WEEK 15 GAME RELEASE #PHIvsAZ Mark Dal ton - Senior Vice Presid ent, Med ia Rel ations Ch ris Mel vin - Director, Med ia Rel ations Mik e Hel m - Manag er, Med ia Rel ations Imani Sube r - Me dia Re latio ns Coordinato r C hase Russe ll - Me dia Re latio ns Coordinator PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4-8-1) VS. ARIZONA CARDINALS (7-6) State Farm Stadium | December 20, 2020 | 2:05 PM
THIS WEEK’S PREVIEW ARIZONA CARDINALS - 2020 SCHEDULE As the Cardinals con nue their push for a postseason berth they host the Phila- Regular Season delphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium in Week 15. It will be the fi nal non-divi- Date Opponent Loca on AZ Time sion game of 2020 for Arizona, who wraps up its regular season schedule with Sep. 13 @ San Francisco Levi's Stadium W, 24-20 matchups against the 49ers (Week 16) and Rams (Week 17). Sep. 20 WASHINGTON State Farm Stadium W, 30-15 Sep. 27 DETROIT State Farm Stadium L, 23-26 The Cardinals enter Sunday's game with a 3-0 record against the NFC East in Oct. 4 @ Carolina Bank of America Stadium L 21-31 2020 following their 26-7 victory over the Giants at MetLife Stadium last week. Oct. 11 @ N.Y. Jets MetLife Stadium W, 30-10 Arizona has outscored the NFC East 94-32 this season. With a win on Sunday Oct. 19 @ Dallas+ AT&T Stadium W, 38-10 the Cardinals would earn their second season sweep of the NFC East (2014) since Oct. 25 SEATTLE~ State Farm Stadium W, 37-34 (OT) leaving that division in 2002. - BYE- Sunday's game marks the con nua on of an old rivalry. The Cardinals and Ea- Nov. 8 MIAMI State Farm Stadium L, 31-34 gles are mee ng for the 118th me in the regular season with Arizona holding Nov. 15 BUFFALO State Farm Stadium W, 32-30 a 57-55-5 lead in the all- me series which dates back to 1935. The Cardinals 57 Nov. 19 @ Sea le# CenturyLink Field L, 21-28 regular season wins vs. Philadelphia are more than they have against any other Nov. 29 @ New England Gille e Stadium L, 17-20 NFL franchise. Dec. 6 L.A. RAMS State Farm Stadium L, 28-38 The two teams have also been frequent opponents over the last decade. Sun- Dec. 13 @ N.Y. Giants MetLife Stadium W, 26-7 day's matchup marks the seventh regular season mee ng between the two Dec. 20 PHILADELPHIA State Farm Stadium 2:05 PM teams in the last 10 years. The Cardinals have won four of the last six vs. Phila- Dec. 26 SAN FRANCISCO^ State Farm Stadium 2:30 PM delphia and enter Sunday's contest having won three consecu ve home games Jan. 3 @ L.A. Rams* SoFi Stadium 2:25 PM against the Eagles. + ESPN Monday Night Football Both the Cardinals and Eagles earned much-needed wins last week. Arizona's ~ NBC Sunday Night Football 19-point win over the Giants snapped a three-game losing streak. The Eagles # FOX/NFL Network/Amazon Thursday Night Football are coming off their biggest win of the season, a 24-21 victory over a Saints ^ Airs na onally on Amazon and Twitch team that was riding a nine-game winning streak. The Eagles win snapped a * Subject to fl exible scheduling decisions four-game skid. This week's showdown between the Cardinals and Eagles features the intrigu- ing matchup of Arizona QB Kyler Murray and Philadelphia QB Jalen Hurts. A pair of former high-profi le prep stars from the state of Texas, both Murray REDDICK SETS TEAM RECORD WITH 5.0 SACKS IN WEEK 14 (2018) and Hurts (2019) had breakout campaigns at the University Oklaho- LB Haason Reddick - a na ve of Camden, NJ who ma before entering the NFL dra in back-to-back seasons. Murray won the starred at Temple University in Philadelphia - es- Heisman Trophy with the Sooners in 2018 the year before Hurts fi nished as tablished a franchise record with 5.0 sacks against the runner-up in 2019. the Giants in Week 14. Including playoffs, Sunday's game will mark WR Larry Fitzgerald's 10th career For more on Reddick's record-breaking perfor- mee ng with the Eagles. In