Doug: Notes on Cardinals loss to Rams

AZ wins flip

Decent return

Big gain to Fitz

Telegraphed pass…DE wasn’t cut by Bridges…pass knocked down

Hightower huge gain…great trap block by Fanaca

Never mind…he got blown up two plays later on a loss

DA could have picked up half on 3rd & 13 but threw between two receivers in same area…either Doucet or Fitz misread coverage

Feely 45y FG

3-0 AZ 11:14

Facemask on KO by Obiozor

1st & 10 STL -36

Bradford flushed with no contain…1 yard

Jackson cut back 4y

AZ T.O.

3rd & 5

Huge mistake by Bradford…right side was wide open and forced it into coverage to Amendola

47y punt

3-0 AZ 10:06 1st Q -12

Hightower off LT…1 yd

Great pass off play action…good block by Levi

Off-setting penalties…DRC taketh and giveth

Hightower off RT behind Fanaca pulling from left side

Wells gets nothing

Breaston sits in zone for 20 yds

Nothing for Hightower…no push

Good play call but DA threw it 100 mph on a simple dump over the middle

3rd & 10

Bad throw to open Breaston but there was traffic in front of DA

Feely 41y FG…6-0 AZ 5:26 1st Q

STL -31 on Amendola return

Rhodes saved a TD on Jackson run…Branch was destroyed on the play

Adams great open field tackle…3y gain on quick flare

Porter completely stonewalled…Gibson for 1st

TO STL 6-0 AZ 3:17 1st Q

Again Adams attacks the ball…4y

Jackson for 4 on the dive

Great coverage on roll-out…Johnson had the back completely shut down

Brown 40y FG with flag…take points off board

1st & 10

Nothing for Jackson

Another roll-out for Bradford to dump off for 5y…3rd & 3

Toler some hand fighting…close to PI

It’s clear AZ special teams has no idea what’s going on…wasted TO to avoid too many men

Brown 28y FG good

6-3 AZ :24 1st Q

-15

Levi and Spach seal end…Wells 16y

End of 1st
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Wells pushes pile for 4 behind Lutui

Wells solid in blitz pick up DA threw it into ground

Breaston through his hands

Patrick 53y punt…Amendola huge return

6-3 AZ; STL +49; 13:53 2nd Q

Jackson big hole Lenon blown up…8y

Great play by Hayes to slow down Jackson…1 foot

Wonderful play call…hand off to the FB but move Jackson out for fake pitch…the pitch will come later in the game…2y & 1st down

INC…an actual QB hit

A zone blitz with Dockett covering the flat

Brown 52y FG…6-6 10:23 2nd Q

LSH KO RET -29

Off-sides…free play…duck to Breaston for 26

Dump off to Hightower…Fitz wide open

Sendlein got beat so bad he took out Lutui too

FB Bajema wide open and dropped 1st down pass

Great play by Branch…threw away blocker and made play down the line

Rhodes on a delayed blitz…Bradford was worried about A-Dub

Punt return with 10 men

6-6 6:10 2nd Q

Huge run by Hightower

Fanaca blown up

Off-sides…free play…deep to Breaston in DC…dropped

2nd & 5…nice DA roll-out…good play call…Dray just stopped running

Bridges pushed into Hightower slowing down play…-5

Sendlein very slow on the screen…he makes his block and that’s a TD

Horrible INT…ball thrown to lonely safety and behind Fitz

6-6 2:13 2nd Q

Great tackle by Lenon…had to run around an in the way
Dockett to make play

Bradford threw late over middle and got away with it

Wilson just gets in the way

Beautiful play call…screen left for 9y

Bradford threw it away

Great read by Bradford knowing receiver would come back on Adams

Jackson on dump off, stiff arm DRC 13y

Dockett blew up the play by jumping snap count

Wide open in end zone knocked down by Campbell

Brown 20y FG

STL 9-6 :04 2nd Q

End of half
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Another good return for STL…bad day for special teams…-33

C didn’t know snap count…he snapped it and no one else moved

Another solid roll-out by Bradford…good coaching…good tackle for Lenon…+4

High throw…Rhodes INT

STL 9-6; AZ ball +46; 13:23 3rd Q

Hightower nothing…Lutui late on trap block

Knock down pass to Doucett

31y punt -15 9-6 STL; 12:22 3rd Q

Someone just said tackled by Dockett but I WW

Lenon gets around block to stop Darby

Big play…no one had motion man…I did see a LB point at the open man

Jackson off LT 5y

ww…injured Ram

another underneath route open for 1st down

Bradford forced to run but not contained gets 1st D

Jackson off RT…nice cut-back 5y down field…27 y TD

16-6 STL; 7:40 3rd Q

LSH up left side -33

Really not paying attention now…Rams have the ball

Reverse…2nd & 17

Tipped pass caught by Gibson +7

Campbell beats RT, TE, RB for sack -35

Hall @ QB

Blitzed…Wells missed blitz…Sack

Pressure up the middle…tipped

Hall INT

Dockett shoots gap and was held

Nice to see A-Dub do something sticking Bradford

DRC fell on chance at pick gave up 1st down on 3rd & 11

Rhodes over the top of Bajema…good play

Good stutt…end of 3rd
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Brown 43y FG…19-6 STL…14:55 4th Q

Got back to running game +7

Bridges happy with the uniform…Hightower cut back right into DE

There were 9 in the box and Hall found FB

Hall fumbled and hurt shoulder…crowd cheers for Skelton

Hightower falls

Skelton for 20y

Skelton patiently waited over the middle for Fitz to clear

Lutui slow pulling through the hole and Hightower runs into him for no gain

Good call on IG but why did it take the ref so long to throw the flag?

FS on Levi

Good read…bad throw

Punt to -6

19-9 STL; 8:41 4th Q

Jackson middle…Williams wouldn’t move

Roberts -48

Slant pattern dropped by Doucett

Jason Wright saved Skelton on good blitz pick-up…Doucett over middle

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