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A look back at the Rams’ loss as they come to town in Week 13.
The Los Angeles Rams suffered a surprising and disappointing loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The lost 23-20 on a last-second field goal by Robbie Gould to drop to 7-4.
They come to town to take on the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. What happened to the Rams in Week 12?
An increase in cases of the coronavirus in Arizona means only family of the team will be able to attend.
As the 2020 NFL season has progressed, the Arizona Cardinals have been able to increase the number of spectators allowed to attend. For their Week 13 home game at State Farm Stadium against the Los Angeles Rams, that changes.
The team announced Friday that, based on information and guidance from Arizona Department of Health Services, the general public will not be allowed to attend the game. Tickets will not go on sale.
There will be a limited number of spectators in attendance but they will be only family members of Cardinals players and staff.
The team has not made a decision yet on their final two home games of the season in Week 15 against the Philadelphia Eagles and Week 16 against the San Francisco 49ers.
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See how the 82 defensive snaps were divided up.
In their season-ending 31-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17, the Arizona Cardinals played 82 defensive snaps. Let’s see how that playing time was divided up and what it could mean.
Corey Peters, 60; Caraun Reid, 56; Zach Kerr, 41; Miles Brown, 19; Michael Dogbe, 13
Peters played a little more than normal. We continue to see Reid get significant playing time. He is a guy to watch for next year.
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The Cardinals had 68 offensive snaps against the Rams in the season finale.
The Arizona Cardinals played 68 offensive snaps in their 31-24 season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Let’s see how the playing time was divided up and what it could mean.
Kyler Murray, 63; Brett Hundley, 5
Murray came out after he was knocked down and hit his funny bone. Hundley finished the drive and led the team to a touchdown. Murray returned.
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Listen to the latest edition of the best hour of Cardinals talk on the Web.
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The latest episode of the podcast has dropped and it covers all the latest surrounding the Arizona Cardinals as their season has come to a close.
This isn’t quite an offseason show. It is the end-of-season show.
Revenge of the Birds’ Seth Cox and I react to the Cardinals’ 31-24 loss to the L.A. Rams, discuss the decision to keep Vance Joseph, go through some reported coaching changes and give our end-of-season awards and superlatives.
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If you are looking for a particular part of the show, here are the approximate timestamps for the different topics we discussed.
(4:40) The positives in the Cardinals’ Week 17 loss
(23:34) The disappointing parts of the loss
(51:44) Vance Joseph’s return — was it the right move?
(59:15) The reported changes on the coaching staff
(1:11:56) End of season awards — MVP, best offensive player, best defensive player, most improved and comeback player
(1:26:35) Season superlatives — biggest surprises, biggest disappointments, best additions to the team
Check out who impressed and who didn’t quite go as well as hoped.
The Arizona Cardinals lost to the Los Angeles Rams in their season finale, snapping their modest two-game winning streak. It extended their losing streak to the Rams to six games, although they played much better overall than in the previous five.
Who were the players to stand out and the players to disappoint in the loss?
Arnold had a big game, making fans think that maybe he is a good answer at tight end. He had four catches for 76 yards and a touchdown. He looks promising, at least.
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The Rams made sure he didn’t get any sacks by double- and triple-teaming him the entire game in Week 17.
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones had a chance to make history on Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams. He entered the game with the league lead in sacks with 19. He had a chance to get to 20 sacks, something that has only every happened 12 times before, and an outside shot at the all-time season sack record.
The Rams had a different idea.
They consistently double- and tripled-teamed Jones or used running backs and tight ends to chip him, forcing other players to have to make plays.
The result?
Jones was held without a sack. In the last four games, the Rams have held him to only half a sack.
Jones still made an impact with a pair of tipped passes, a QB hit, two tackles and one for loss.
But he missed out on every notable achievement.
He did not get the sack record. He didn’t get to 20 sacks. And because Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaq Barrett had three sacks in Week 17, Jones doesn’t even get the 2019 sack title. Barrett finished with 19.5 sacks, giving him the league lead, with Jones finishing second.
Jones still tied for the league lead with eight forced fumbles and set the team season sack record, breaking the previous record of 17 he set in 2017.
He still had a fantastic season and is deserving of the league’s Defensive Player of the Year honors, but because the Rams paid so much attention to him, he missed out on an even more special season.
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There was a lot of good and plenty of bad, but the Cardinals played much better than in previous games against the Rams.
The Arizona Cardinals played much better than in any of their previous five games against the Los Angeles Rams but the result was the same. They lost 31-24 to the Rams, ending their season 5-10-1.
Jared Goff threw three touchdown passes and Kyler Murray turned the ball over four times.
What did we learn in the game?
After being questionable with a hamstring injury, Murray was good to go and started. He did not try any scrambles and used a warmer to keep the hamstring from tightening up but he both played well and made mistakes. He had 325 passing yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He came out late in the game for a few plays after he was knocked down by Clay Matthews.
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Catch up on all the action as it happens during the game.
The Arizona Cardinals play their final game of the season and the final game of the decade against the Los Angeles Rams. Kyler Murray appears to be set to start despite being questionable with a hamstring injury.
Can they win their third straight game and get to six wins on the season? Can Kyler Murray get to 3,500 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and 600 rushing yards? Can Chandler Jones get the sack record or at least get to 20 on the season?
Follow the action here for updates, highlights and scoring plays.
The Cardinals open on defense playing the run very well. Todd Gurley loses a yard on five carries but the Jared Goff picks up two long third downs to extend the drive. Chandler Jones doesn’t get a sack but knocks down a third-down pass to force a field goal. Greg Zuerlein’s kick from 47 yards is good to give the Rams the lead.
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See who will not dress for the Rams in their season finale against the Cardinals.
The Los Angeles Rams released their inactive list for Week 17 and will be shorthanded in the secondary. They will be without their two starting cornerbacks against the Arizona Cardinals. Jalen Ramsey and Troy Hill both will not dress. Ramsey has a knee injury and Hill has a thumb injury that kept him out of last week’s game as well.
Here is the full list of inactives for the Rams.
Havenstein is healthy but has been replaced in the starting lineup by Bobby Evans.
With Ramsey and Hill out, Nickell Robey-Coleman and Darious Williams will likely start.
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