When the Arizona Cardinals were 10-2, not everyone was convinced they were legit. It wasn't necessarily fair at the time. The skepticism ended up being prescient.
The Cardinals had the type of collapse you won't see too often in the NFL. They followed a 10-2 start with a 1-5 finish, including an embarrassing 34-11 wild-card playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. This comes a season after the Cardinals turned a 6-3 start into an 8-8 season with no playoff berth.
Kyler Murray looked awful. Kliff Kingsbury did not have his team prepared to play.