Glendale, AZ — Week one’s game of the week between the Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals was a good one to start the new season.
Coach Sesler sat down at the table for his end-of-game press conference, and before any questions were asked he said, “That game raised my blood pressure a little too high for my liking. The defense couldn’t stop the run to save their own lives in the first half. We had an extra point kick that got blocked but we had something go our way where the refs made a horrible call against Chicago that gave us the ball back at our own 20. All in all a win is a win and we won!”
Kyler Murray finished with 2 touchdown passes for 219 yards on 78% completion. Devonta Freeman had 13 rushes for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns including a fumble that went out of bounds in the end zone but the refs made a head-scratching call to get the ball back to Arizona on their own 20. Yeah, you heard that right.. the rookie wide receiver Ben Forney had 6 catches for 78 yards and a touchdown while DeAndre Hopkins had 2 catches for 15 yards and a score. On defense, Malik Jackson had 1.5 sacks and FS Fabian Moreau had a game-changing interception that turned into a Cardinals go-ahead touchdown.
Next week the cardinals go face to face with their division rivals Seattle Seahawks and look to go 2-0!
TEAM STATS |
|
|
| Offensive Yards Gained |
319 | 385 |
| Total Yards Gained |
355 | 415 |
| Penalties |
6 | 2 |
| Penalty yards |
67 | 15 |
| Total first downs |
11 | 17 |
| 3rd down efficiency |
3 - 6 , 50.0% | 4 - 7 , 57.1% |
| 4th down effiency |
0 - 1 , 0.0% | 0 - 0 , 0.0% |
| 2 point conversion |
0 - 0 , 0.0% | 0 - 0 , 0.0% |
| Trips to red zone |
2 | 5 |
| Red zone touchdowns |
2 | 4 |
| Red zone field goals |
0 | 0 |
| Red zone efficiency |
100.0% | 80.0% |
| Defensive sacks |
1 | 2 |
| Defensive Interceptions |
0 | 2 |
| Defensive forced fumbles |
1 | 0 |
| Defensive F.F. recovered |
1 | 0 |
Stats
Passing
Chicago Bears
Player |
qbr |
com/att |
pct |
yds |
lng |
td |
int |
sck |
| J.Garoppolo | 82.1 | 13 / 24 | 54.2 | 241 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
Chicago Bears
Player |
att |
yds |
lng |
td |
avg |
big |
yac |
| T.Cohen | 13 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 24 | D.Montgomery | 2 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | C.Kmet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
Chicago Bears
Player |
rec |
yds |
avg |
td |
yac |
lng |
drop |
| A.Miller | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 0 | 31 | 28 | 0 | A.Robinson II | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 1 | 20 | 65 | 0 | C.Kmet | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 0 | T.Cohen | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 0 | G.Davis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | J.Wims | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
Chicago Bears
Player |
tckl |
sck |
pdef |
int |
int yds |
td |
ff |
ffr |
| W.Patton | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | D.Trevathan | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | G.Stone | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.Lucas | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T.Diggs | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B.Nichols | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O.Melifonwu | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T.Muse | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | K.Mack | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | E.Jackson | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R.Smith | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | H.Hill | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.Johnson | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R.Wilkerson | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
Chicago Bears
Player |
fg |
fg pct |
lng |
xp |
xp pct |
50+ |
50+ pct |
| E.Pineiro | 0 / 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 / 3 | 100.0 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 |
Punting
Chicago Bears
Player |
punts |
yds |
avg |
tb |
in20 |
lng |
blk |
| M.Walford | 1 | 45 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
Those refs were smoking something to make that call!
lol wow, why did the ball go to the opposite side after the fumble? lol
🤣🤣, because madden logic.
Looks like Arizona will have a great season.
Looks like Hopkins is not working well under the new offensive scheme… he should be traded!
Fired those refs immediately!