Bounce Back: Buffalo Bills at Arizona Cardinals

[iRobot]

Arizona defensive rankings.. (note: not all team stats for sunday have been recorded yet)

10th in overall yards per game. (329.3)
9th in pass yards allowed per game. (216)
19th in rush yards allowed per game. (113.3)
4th in points per game. (16.2)
8th in 3rd down conversion allowed. (33%)
6th in 4th down conversion allowed. (33%) (only 3 attempts)
3rd in total sacks. (19)
2nd in touchdowns allowed. (8..)
8th in turnover differential. (+4)

[stchamp98]

[stchamp98]

The Cards checked into the run play on which Kolb got hurt, but running back William Powell didn’t get the change. That led to the broken play and Kolb getting hurt. “It was a miscommunication,” Whisenhunt said.

http://blog.azcardinals.com/2012/10/15/kolbs-ribs-sore-mri-coming/
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[iRobot]

[stchamp98]

[iRobot]

[khodder]

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[khodder]

No Todd means no safety blanket for Kevin, no safety blanket for Kevin means he holds onto the ball for too long, holding onto the ball for too long means he gets hit and sacked an awful lot.
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Patrick Peterson - 92 targets, 40 catches allowed, 602 yards, 6 TD's, 7 INT's

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[JohnnyV]

[stchamp98]

[khodder]

The two interceptions;

Same offensive play against similar coverage. The Kolb INT is against either a Cover 2 or Cover 4, I think the latter is more likely. His issue is that he is late with the ball, he has Jeff King open about a half second before he actually makes the throw, he takes another step then throws the ball and by that time Byrd has broken and makes the INT. Kolb made a solid read and would have found the open receiver if he made the throw earlier.

The Skelton INT was against 2 Man. Same route combos. This is just a throw that should not have been made. I can understand the "not accounting for the backside safety" on that throw especially if you read two deep coverage, because there is no way a two deep safety playing his responsibility makes that play there. However given that we had already seen Byrd make that play on the same route combo our of a two deep safety (Or four deep) look from the defense earlier in the game should ring alarm bells. We had Floyd open on a route that was short of the first down markers, but was a much safer throw and I would put money on Floyd getting the extra 4-5 yards needed for a first down.

The thing to really note about this is how bad the throw really was, and how good a play to hand onto the ball this was by Byrd. This ball was thrown low and behind the safety, even if Byrd was not there I am not sure this pass is completed simply because of how inaccurate this pass was.
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Patrick Peterson - 92 targets, 40 catches allowed, 602 yards, 6 TD's, 7 INT's

The Big Brain am winning again, I am the Greetest.