It is fitting that the final game of 2017 for the Arizona Cardinals would be one where pride was on the line.
You set out the season with Super Bowl aspirations but adjust as the season plays out.
For the Cardinals and their fans, Super Bowl aspirations ended when David Johnson was hurt in game one.
Playoff hopes died in another country when Carson Palmer was lost for the season and the reservation of a lost season was real.
Except, no one told Bruce Arians and his Arizona Cardinals.