The Cardinals did good things that led to a third quarter lead over the Falcons. Then, Cardinals’ things began happening to the Cardinals.
Cardinals running back James Conner, who was playing well until suffering a shin injury late in the third quarter, could only watch helplessly from the sideline.
This game felt like a lot of Arizona’s other losses this season. Even when the team was relatively healthy. In addition to rolling out their fourth-string quarterback, David Blough, who got the starting assignment over third-stringer Trace McSorley, the Cardinals were without their leading tackler, safety Budda Baker , their No.1 wide receiver in DeAndre Hopkins and their top three cornerbacks, Byron Murphy Jr. , Marco Wilson and Antonio Hamilton .
This is still the Cardinals’ offense we’re talking about here so yes, of course, there were some troubling moments. Arizona had a great chance to keep the momentum going after the Falcons turned the football over on downs but there was no imagination — and nothing open — on three consecutive play calls and it forced Lee to punt from the goal line.
They had a chance to tack on more points on their next possession, but it ended with Prater missing a 43-yarder wide left. They drove 41 yards on eight plays the next, but on fourth down and Conner riding a stationary bike on the sideline and not lined up in the backfield, Corey Clement was stuffed for no gain and the Falcons took over.
Conner said he won’t know his status for next week’s season finale until he gets checked out Monday and Tuesday at the team’s Tempe training facility. Kingsbury said the status of Hopkins, who reaggravated the same knee he had surgery on a year ago, is uncertain as well.
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