Falcons 38, Cardinals 19

The Cardinals fell to the Falcons 38-19 today in Atlanta.  The Cardinals drop to 4-6-1 after this loss.  Their slim playoff hopes became even slimmer.  I have to imagine they would need to sweep their remaining 5 games to have even any sort of shot at the playoffs (and even that would be no certainty).  Things have just never really clicked with this team this year, they've been outplayed and out-coached numerous times.  I just think they got a bit full of themselves over the past offseason and didn't put in the work they need to (and that applies to the front office, coaches and players).

Observations:

• The Cardinals continue to struggle in early eastern time zone road games. 
• I can't even imagine how bad the Cardinals would be without David Johnson. 
• Larry Fitzgerald continues to amaze me.  
• Watching the Cardinals defense makes me realize how misleading statistics can be. 
• The Cardinals revamped offensive line did Carson Palmer no favors. 
• Jermaine Gresham has been pretty solid at TE for the Cardinals lately. 
• That fourth down offsides penalty on Calais Campbell was a killer.  
• I'm guessing that Michael Floyd is not back with the Cardinals next year.  
• That dropped interception by D.J. Swearinger cost the Cardinals 7 points. 
• I'm not sure if there's a better WR in the NFL than Julio Jones. 
• Time of Possession:  Falcons 34:22, Cardinals 25:38
• It was nice to see Tyrann Mathieu back on the field. 
• It's still hard to believe that Drew Butler has a job.  
• Ron Jaworski pretty much nailed it when he called Cardinals 'mentally weak'. 
• Is it time to re-evaluate Steve Keim's scouting acumen? 
• The Falcons WR crew ate the Cardinals for lunch today. 
• That Falcon touchdown catch by Taylor Gabriel was pretty impressive. 
• As a Minnesota Gopher fan it was nice to see De'Vondre Campbell with an interception.
• Cardinal draft needs:  OL, QB  & more OL.  
• Up next?  Washington Redskins @ University of Phoenix Stadium next Sunday.