 7-0 during it and on a 9 game win streak over all. Let's keep this train going all the way through Santa Clara! Chooo choooooooo!
Alright, homer bias aside, I'm just so happy about how well we're playing and that we have such a great opportunity to go the distance. It feels surreal genuinely believing the Cards are the best team in the league. I really hope we keep it up.
Go Cardinals!
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