The Cardinals were moving toward what would have been an attempt for a game-winning field goal, and after a 2014 season all about close wins and second-half comebacks, confidence wasn’t a problem even after they had misfired much of the game against the Rams.
Three incomplete passes abruptly ended that thought, however, and for once, the script didn’t play out.
“Those types of games we have won for two years,” coach Bruce Arians said Monday, the day after the 24-22 loss. “It’s the first one we’ve lost like that and it’s a little hard to swallow.”
The loss isn’t ideal, especially coming at home, and not with so many what-ifs dotting the play-by-play.