Arizona Cardinals offensive snap count from Week 4 game vs. Rams

“Tavon is a playmaker”, Foles said.

“There were so many calls that just weren’t made”. Especially on a few end-arounds, catching the deep ball and his last touchdown getting across that guy’s face. We’re not one of those teams that needs to be humbled. “We’ll see”, he said.

“I’ve always believed in myself”, he said. You have a lot of weight on your shoulders.

Nick Foles threw for three TDs, two after Arizona turnovers, and St. Louis’ defense held the Cardinals (3-1) to field goals on four of five trips inside the red zone. On defense, they continually pressured quarterback Carson Palmer and made big plays whenever they needed.

Gurley saw his most extensive action as a pro, and his 52-yard run set up what was the winning touchdown.

Center Lyle Sendlein acknowledged the need to communicate better.

Austin had to extend to catch what proved to be the decisive 12-yard TD pass in the Rams’ breakthrough victory. The offensive line did a solid job in protection, as Foles was sacked only once. Except that never happened, and his play was worse by just about every metric.

Coming into the 2015 NFL Draft, there was no doubt that a healthy Todd Gurley would be a monster at the National Football League level. His other 15 attempts totaled just 21 yards.

On Austin’s second touchdown late in the fourth quarter, he hesitates just enough off the line to allow Jared Cook to cross over to the outside, and he again freezes the cornerback just enough to create separation and get free running inside.

Lamar Miller (7 carries, 26 yards; 1 rec. 10 yards): Perhaps he was lost in the London fog, but it was another disappointing day for Miller in their loss to the Jets that cost their coach his job. The longest play was a 23-yard touchdown pass to RB David Johnson, but there weren’t many big plays. Arians said one example was rushing the passer instead of squeezing what turned into a cutback lane. Chris Johnson is locked in as the new early-down lead dog. Thirteen of the yards came on an end-around by WR John Brown. Rookie David Johnson fumbled away the opening kickoff, leading to a Rams touchdown. Five receptions, 38 yards. But those weren’t the main ways of trying to have him make plays like they were before. However, it would have been nice to blow the Rams out of the water so Palmer could have come out at least for the kneeldowns at the end of the game. Fisher also repeated the mantra that the offense was improving, and while there were struggles with six of 12 possessions failing to produce a first down, the emergence of Gurley in the second half accentuated Fisher’s positive approach. Iupati missed the first three games after undergoing knee surgery in training camp. Fisher said, “It’s unfortunate because I don’t know if you can find a linebacker that’s playing better than he was during the first four weeks of the year”. After Sunday’s display, he’s too hot and talented to be seated on the sidelines.