the previous nine he recorded 56 recep ons for mance and his connec ons to the Philadelphia 896 yards and 11 TDs. In NFL history only Bobby Mitchell (14 TDs in 22 games) area, please see page 7 of the game release. and Charley Taylor (14 TDs in 20 games) had more receiving TDs vs. Philadel- phia. Fellow WR DeAndre Hopkins has also had success against the Eagles, pos ng 100+ receiving yards in each of his two career games vs. Philly. #PHIvsAZ - WEEK 15 HIG HLIG HTS Following this week's game the Cardinals host the 49ers in Arizona's regular season finale at State Farm Stadium (though the 49ers have played twice at The Cardinals and Eagles square off for the 118th time in the regular season State Farm Stadium since the Cardinals last have). when Philadelphia visits State Farm Stadium in Week 15. With last Sunday's win over New York the Cardinals improved to 3-0 against G AME RELEASE INDEX the NFC East in 2020 with Philadelphia coming up in Week 15. Arizona has out- scored NFC East opponents 94-32 so far this season. Page Contents Including postseason, WR Larry Fitzgerald has faced Philadelphia nine 2 Cardinals-Eagles Series mes. In those contests he totaled 56 recep ons for 896 yards and 11 TDs. 3 By The Numbers / What To Look For / Cardinals Media Info Combined with WR DeAndre Hopkins (15 catches for 219 yards and 1 TD in 2 games), the duo have 71 recep ons for 1,115 yards and 12 TDs in 11 total 4-10 2020 Season Highlights / Murray / Hopkins / Reddick / Baker games vs. the Eagles. 11-14 Larry Fitzgerald Highlights In their two seasons as starters at Oklahoma, QBs Kyler Murray (54 in 2018) 15-16 DeAndre Hopkins Highlights and Jalen Hurts (52 in 2019) combined for 106 total TDs (passing & rushing). 17 Cards Leadership / Michael Bidwill / Steve Keim / Social Justice Initiatives Murray had 42 passing TDs and 12 rushing TDs in '18 while Hurts posted 32 18 Defensive Highlights / Gardeck / Hicks / Special Teams passing TDs and 20 rushing TDs in '19. 19-20 Cardinals COVID-19 Relief Eff orts In last week's win over the Giants, Arizona became the fi rst team to record at 21-22 Individual Player Notes least 8.0 sacks and five forced fumbles in a game since Tampa Bay had 8.0 sacks 23-68 Rosters / Depth Chart / Transac ons / 2020 Sta s cs / Playoff Standings and eight forced fumbles in a win vs. Green Bay on 12/7/98. BROADCAST INFORMATION Television: FOX / Play-By-Play: Brandon Gaudin Analyst: Aqib Talib Sideline: Sara Walsh Cardinals Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM / Play-By-Play: Dave Pasch Analyst: Ron Wolfl ey Sideline: Paul Calvisi Cardinals Spanish Radio: KHOV 105.1 FM / Play-By-Play: Luis Hernandez Analyst: Rolando Cantu
1 CARDINALS-EAGLES CONNECTIONS CARDS VS. EAGLES - SERIES BREAKDOWN
EAGLES CONNECTIONS This week’s game between the Cardinals and Eagles marks the 118th all- me Cardinals LB Jordan Hicks was the Eagles third-round pick (84th overall) in regular season mee ng between the two teams. The Cards lead the series the 2015 NFL Dra and played four seasons (2015-18) in Philadelphia before 57-55-5. signing with the Cardinals. The rivalry dates back to 1935 and as members of the NFC East, the Cardinals Cardinals LBs coach Bill Davis served as the Eagles defensive coordinator and the Eagles faced each other 63 mes between 1970 and 2001. The Cardi- from 2013-15. nals 57 regular season wins vs. Philadelphia are more than they have against Cardinals RBs coach James Saxon played FB for Philadelphia in 1995. any other NFL franchise. Cardinals Asst. Director of Player Personnel Dru Grigson was a volunteer Sunday's matchup marks the seventh regular season mee ng between the scout for the Eagles from 2005-06. two teams in the last 10 years. The Cardinals have won four of the last six vs. Philadelphia and enter Sunday's contest having won three consecu ve home Cardinals Senior VP of Media Rela ons Mark Dalton is a