The playoffs are still a near certainty. But the Cardinals are a team in crisis. They deserve your contempt.
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"A 30-12 loss to the lowly Lions has the Valley fuming. The Cardinals showed up flat with a playoff berth on the line. That’s a damning indictment for a franchise that began selling playoff tickets on Dec. 8.
Since then, the Cardinals are 0-2. They lost a game and a giant opportunity against the Rams. And after being manhandled by a one-win opponent on Sunday, they’ve lost a good chunk of their credibility. They are now 0-for-4 in playoff-clinching games over the past two seasons.
They were bad in so many ways on Sunday. But let’s start with the easy target.
When a football coach is notorious for teams that collapse in the second half of seasons, you must question the culture of his entire operation.
After the Cardinals lost two playoff-clinching games to end the 2020 season under Kliff Kingsbury, general manager Steve Keim made drastic steps to import better character, better pedigree, better leaders and more physicality. To make sure a grotesque collapse never happened again.
Well, it’s happening again. It’s fair to wonder if they’ll win another game this season."