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Arizona coach Bruce Arians was not thrilled
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TEMPE Shareef Miller Jersey , Ariz. (AP)when he discovered his spirited post-victory words to his players last Sunday would be piped out on TV for everyone to see and hear. ”We’ve got a big one next weekend, now,” he yelled, following a 23-0 win over the Giants, about the upcoming season finale in Seattle’s notoriously noisy CenturyLink Field. ”All right? We know that’s our home field. We’re goin’ up there and kick their (behinds).” Just the kind of stuff to spice up a Sunday matchup between NFC West foes that don’t seem to think much of each other, a game already significant for the Seahawks, who may need a victory to make the postseason. ”Bruce gets to say whatever he wants, man,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said in a radio interview on Tuesday. ”He can say whatever he wants. OK, bring `em on. Let’s go. We’ll go play some football on Sunday and we’ll figure it out.” Arians said the comment wasn’t meant for public consumption. ”Things that you say to your team in your locker room are supposed to be in your locker room,” Arians said on Wednesday, ”but it got out Zach Brown Jersey , and I said it, so we have won three times in a row up there.” Actually, it’s three out of four, but that’s still no easy feat in one of the toughest places to play in the league. But the man at the controls of those three victories was Carson Palmer, who turned 38 on Wednesday and will be watching this one as his broken left arm mends. Drew Stanton was the quarterback in the lone loss in Seattle during Arians’ time in Arizona. And Stanton will be the starter on Sunday. ”I think each game’s different,” Stanton said. ”That’s a different team that we’re facing up there, and we’re a different team now. ”Each year, especially when you get to this point in the season, they’ve got a lot left to play for. They’re trying to win that final playoff spot, and so we know what we’re going up against – a really good defense with a lot of really good football players that we need to be prepared for and try and find a way to score one more point at the end of the game.” That the game could eliminate the Seahawks is an added motivation for the Cardinals, in addition to trying to finish the season 8-8. ”I think it means a whole lot more to be playing them than somebody else, yes Devin Bush Jersey ,” Arians said. To make the postseason, Seattle must beat Arizona and have Carolina win in Atlanta. Stanton, though, downplayed the playoff implications. ”I don’t think it changes our approach,” he said. ”That might motivate you a little bit more, but at the end of the day, we’re professionals. We’re paid to do a job, and we need to go out there and fulfill that. ”Now, the icing on the cake might be trying to spoil them and their chances to go to the playoffs, but at the end of the day, I don’t think that’s the biggest thing that we’re playing for.” A victory would make Arians the winningest coach in Cardinals history with 50. How much would that mean? ”It means we’d be 8-8, and that’s about it Diontae Johnson Jersey ,” Arians said. ”The rest of that stuff, I don’t put much stock in. It’s nice to be 8-8 because we’re 7-8, but it isn’t what we wanted when we started this journey this year.” The Cardinals have not had a winning record at any point during the past two seasons after winning the NFC West in 2015. — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will have 10 days to stew over Mike Williams’ touchdown catch, Philip Rivers‘ wave as he trotted off the field and the golden opportunity they let slip away Thursday night.They had led the Los Angeles Chargers nearly wire-to-wire, taking an early 14-0 lead and looking every bit the dominant team in the AFC West. And they still led into the fourth quarter, victory seemingly certain along with all the trappings that would come with it — clinching the division with two games to go, a first-round playoff bye and perhaps homefield advantage throughout with a little bit of help.Then their defense failed to make a couple of crucial stops. Their offense failed to pick up a first down when it mattered most. The Chargers made every play to escape with a 29-28 victory.“It’s tough. Mentally, it’s very tough,” Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said afterward. “We have to come back and bounce back. We have to prepare for Seattle at their place. Understand what you did wrong and watch film and let’s make some corrections and bring it.”There are plenty of things for Kansas City to correct.The Chiefs were penalized 10 times for 66 yards, five of them giving Los Angeles a first down. They failed to capitalize on two turnovers by Rivers, allowed the Chargers to convert 60 percent of their third downs and blew crucial assignments when they had a chance to put the game away.The two biggest came on the final drive of the game.After cornerback Kendall Fuller was called for pass interference — a debatable call given the pass appeared to be well out of reach — the Chargers had the ball at the Kansas City 1. Rivers floated a pass toward Williams along the sideline Justin Layne Jersey , and he outleaped Orlando Scandrick to haul it in.Then, after coach Anthony Lynn sent his offense back onto the field, the Chiefs blew the coverage on Williams so emphatically that nobody was within 10 yards of him on the 2-point conversion.Game over.Let the stewing begin.“Just miscommunication,” Fuller said of the conversion play. “We just got to cover our pieces at the end of the day. That’s something we have to work on, prepare for and get better.”All is not lost for Kansas City. The Chargers may have forged a tie atop the division at 11-3, and have not split the season series, but the Chiefs hold the tiebreaker by virtue of their superior record in the division. They also maintain an inside track on homefield advantage, though their trip to Seattle and their home game against Oakland have taken on much more meaning.The Chiefs could have used those weeks to heal up for the playoffs. Now, they’ll visit a hot team in the Seahawks with much on the line before returning home to face another division rival.“Everybody feels that feeling, they want to get back out there tomorrow,” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said. “So we’re going to have a long 10 days. Then we’re going to Seattle, which is a tough place to play Benny Snell Jr. Jersey , and they’re playing really good football right now. So we’re just going to recuperate, see what we did well and see what we didn’t do so well and find ways to use this as fuel.”The opportunity to recuperate may be what Kansas City needs most.Strong safety Eric Berry made his season debut after dealing with a heel injury since training camp, and he’ll have time to receive treatment before trying to play more against the Seahawks.The Chiefs are hopeful they’ll get some of their offensive stars back. Running back Spencer Ware was out Thursday night with a hamstring injury, wide receiver Sammy Watkins missed his third game with a foot injury and offensive lineman Cam Erving was sidelined with a knee injury.“So what do we do? We get back on it,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “You have to be resilient. That’s what you do, you learn from your mistakes. That’s real. Then you become a better team and get yourself ready to go play Seattle and that’s what we will do.”
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