West Chester, PA games against the Eagles. na ve and Temple University graduate. He was a member of the Eagles pub- lic rela ons staff from 1991-94. CARDS-EAGLES ALL-TIME SERIES OVERVIEW Cardinals Senior VP of Business Development Steve Ryan was the Direc- Overall Regular Season Series: 57-55-5 tor of Corporate Sales for the Eagles for six seasons (1998-2003) before he Overall Postseason Series: 2-1 came to Arizona in 2004. Cardinals at home vs. PHI: 30-25-2 Cardinals Senior Director of Player Development Anthony Edwards began First Mee ng: 11/10/35 vs. PHI, W, 12-3 his NFL career as a WR and special teamer for the Eagles (1989-90). Last Mee ng: 10/8/17 @ PHI, L, 7-34 Mark Whipple, father of Cardinals Asst. WRs coach Spencer Whipple, Last Cardinals Win vs. PHI: 12/20/15 @ PHI, W, 40-17 served as an off ensive assistant for the Eagles in 2008. CARDINALS CONNECTIONS FITZGERALD'S SUCCESS VS. PHILLY Eagles S Rudy Ford was the Cardinals sixth-round pick (208th overall) in the 2017 NFL Dra and was traded to the Eagles during the 2019 preseason. Including postseason, WR Larry Fitzgerald has Eagles T Bre Toth spent the 2019 season with the Cardinals a er being faced Philadelphia nine mes. In those contests claimed off waivers from the Eagles in Week 1. he totaled 56 recep ons for 896 yards and 11 PENNSYLVANIA CONNECTIONS TDs, with four games of 100+ receiving yards. Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald a ended Valley Forge (PA) Military Academy In NFL history, only Bobby Mitchell (14 TDs in 22 a er his senior year of high school. He then played at Pi sburgh and is one games) and Charley Taylor (14 TDs in 20 games) of the most decorated receivers in Big East Conference history. have more receiving TDs against the Eagles. Cardinals LB Haason Reddick is a na ve of Camden, NJ, located across the Career TD Rec vs. Phily (Postseason Included) Delaware River from Philadelphia. Reddick also played at Temple University Rnk Player (Years) TDs Gms from 2013-16 (more info on page 7). 1t Bobby Mitchell (1858-68) 14 22 Cardinals OL Jus n Pugh is a na ve of Holland, PA and a ended Council 1t Charley Taylor (1964-75) 14 20 Rock South (Holland) High School where he earned the Maxwell Award as a 3t Larry Fitzgerald (2004-) 11 9 senior, presented to the Top 50 high school scholar-athletes in the tri-state 3t Bob Hayes (1965-74) 11 17 area (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware). 3t Lance Rentzel (1967-72) 11 9 Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim (Harrisburg), RB Chase Edmonds AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCES VS. PHILADELPHIA (Harrisburg), Director of Player Personnel Quen n Harris (Wilkes-Barre), Fitzgerald has been named NFC Off ensive Player of the Week four mes in his Strength and Condi oning coach Buddy Morris (South Park) and Eastern career. He earned three of those in games against the Eagles: 2014 (Week 8), Regional Scout Luke Palko (Imperial) are Pennsylvania na ves. 2012 (Week 3) and 2011 (Week 10). ARIZONA CONNECTIONS Eagles Special Teams Coordinator Dave Fipp went to Arizona and played for MURRAY & HURTS - PARALLEL PATHS CROSS the Wildcats from 1994-97, star ng at safety during his fi nal two seasons. He later served as a graduate assistant at Arizona in 2000. Eagles rookie QB Jalen Hurts and Cardinals 2nd-year signal-caller Kyler Mur- Eagles Senior Off ensive Consultant Marty Mornhinweg served as the RBs ray - a pair of former Oklahoma Sooner QBs - share similar paths to the NFL. coach for Northern Arizona in 1988 and returned as Off ensive Coordinator in 1994. Both played high school football in Texas, where Murray led Allen High School (near Dallas) to a perfect 43-0 record and earned Na onal Player Eagles Senior Off ensive Assistant Rich Scangarello was off ensive coordina- of the Year honors from Gatorade, Parade and USA Today while Hurts tor/QBs coach at