Cardinals’ DeAndre Hopkins is regarded by many to be one of the best wide receivers in the NFL and losing him for nearly half of the 2021 season due to injury affected Arizona’s offense in a big way.
In 10 games with Hopkins, the team went 8-2 and the Cardinals offense averaged 30.2 points per game.
Without their all-pro receiver in eight other games, they averaged only 19.75 points and went 3-5 in that stretch which includes the 34-11 blowout loss in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Kyler Murray-led offense in the final five game of their 2021 season looked mediocre as it averaged only 18.