The Arizona Cardinals should have had a chance to tie the game in the end but too many mistakes allow the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to come away victorious
Once the Arizona Cardinals get a defense and learn how to avoid stupid penalties, they may not lost many games next year and the foreseeable future. That said, for now it is what it is and the Cardinals lost another game they should have won.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Cardinals 30-27 thanks to some help from the officials. A bad pass interference call in the end zone after a questionable non-call on the previous Cardinals drive, which resulted in Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray‘s first interception since September 30th, didn’t help matters.
The Cardinals had a 27-23 lead but their poor pass defense allowed the Bucs to march down the field for the winning score. Jameis Winston was intercepted a couple of times on Sunday but was still good enough to allow the officials to give him a shot to win it late.
Don’t misunderstand here, the Cardinals made one too many mistakes in this one. It shouldn’t have come down to this. Two turnovers deep in Tampa territory in the second half did them in.
Running back David Johnson fumbled in the third quarter, the Cardinals first lost fumble of the season. Johnson did not look like his old self. He looked slow all day long.
The run game was fairly non-existent save for a couple of Murray runs. The breakout star of the game clearly was Cardinals receiver Christian Kirk. He had 3 touchdown receptions on Sunday.
The Cardinals were driving in the final minute. They got the benefit of one pass interference call but not on the other. The officials did not call pass interference on the final play of the game.
Replays showed it was clearly interference. A gutless replay booth decided not to review it though. More on that later but for now, we have to sit here and fume about another ridiculous Cardinals loss.