Northern Arizona from 2012-14. was ESPN’s top-ranked dual-threat QB in the state at Channelview High PRO/COLLEGE CONNECTIONS School (near Houston). Cardinals O-line coach Sean Kugler was the asst. O-line coach (2007) and O- A er beginning their college careers elsewhere, both had breakout line coach (2008-09) for the Bills while Eagles T Jason Peters (2004-08) played campaigns at Oklahoma before entering the NFL dra in back-to-back in Buff alo. seasons. In 2018, Murray won the Heisman Trophy, Davey O’Brien Quar- Eagles Pass Game Analyst Andrew Breiner served as off ensive coordinator/ terback of the Year Award, Manning Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose QBs coach (2012-15) before becoming head coach (2016-17) of Fordham Award before being selected #1 overall by the Cardinals. In 2019, Hurts while Cardinals RB Chase Edmonds (2014-17) played for the Rams. fi nished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy and earned All-Ameri- ca and fi rst-team All-Big 12 honors with 5,149 yards of total off ense and Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson (QB) and Cardinals RBs coach James Sax- rd on (FB) played together for the Dolphins from 1992-94. 53 total TDs. He was taken in the second round (53 overall) by Philadel- phia in the 2020 NFL Dra . Cardinals LB Haason Reddick played with Eagles LB Shaun Bradley at Temple in 2016. Each wore single-digit jersey numbers during their college careers, Since 2000, only two NCAA FBS QBs have totaled 3,500+ passing yards, 1,000+ rushing yards and 50+ off ensive TDs in a single season: Murray which are awarded to the toughest Temple players as voted by teammates. (2018) and Hurts (2019). Cardinals LB Isaiah Simmons and Eagles S K’Von Wallace played together at Clemson from 2016-19 and won the College Football Playo Na onal Cham- Murray (2018) and Hurts (2019) Sta s cal Comparison ff Sta s c Murray Hurts pionship in 2016 and 2019. Comple ons 260 237 Cardinals LB Devon Kennard (2018-19) played with Eagles CB Darius Slay Pass A empts 377 340 (2013-19) and WR Travis Fulgham (2019) in Detroit. Comp. Percent 69.0 69.7 Passing Yards 4,361 3,851 Cardinals LB De’Vondre Campbell (2016-19) and Eagles LB Duke Riley (2017- Yds/A empt 11.6* 11.3* 19) played together in Atlanta. Passing TDs 42 32 Cardinals LB Devon Kennard (2009-13) and Eagles CB Nickell Robey-Coleman Passer Ra ng 199.2 191.2 (2010-12) were teammates at USC. Rushing Yards 1,001 1,298 Rushing TDs 12 20 Cardinals DL Rashard Lawrence and Eagles LB Duke Riley played together at Total Yards 5,362* 5,149 LSU in 2016. Total TDs 54* 52 Eagles TE Richard Rodgers (2014-17) played with Cardinals S Chris Banjo Total Yards/Game 383.0 367.8 (2013-16) and QB Bre Hundley (2016-17) in Green Bay. Total TDs/Game 3.9 3.7 *Led the NCAA Eagles DT Malik Jackson and Cardinals OL Kelvin Beachum played together for the Jaguars in 2016. The two shared the fi eld during the 2018 Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Sta- dium in Miami when Tua Tagovailoa led #1 Alabama past Murray and the Cardinals OL Josh Jones and Eagles WR Greg Ward played together at the #4 Sooners. Hurts had a 10-yard comple on, four-yard carry and nine- University of Houston in 2016. yard recep on for the Crimson Tide in the victory. 2 BY THE NU MBERS SEASON STATISTICS StatisticStatistic AZ Rank PHI Rank 3-0 Points Scored/Game 27.5 10 21.3 t-26 Arizona's record against teams from the NFC East in 2020. The Cardinals out- Points Allowed/Game 23.3 13 25.2 19 scored their opponents 94-32 in those three contests. Yards/Play 5.7 12 5.0 27 Yards/Play Allowed 5.3 8 5.2 7 57 Scoring Drives 63 t-9 44 31 Regular season wins for the Cardinals in their all- me series against the Eagles, TDs Scored 43 t-6 34 t-19 which dates back to 1935. Arizona has more wins against Philadelphia than TDs Allowed 34 t-11 38 t-18 any other NFL franchise. Rushing TDs 20 2 12 