Saints 27, Cardinals 27

The Cardinals knocked off the Saints 48-41 today in Glendale.  The Cardinals fall to 5-8-1 on the season with this loss.  They were also officially eliminated from the playoffs.  They also guaranteed themselves of a losing record.  It's not quite the season many people had envisioned for them this season.  Which of course was part of the problem in my opinion, they seemed to be reading the headlines and thinking they were better than they were, then compounded it by perhaps not working as hard as they could have.  That's my theory anyways and I'm sticking to it.

Observations:

• David Johnson is easily this team's MVP this season.  
• That late hit call on Sio Moore was pretty questionable in my book. 
• It's hard to believe that the Cardinals had the top ranked defense in football prior to this game. 
• If that was Calais Campbell's last home game as a Cardinals he went out with a bang. 
• Carson Palmer is not the problem with this team, I'd welcome his return. 
• The Cardinals only forced one punt this whole game. 
• I was curious as to why Mark Ingram was so angry about not being used at the goal line. 
• Turnovers:  Cardinals 2, Saints 1
• Time of Possession:  Saints 37:13, Cardinals 22:47
• Total Yards:  Saints 488, Cardinals 425
• I remember Tim Hightower!  Long time no see. 
• The Cardinals have been surprisingly bad at finishing off games this season. 
• Let's hope that Larry Fitzgerald decides to come back next season. 
• It was nice to see Smokey John Brown finally show up for a game. 
• I'd wager that Chandler Catanzaro is not back with the Cardinals next season. 
• Kerwyn Williams is a pretty good wildcat quarterback. 
• I did not realize that Brandin Cook was that good. 
• If the season ended today, it appears that the Cardinals would draft 10th overall. 
• I'm thinking that Drew Brees will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame someday. 
• Up next?  @ Seattle Seahawks next Saturday.