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Week 13 (vs. Rams)

Posted on November 28, 2017 at 03:10 AM.

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Rams Crush Cardinals 42-14

The Cardinals' playoff hopes almost certainly came to an end in this one as they fall to 5-7 on the season. The Rams were explosive right out of the gates as they rattled off 14 points in 2 commanding drives to start the game and take a 14-point lead 11 minutes into the game.
However, the Cardinals responded on the very next play with a 75-yard touchdown run from Adrian Peterson. Peterson rushed for 137 yards on 20 carries. He has now run the football 63 times with Kyle Peltz at the helm and has rushed for 431 yards in these 2 games. Despite an extremely slow start to the season, Peterson has all but locked up another 1000-yard season as he only needs to gain 119 yards total in the last 4 games of the season. On Los Angeles' next drive they managed to get into field goal range at the 34 yard line before the drive stalled. Antoine Bethea blocked the kick and took it to the house to even the game at 14-14 as the first quarter came to a close. Unfortunately, 14 was all that Arizona would get in this one, as the Rams defense stifled the Cards' offense. Jared Goff went on to throw 4 more touchdown passes; 2 to Watkins and 2 to Kupp. He wound up with 5 touchdowns and zero interceptions on the day and completed over 80%
of his passes in what was likely the best game of his young career.
Larry Fitzgerald caught 5 passes today and picked up 62 yards. He now has 80 catches and 884 receiving yards in 2017. He is just 19 yards away from passing Randy Moss as 3rd place all-time in receiving yards.
If he sticks around for another season, he'll likely pass Terrell Owens and become the 2nd most prolific receiver in NFL history in terms of receiving yards.
Matt Barkley got his second straight start today and threw an interception. He wasn't quite as good as he was in his start last week against Jacksonville and Blaine Gabbert came in for him late in the 4th quarter. When prompted, interim head coach Peltz declined to discuss whether Barkley would start again next week against the Titans.

Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals
Dec 3, 2017	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Los Angeles Rams (8-4)	14	14	7	7	42
Arizona Cardinals (5-7)	14	0	0	0	14

Team Stats Comparison
	LAR	ARI
Total Offense	491	301
Rushing Yards	188	162
Passing Yards	303	139
First Downs	21	14
Punt Return Yards	13	15
Kick Return Yards	0	74
Total Yards	504	390
Turnovers	1 (+1)	2 (-1)
3rd Down Conversion	7-11 (63%)	5-12 (41%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0 (0%)	1-4 (25%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0 (0%)	0-0 (0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-4 (100%)	0-1 (0%)
Penalties	3-25	0-0
Posession Time	32:13	27:47

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		LAR	ARI
10:12	(LAR) T. Gurley II 3 yard run (G. Zuerlein kick)	7	0
4:00	(LAR) T. Gurley II 9 yard pass (G. Zuerlein kick)	14	0
3:50	(ARI) A. Peterson 75 yard run (P. Dawson kick)	14	7
0:34	(ARI) A. Bethea, returned fumble 62 yards (P. Dawson kick)	14	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		LAR	ARI
7:10	(LAR) S. Watkins 6 yard pass from J. Goff (G. Zuerlein kick)	21	14
1:05	(LAR) C. Kupp 49 yard pass from J. Goff (G. Zuerlein kick)	28	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		LAR	ARI
6:35	(LAR) C. Kupp 9 yard pass from J. Goff (G. Zuerlein kick)	35	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		LAR	ARI
3:58	(LAR) S. Watkins 55 yard pass from J. Goff (G. Zuerlein kick)	42	14

Los Angeles Rams
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
J. Goff	24/29	339	5	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Gurley	28	167	5.9	1
T. Austin	2	19	9.5	0
G. Gronkowski	1	2	2.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Higbee	7	48	6.8	0
T. Gurley II	5	57	11.4	1
C. Kupp	4	91	22.7	2
S. Watkins	4	86	21.5	2
R. Woods	2	26	13.0	0
G. Everett	1	18	18.0	0
D. Carrier	1	13	13.0	0

Arizona Cardinals
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
M. Barkley	16/27	152	0	1
B. Gabbert	3/6	12	0	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Peterson	20	137	6.8	1
B. Gabbert	2	24	12.0	0
K. Williams	1	0	0.0	0
T. Niklas	1	1	1.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
L. Fitzgerald	5	62	12.4	0
A. Peterson	4	23	5.7	0
J. Brown	3	25	8.3	0
J. Gresham	3	8	2.6	0
J. Brown	2	34	17.0	0
R. Seals-Jones	1	6	6.0	0
T. Niklas	1	6	6.0	0