The Arizona Cardinals didn’t just lose 30-24 to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, they nearly got their quarterback killed doing it.
Carson Palmer was sacked four times and hit 15 times. He was pressured on 27 of his 43 dropbacks according to Pro Football Focus and that also caused problems. Compare that to Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford who was only sacked twice and hit six times, with only 10 pressures on 30 drop backs, behind one of the worst offensive lines in football.
After quite a long losing streak, the Vikings defense appears to be back, and today we’ll look at how they got to Palmer so consistently on Sunday.