t-15 Passing TDs 23 t-13 18 t-23 106 Rushing TDs Allowed 12 t-12 18 30 Total TDs (passing & rushing) for QBs Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts in their two Passing TDs Allowed 20 t-11 19 t-7 seasons (2018-19) as the star ng QBs at Oklahoma. Murray had 42 passing Sacked/Yards Lost 21/134 t-9 53/331 32 TDs and 12 rushing TDs in 2018 while Hurts posted 32 passing TDs and 20 Fumbles/Lost 16/5 t-7 23/7 t-18 rushing TDs in 2019. Field Goals Made 20/26 t-17 13/18 31 Total Yards/Game 389.5 4 326.1 26 3 Opp. Total Yards/Game 344.5 12 347.9 14 QBs who have rushed for 100+ yards in a game this season: Murray (106 vs. Rushing Yards/Game 151.2 4 126.2 9 Miami in Week 9); Hurts (106 vs. New Orleans in Week 14); Lamar Jackson Opp. Rushing Yards/Game 119.5 18 127.3 24 (108 at Philadelphia in Week 6; 124 at Cleveland in Week 14). Passing Yards/Game 238.2 18 199.8 28 Opp. Passing Yards/Game 224.9 11 220.6 9 13 Turnover Ratio +3 t-12 -10 t-29 Sacks for the Cardinals (8 at NYG) and Eagles (5 vs. NO) defenses in Week 14. Average Time of Possession 29:05 22 28:40 24 5.0 Sacks for LB Haason Reddick last week vs. the Giants, a new franchise single- WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN WEEK 15 game record. Entering last Sunday’s game, Reddick had played 107 games at the NFL and college levels (60 w/ Cardinals; 47 w/ Temple) and had never recorded more than 2.0 sacks in a game. WITH A WIN THIS WEEK... Arizona would have eight wins in 2020, matching their combined win total 3 from the previous two years (2018-19) combined (8). Forced fumbles for Reddick last week. He become the fi rst NFL player with at least 5.0 sacks and 3 FF in a game since Vonnie Holliday had 5.0 sacks and 3 FF The Cardinals would earn their second (2014) season sweep of the NFC East since division realignment in 2002. vs. Buff alo on 12/22/02 while playing for Green Bay. MILESTONES WITHIN REACH 21 WR Larry Fitzgerald Total combined defense snaps for LB Dennis Gardeck in games against the Jets With a recep on Fitzgerald would have at least one catch in 255 consecu ve (Week 5), Rams (Week 13) and Giants (Week 14). He recorded 5.0 sacks in games, extending the second-longest streak in NFL history (Jerry Rice - 274). those three contests. With 5 recep ons Fitzgerald would reach 50 catches for the 17th consecu ve 37 season, the longest streak in NFL history. Tony Gonzalez (16; 1998-2013) and Sacks for the Cardinals defense in 2020. That ranks 6th in the NFL. Philadelphia Fitzgerald are currently ed for the longest streak in league history. enters Week 14 ranked 2nd in the NFL with 43 sacks. QB Kyler Murray With a rushing TD Murray would have 11 rushing TDs in 2020. Among all QBs, 2 only Cam Newton (14 in 2011) and Steve Grogan (12 in 1976) would have more Arizona defenders that have 100+ tackles in 2020: LB Jordan Hicks (101) and rushing TDs in a single season. S Budda Baker (100). They are the only pair of teammates in the NFL to have With both a rushing and passing TD Murray would establish an NFL single- each reached 100 tackles this season. season record for games with a passing and rushing TD (9). 6 With two TD passes Murray (25 TD passes; 10 TD runs) would join Cam New- Games in which WR DeAndre Hopkins has recorded 100+ receiving yards this ton (35 TD pass; 10 TD run in 2015) as the only players in NFL history with 25+ season. That is ed for the most in the NFL. passing TDs and 10+ rushing TDs in a season. 1,155 WR DeAndre Hopkins Receiving yards for Hopkins in 2020. That total ranks fi h in the NFL. With six recep ons Hopkins would reach 100 catches in a season for the fourth me in his career, and for the third me in the last four seasons. 