From 30,000 feet, it seems there is some strange energy around the Cardinals.There's the ongoing contract/contentment (or lack thereof, for both) situation, plus two years punctuated by late-season disappointment. The potential has been visible, but Arizona can't seem to find a way to finish. One increasingly important Cardinal isn't running from this reality."For us, we're trying to get Santiago Casilla Jersey back to way past what we did last year," safety said this week, . "We're taking it one day at a time, one week at a time, and if we can do that, we'll win. You guys saw us do that Jed Lowrie Jersey the first eight, nine games last year and I felt like guys po sibly might have gotten comfortable. A lot of headlines, a lot of wins, and all that type of stuff."But it's up to us as profe sionals just to ignore the noise and just take it one week at a time. We believe we're a great football team and this year I think we're going to be a Oakland Athletics Jersey way better team than last year."Arizona looked like one of the best -- if not the best -- teams in the NFL for much of the 2021 season. Starting a campaign 10-2 will place such expectations on a club, but a familiar back-end falter led the Cardinals to a first-round postseason exit with little more than a whimper.All of the goodwill built up by Arizona's hot start had evaporated by the time the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Cardinals' lo s to the division-rival Rams, a team they'd largely dominated back in Week Glenn Hubbard Jersey 4. Those same Rams went on to win Super Bowl LVI, while the Cardinals were left only to plan for 2022.In retrospect, the Rams served as the Cardinals' best measuring stick for where they stood last season. was a statement to the rest of the league, but to Los Angeles on national television was the beginning of their downfall. A week later, the lowly Detroit Lions smoked the Cardinals, , and Arizona returned home only to watch Santa Claus place coal in their stocking with to Joe Morgan Jersey Indianapolis on Christmas.