Arizona Cardinals: 3 biggest takeaways vs Oakland Raiders
By Scott Allen
![GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 18: Daniel Carlson #8 of the Oakland Raiders kicks a 35 yard game winning field goal out of a hold by Johnny Townsend #5 against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on November 18, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. Raiders won 23-21. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) GLENDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 18: Daniel Carlson #8 of the Oakland Raiders kicks a 35 yard game winning field goal out of a hold by Johnny Townsend #5 against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on November 18, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. Raiders won 23-21. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/https-3A-2F-2Fraisingzona-com-2Fwp-content-2Fuploads-2Fgetty-images-2F2017-2F07-2F1063357496-850x560-27c58b59828db9b6728f39a85a72e1e88f8d1639232c75e48af8c7678bbb9de1.jpg)
Penalties
The Cardinals couldn’t get out of their own way on Sunday. They had horrible penalties in the fourth quarter as they tried to salt the game away.
A personal foul penalty on tight end Jermaine Gresham was costly. Mike Iupati had a bad penalty and then the back breaker was the holding penalty on tight end Ricky Seals-Jones.
Seals-Jones was holding when really he probably didn’t need to be on a 57-yard David Johnson touchdown run. Johnson had already run off one play of 53-yards earlier.
The touchdown would not only have given Johnson 190-yards rushing on the day at the time, it would have given the Cardinals a 28-20 lead and likely win. However, it was all erased and the Cardinals didn’t recover from it.
The Cardinals had seven penalties for 62-yards while the Raiders had just four penalties for 20-yards. The Cardinals were just an undisciplined team at the worst possible time.