94 With 100+ receiving yards, Hopkins would have 100+ yards in all three Recep ons for Hopkins this season. That total ranks third in the NFL behind career games played against the Eagles. only Keenan Allen (99) and Stefon Diggs (100). RB Kenyan Drake 15 With a rushing TD Drake would have at least one rushing TD in fi ve consecu- Takeaways for the Cardinals defense over the last eight games (9 INT; 6 FR). ve games, tying the longest streak in franchise history. Arizona - which was ed for 27th in the NFL with three takeaways through fi ve With a rushing TD Drake would have 10 rushing TDs in '20. He would join Kyler games - ranks 3rd in the NFL in takeaways da ng back to Week 6. Murray (10) as just the second RB/QB combo in NFL history to each have 10+ rush- 151.2 ing TDs in a season: Vikings QB Daunte Culpepper (10) and RB Moe Williams (11). Average rushing yards per game for the Cardinals in 2020, giving Arizona the LB Haason Reddick NFL's #4 ranked rushing a ack. With a sack Reddick would become just the 11th diff erent player in franchise history to record at least 11.0 sacks in a season. 20 Rushing TDs for the Cardinals this season. Only New Orleans (21) has more. Arizona needs six rushing TDs over the fi nal three games to break the fran- WEEK 15 AROUND THE NFL chise single-season record (25 in 1948). Thursday, December 17 16 Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders - 6:20 PM (FOX/NFLN/Amazon) Players who have at least one sack for the Cardinals this season. That is the most in the NFL. Arizona also leads the league with 10 players who have 2.0+ sacks. Saturday, December 19 Buff alo Bills at Denver Broncos - 2:30 PM (NFLN) 17 Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers - 6:15 PM (NFLN) Rushing TDs for RB Kenyan Drake in 20 career games with the Cardinals. He Sunday, December 20 has more rushing TDs in 20 games with Arizona (17) than he had total TDs in San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys - 11:00 AM (CBS) 54 games played with Miami (15 – 9 rushing; 6 receiving). Sea le Seahawks at Washington - 11:00 AM (FOX) Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings - 11:00 AM (FOX) 4 New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins - 11:00 AM (CBS) Receiving TDs for TE Dan Arnold over the last four games. He went without a Jacksonville Jaguars at Bal more Ravens - 11:00 AM (CBS) TD catch in the fi rst nine games this season. Arnold has three TD recep ons in Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons - 11:00 AM (FOX) the last two games. Detroit Lions at Tennessee Titans - 11:00 AM (CBS) Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts - 11:00 AM (CBS) 14 Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals - 2:05 PM (FOX) Points scored by K Mike Nugent in his Cardinals debut last week (4 FG; 2 PAT). New York Jets at Los Angeles Rams - 2:05 PM (FOX) His four FGs were an NFL high in Week 14 and his 14 points ed for highest Kansas City Chiefs at New Orleans Saints - 2:25 PM (CBS) total in the league. Cleveland Browns at New York Giants - 6:20 PM (NBC) Monday, December 21 Pi sburgh Steelers at Cincinna Bengals - 6:15 PM (ESPN) 3 A TOP-5 OFFENSE IN 2020 ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR ARIZONA
A er piling up 390 total yards of off ense (231 passing; 159 rushing) against The Cardinals victory over the Giants last week marked the fourth game this the Giants last week, the Cardinals rank #4 in the NFL averaging 389.5 yards season in which Arizona won by at least 15 points. Only three mes in franchise per game in 2020. Arizona’s 43 off ensive TDs are ed for fi h in the NFL. history has Arizona won more games by 15+ points in a single season. NFL Leaders – Total Off ense (2020) NFL Leaders – Off ensive TDs (2020) Franchise Record – Wins By 15+ Pts Rnk Team Yds/G Rnk Team TDs Rnk Year Wins 1 Kansas City 429.2 1 Green Bay 50 1 2015 6 2 Green Bay 397.6 2 Sea le 48 2t 1949 5 3 Tennessee 394.5 3 Tennessee 46 2t 1948 5 4 Arizona 389.5 4 Kansas City 44 4t 2020 4 5 L.A. Rams 389.4 5t Arizona 43 4t 2008 4 5t New Orleans 43 4t 1984 4 4t 1970 4 Arizona ranks #10 in the NFL averaging 27.5 4t 1947 4 points per game in 2020. 