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Originally Posted by skinsfan69
I would say that the reason all the mistakes were overcame was cause the Cards didn't have a NFL offense. I was thinking that we would blow this team out. The best part of the game was the crowd. That was great to see.
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I was in that crowd, and it was awesome.
D: The defense was great, especially when it mattered most.
ST: Special Teams were good enough.
O: I kept waiting for the offense to feed off the momentum the D was providing, but it never really happened. If they didn't benefit from a few penalties against AZ, and the defense giving them the ball back a couple times, they definitely would have lost this game. They struggled with consistency. The only drive that felt pretty good ended with a Gibson fumble. While sacks may seem to paint a picture that the O-line was terrible, I thought they were ok, especially early on. It appeared (to me and many sitting around us) that Howell was just too hesitant to make a decision a lot of times, like he didn't trust what he was seeing. That sack/fumble/TD was squarely on Wylie though. He just got straight beat.
Sam has to be better though, and EB has to put him in positions to be better. The defense can only carry this team so far.
Not a perfect game by any means, but we got what mattered - the W.