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But Palmer brushed aside the dropped passes issue,Cheap Jerseys.
"The little back is special and he's great out of the backfield," Fisher said. "He has great vision and he's quick and they did a nice job with the run game."
All four of the Cardinals' touchdowns against Dallas came on third down.
"Catch the ball. Real simple,Cheap NFL Jerseys, just catch the ball," he said. "We dropped five balls. Again that cost us. It's been critical now for three weeks. The drops are amazing sometimes."
It has picked up recently, with Andre Ellington, despite a nagging foot injury, gaining 95 yards on 21 carries last week at Dallas. Ellington certainly has drawn the attention of St. Louis coach Jeff Fisher, whose Rams play at Arizona on Sunday.
"I keep hearing about this roll we're on," quarterback Carson Palmer said Wednesday. "I don't think we've hit it yet. It's nice to win a bunch of games in a row, but we would really like to pick up some steam on offense and have a handful of those games where you just explode and really catch that roll and then you're firing on all cylinders."
"We've done a great job. They're getting ready to peel their ears and come after you and we've done a great job picking up pressures and just blocking one-on-one battles," he said. "On the outside, we've been so successful because we've done a great job getting ourselves open and winning those one-on-one opportunities also."
Penalties have sometimes been a problem, too.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have the NFL's best record at 7-1, but the offense has sputtered at times,Authentic NBA Jerseys Cheap, turning it on when it was most needed,Wholesale Jerseys, usually in the fourth quarter.
If the Cardinals are an eight-cylinder engine, they're firing on "probably six," Palmer said.
The offense, though, ranks just 23rd in the league at 330.4 yards per game. The Cardinals are 16th in passing and 28th in rushing.
The 34-year-old quarterback has had a little something to do with it, too.
There are statistics that point to other successes.
Through three quarters this season, Arizona and its opponents each have scored 132 points. In the fourth quarter, the Cardinals have outscored its foes 70-34.
Coach Bruce Arians, though said, "The running game is fine."
He is 5-0 as a starter, completing 62 percent of his passes for 1,385 yards and 11 touchdowns with only two interceptions. Palmer has thrown for multiple touchdowns in five straight games — the last four after coming back from a nerve injury in his throwing shoulder that sidelined him for three games. He has at least one TD toss in a career-best 18 consecutive contests. In his last 14 starts, Arizona is 12-2.
Palmer credited those around him.
"I think we've done some good things," he said. "We've played against some good defenses and beat some good teams, but in no way are we satisfied and in no way do we think this is all we have to do to win a Super Bowl."
In the fourth quarter, though, all seems well.
"That's part of the game," he said. "Footballs get dropped,Jerseys NFL Cheap, passes get missed, blocks get missed, tackles get missed. Not a concern at all."
As usual, Arians had a blunt answer when asked about the offense's inconsistencies in the 28-17 win at Dallas.
Despite the offensive inconsistencies, Palmer is playing some of the best football of his 12-year NFL career.
In the third quarter against Dallas,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, the Cardinals had potential drives stall thanks to a holding penalty on tight end John Carlson, who also had a few dropped passes, and a chop block against center Lyle Sendlein.
"That's the beauty of being able to take some shots because you trust him (Palmer) to move the chains," Arians said. "We did a nice job. I was really pleased with our red zone and third-down production the other day, not necessarily the two third-and-ones as much as third-and-six and third-and-10. Those have been problems."
In four trips to the red zone against Dallas, Arizona scored four touchdowns.
The Cardinals rank fifth in the league in third-down efficiency, converting 45.38 percent of the time. The last three games, that figure rose to 53.19 percent. Against Dallas, Arizona converted nine of 15 third-down opportunities. |
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