4t 1946 4 2020 NFL Leaders - Points/G 4t 1929 4 Rnk Team Pts/G Only Indianapolis (5) has more wins by 15+ points this season. 1 Green Bay 31.5 2 Kansas City 31.0 NFL Leaders – Wins By 15+ Pts (2020) 3 Sea le 30.2 Rnk Team Wins 4 Tennessee 30.0 1 Indianapolis 5 5 Indianapolis 28.6 2t Arizona 4 6 Tampa Bay 28.5 2t Green Bay 4 7 New Orleans 28.3 2t Miami 4 8 Bal more 27.9 2t Bal more 4 9 Buff alo 27.6 2t Tampa Bay 4 10 Arizona 27.5 The Cardinals have 5,063 total net yards on WINNING ON THE ROAD off ense (3,097 passing; 1,966 rushing). That total has Arizona on pace to post 6,000+ total yards in a season for just the third team in team history. With the win over the Giants last week Arizona improved to 4-3 on the road, se- With 358 points scored, the Cardinals are on pace to score 441 points in 2020. curing at least a .500 record away from home for the fi rst me since 2015 (7-1). That would represent the second-highest season total in franchise history. The Cardinals fi nal road game will be at Los Angeles against the Rams in Week 17 and Arizona has a chance to win at least fi ve road games in a season for just Franchise Record – Total Yards (Net) Franchise Record - Total Points the ninth me in franchise history. Rnk Year Yards Rnk Year Pts 1 2015 6,533 1 2015 489 Franchise Record - Road Wins (Season) Rnk Wins Year 2 1984 6,345 * 2020 441 1 7 2015 * 2020 6,231 2 2008 427 2t 6 2009 3 2016 5,868 3 1984 423 2t 6 1963 4 2008 5,852 4 2016 418 2t 6 1948 *2020 Pace *2020 Pace 5t 5 1975 5t 5 1974 Should Arizona con nue on its current pace, the team will make a run at a 5t 5 1968 host of other franchise single-season records. 5t 5 1964 Sta s c Thru 13 Pace Notes Total TDs 43 53 Franchise record is 58 (2015) ANOTHER WIN AT METLIFE STADIUM First Downs 320 394 Franchise record is 373 (2015) A er defea ng the Giants last Sunday the Cardinals improved to 4-1 at MetLife Rushing Yards 1,966 2,420 Franchise record is 2,582 (1979) Stadium since the venue opened in 2010, including a 3-0 record against the Rushing TDs 20 25 Franchise record is 25 (1948) Giants. It also gave the Cardinals road wins against both the Giants (Week 14) Rushing Avg. 4.86 4.86 Franchise record is 5.03 (2019) and Jets (Week 5) in the same season for just the second me ever (1975). The st Cardinals ran their road winning streak against the Giants to four games, which 1 Downs Rushing 119 146 Franchise record is 145 (1979) is Arizona’s longest road winning streak in its 94-year old rivalry with the Giants.
A REMARKABLE OFFENSIVE TURNAROUND FRANCHISE RECORD POINTS STREAK Since being hired in 2019, head coach Kliff Kingsbury has transformed the Cardinals off ense from the NFL's least produc ve in 2018 into one of the The Cardinals have scored 21+ points in 22 of 29 games under head coach Kliff league's elite units this season. Through 13 games in 2020 Arizona has al- Kingsbury. Arizona scored 21+ points in an NFL-low 9 games in the two seasons ready far surpassed its 2018 off ensive totals in nearly every category. prior to his arrival (2017-18). Cards Off ensive Thru 13 Games in 2020 vs. 2018 Final Arizona had a streak of 13 consecu ve Sta s c Thru 13 2018 (Rnk) +/- games with 21+ points that was snapped Total Yards 5,063 3,865 (32) +1,198 in Week 12 at New England. That streak is Total TDs 43 27 (31) +16 the longest in franchise history. First Downs 320 239 (32) +81 Consecu ve Games Scoring 21+ Pts Rushing Yards 1,966 1,342 (32) +624 Rnk Year(s) Gms 1 2019-20 13 Rushing TDs 20 9 (t-27) +11 2 1983-84 11 Rushing Avg. 4.86 3.78 (32) +1.08 3t 2007-08 10 Total Points 358 225 (32) +133 3t 1948-49 10 Passing TDs 23 15 (t-20) +8 5 1975-76 9 Net Pass Yards 3,097 2,523 (32) +574 Avg. Yards/Play 5.71 4.28 (32) +1.43 FIVE IN A ROW WITH 400+ YARDS AND 30+ POINTS Arizona had a streak of fi ve consecu ve games in