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Cards’ Veteran Complacency on Defense

Through 10 games the Arizona Cardinals’ defense’s NFL rankings are as follows:

Points Allowed: 23.8 (14th)

Yards Allowed: 367.7 (19th)

3rd Down Stop %: 40.78% (16th)

Red Zone TD %: 51.43% (3rd)

4th Down Stop %: 63.64% (24th)

Turnover Ratio: 0 (12 def. takeaways to 12 off. turnovers—-15th)

PFF Defensive Rankings:

Overall: 53.2 (27th)

Run Def.: 44.9 (29th)

Tackling: 56.0 (20th)

Pass Rush: 62.0 (26th)

Coverage: 52.0 (21st)

What these numbers suggest is that the Cardinals’ defense is performing a little better on the whole than it is from its individual parts.