Revenge of the Birds
The Arizona Cardinals fell to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, despite the efforts of the offense lead by Jacoby Brissett.
It was once again a failure of the defense to get any fourth quarter stops that had the Cardinals taking that fourth straight loss, as the defense has not forced a single fourth quarter punt since week one.
Tough look for a defensive staff.
This week, everyone knew what needed to happen for the Arizona Cardinals to win the game, they had to slow down Jonathan Taylor. Notice, no one said stop Taylor, the Colts rushing attack is too good to stop, but slowing down Taylor puts more on Daniel Jones, which should be the objective.
Instead, the Cardinals, with the lead two times in the game, were bludgeoned by the Colts rushing attack in the fourth quarter.
Taylor had eight carries in the fourth quarter, for 42 yards and a touchdown. Taylor finished with 21 carries for 123 yards and that one touchdown.
I guess we can at least think that the defense “held” Taylor to less yards per carry, since it was nearly seven yards per carry before that.
However, in a season where the defensive front was heavily invested in, they once again could not get off the field in the fourth quarter of a game. A recurring theme for every game this season.
Maybe we can finally start talking about that.
