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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame
Was a queer game IMO. The refs were brutal and stopped Cardinal drives over and over. Meanwhile the Steelers go on it seemed forever without a penalty and then bang the makeup calls started being made.
Cardinals in the first half were just poorly coached and then Warner's gaffe turns into a TD. Super bad luck but off a dumb throw.
Even at the end suddenly the Cardinals are blitzing guys as in the kitchen sink when they were getting pressure with just their front guys or sending one.
I'd rack it up to poor coaching and very questionable refs. Arizona should have attacked offensively from the opening whistle and the refs should have stayed out of the game.
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Yup. I don't know what the Cards were trying to achieve in the first half?
Did they want a 7-7 game at halftime? Arizona needed to win a shootout. They needed to force Pittsburgh to play a 50-40 type game.
Not really a dumb throw but a bad play call. Exactly the same as Oklahoma's INT at the end of their 1st half last month. You're guaranteed 3 points, that ball had to go to the back of the endzone just like the Holmes play at the end of the game. Either your receiver catches it or it's incomplete. These plays that are just short of goal line are suicide.