Cardinals use great defense, take out Patriots

[desertrat218]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The field-goal sailed wide left – much to the chagrin of the Gillette Stadium crowd who had never seen such a result – and the Arizona Cardinals had clearly decided to take their heart-stopping ways on the road.
A win in New England against the Patriots was unexpected by many beforehand, and the way the 20-18 Cards’ victory came about – when Stephen Gostkowski missed his final 42-yarder, after running back Ryan Williams seemed to have surely fumbled away the Cards’ hopes – may have been even more unexpected.
This team, though, likes its dramatics.
“If it is close,” cornerback Patrick Peterson said, “we have a pretty good chance to pull it out.”
In the opener, the Cards needed a defensive stand inside their own 10-yard line. Sunday, in order to hand the Patriots (1-1) their first loss in a home opener since the team moved into their new building in 2002, they had to withstand New England’s two-point conversion attempt that would have tied with just over two minutes left, Williams’ turnover and Gostskowski’s normally sure attempt.

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Both teams basically gave this game away in the final minute, luckily we gave it away before they did!

[mdm692]

We won thats all!!!

[Huntey]

I'm so happy about this win, I only saw the first half which so I've been watching the highlights over and over. Must have wathed them like 6 times now.

On other Cardinals forums i've been seeing people questioning if our D really was elite and, last night, I think we finaly proved that we are. We made a Pats offense that is usualy quite 'pretty' and is as close to being perfect as can be and we made it look ugly.

I don't know the stats but while we might be letting teams get the yards, we're not letting them get the scores. That's all you can ask for.

Also props to Daryll Washington; he's got to be the league leader in tackles at the moment. There was one series where Washington made 3 tackles in a row and had 11-2 on the night.

[Huntey]

Oh and also, we've got to keep Horton. If we have to pay him HC money to stay then we've got to do that.

[mdm692]

Also kerry rhodes shutting down gronk when it mattered most.