Arizona Cardinals: 3 biggest takeaways vs Oakland Raiders

By Scott Allen | Nov 18, 2018

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) /

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GLENDALE, AZ – NOVEMBER 18: Josh Rosen #3 of the Arizona Cardinals makes a pass to Jermaine Gresham #84 in the first half of the NFL game against the Oakland Raiders at State Farm Stadium on November 18, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) /

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.

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