Arizona Cardinals finally facing team with winning mark

How has Chris Johnson been able to revitalize his career like he has so far this season with the Cardinals?

The Cardinals might not have powerhouse names offensively, but nobody is as good as Arians at getting the best out of his offense. Since last season, they have believed they are a Super Bowl contender.

This will be a low-scoring game, and it’s going to come down to stopping Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell.

-The Cardinals opened last week’s game against the Lions in a no-huddle offense but failed to move the ball in the first two possessions.

Roethlisberger took part in non-contact seven-on-seven passing drills. Arizona took only two plays to score after the free kick, giving themselves a 23-20 lead with under three minutes left in the game. The most interesting matchup for me is going to be Antonio Brown vs. the Cardinals’ secondary.

I mean, I can’t think of any history between these two franchises… “You just have to look for the last guy hitting after the whistle, and it’s usually him”.

Roethlisberger said the determining factor in being game ready will be when he feels he is mobile enough to protect himself. “I think he’s doing everything he can just to make sure he doesn’t mess up and just to make sure to put us in a position to win”. Steelers have looked better with Mike Vick than I expected. There should be more in it this week than last week, and would be more next week than this week.

Peat, the 13th overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, suffered a sprained medical collateral ligament during Thursday night’s victory over the Atlanta Falcons. “Also in that process is us bringing a few of the things that we do to his skill set”. We’ve got the Chargers and Bills pegged for nine wins.

Maybe, though if Vick’s track record against Arizona is any indication, Sunday is not likely to be one of his finest outings. He is averaging completion on 63.8 percent of his throws for an average gain of 365 yards. He completed 11 of his 14 passes to gain 161 yards. The Steelers have been a different team under the leadership of Mike VIck, but they are still winning football games and that’s what is important.

“And he has one of the strongest arms around the league, still, so we have to make sure that we keep everything in front of us and hopefully force him into making throws that he’s not comfortable with”.

“When your superstar blocks, then the rest of the room better block”, Arians said “Our running game right now is pretty good, because our receivers are blocking so well”.

The Cardinals’ next three opponents – Pittsburgh (16th), Baltimore (13th), and Cleveland (23rd) – all boast very middling pass defenses, according to our Adjusted Defensive Passing NEP per play metric, that should be exploitable matchups for Brown.

Larry Foote is a coach, as is Brentson Buckner.

To fill the void, Arizona signed Dwight Freeney to a one-year contract this week. Out of timeouts, the Steelers kept Roethlisberger in the shotgun, and after a miss to Holmes in the left corner of the end zone – “I definitely thought I lost us the Super Bowl”, Holmes said of letting that ball go through his hands – the Steelers won it on the next snap with a more hard version of a similar play to the right corner of the end zone.

Bruce Arians is returning to Pittsburgh as a head coach for the first time since the Steelers fired him as offensive coordinator after the 2011 season.

Ghosts at The Greenbrier?

As a unit, the Cardinals average north of 5.0 yards per carry. A Roethlisberger pass was batted at the line of scrimmage by Bryan Robinson, who had made no progress in his rush and just stuck an arm up, and when Karlos Dansby came down with the carom the Cardinals sent their offense onto the field at the Steelers 34-yard line. However, Roethlisberger did not practice Friday and was officially ruled out for Sunday.