which they put up 30+ points PILING UP 400+ YARDS OFTEN UNDER KINGSBURY and 400+ net yards of off ense that was snapped at Sea le in Week 11. It was the The Cardinals have put up 400+ net yards in a game 11 longest such streak in franchise history and the longest for any team in the league mes under head coach Kliff Kingsbury - including in since Denver set an NFL record with 30/400 in 10 straight games in 2012-13. seven games this season. Arizona had 400+ yards once in 32 games over the Only four teams in NFL history had more consecu ve games with 30/400 than two seasons combined (2017-18) prior to his arrival. the Cardinals. Only Kansas City (9) has put up 400+ yards in a game more mes than Arizona NFL Record – Consecu ve Games w/ 30+ Points & 400+ Total Yards (7) this season. Rnk Team Gms Year(s) 1 Denver 10 2012 NFL Leaders – Games w/ 400+ Total Yards (2020) 2 New England 9 2006-07 Rnk Team Gms 3 StL Rams 8 1999-00 1 Kansas City 9 4 New England 6 2011 2t Arizona 7 5t Arizona 5 2020 (Games 5-9) 2t L.A. Rams 7 5t San Francisco 5 1994 2t Green Bay 7 5t Oakland 5 1968 2t Tennessee 7 5t Philadelphia 5 1953 4 CARDS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RUN GAME DRAKE LEADS CARDS RUSHING ATTACK
Last week in New York, Arizona rushed for 159 The Cardinals rushing attack in 2020 is led by yards and a TD on 43 carries against a Giants de- RB Kenyan Drake who has a team-high 848 fense that entered the game ranked #4 in the NFL yards and a career-high nine TDs on 201 car- allowing just 96.7 rushing yards per game. ries (4.2 avg.) in 2020. The Cardinals have now rushed for 1,966 yards and Despite missing Arizona's Week 9 contest vs. 20 TDs on 404 carries (4.86 avg.) in 2020. In addi- Miami due to injury, the fifth-year pro is on on to having the NFL’s #4 ranked off ense, the pace for his first career 1,000-yard season. Cardinals also have the NFL’s #4 ranked rushing Drake has been one of the NFL's top backs a ack, averaging 151.2 rushing yards per game since Arizona acquired him in a trade with in 2020. the Dolphins in Week 9 last season. In that NFL Leaders – Rushing Yards/Game (2020) span he ranks sixth in the NFL in rushing yards Rnk Team Yds/Gm (1,491) and third in rushing TDs (17). 1 Bal more 173.8 2 Tennessee 157.8 Leaders – Rushing Yards (Since Week 9 of '19) 3 Cleveland 156.2 Rushing Yards 4 Arizona 151.2 Rnk Player (Team) Yds 5 New England 147.5 1 Derrick Henry (Ten) 2,566 2 Nick Chubb (Cle) 1,768 Only New Orleans (21) has more rushing TDs than the Cardinals this season. 3 Dalvin Cook (Min) 1,664 NFL Leaders – Rushing TDs (2020) 4 Ezekiel Elliott (Dal) 1,587 Rnk Team TDs 5 Aaron Jones (GB) 1,508 1 New Orleans 21 6 Kenyan Drake (AZ) 1,491 2t Arizona 20 Leaders – Rushing TDs (Since Week 9 of '19) 2t New England 19 Rushing Touchdowns 4t L.A. Rams 19 Rnk Player (Team) TDs 4t Bal more 19 1 Derrick Henry (Ten) 25 RUSHING AVERAGE NEAR A RECORD PACE 2 Dalvin Cook (Min) 18 After finishing #32 in the NFL in both rushing yards and rushing average in 2018 3 Kenyan Drake (AZ) 17 the Cardinals finished the 2019 season having averaged over 5.0 yards per rush 4 Todd Gurley (Atl) 16 attempt as a team for the first time in franchise history. Arizona averaged a 5 Aaron Jones (GB) 15 franchise-record 5.03 yards per rush attempt last season. AN ARIZONA SUCCESS STORY Drake scored his ninth rushing TD of the season last week against the Giants, Through 13 games the Cardinals are averaging 4.86 yards per rush a empt, giv- crossing the goal line on a one-yard carry in the third quarter. He now has 17 ing them a chance at averaging 5.0 yards per carry for the second straight year. rushing TDs in 20 games played with the Cardinals. A RARE NINE IN A ROW WITH 100+ RUSHING YARDS Drake has more rushing TDs in 20 games with Arizona (17) than he had total Arizona has rushed for 100+ yards in 11 of 13 games this season and started the TDs in 54 games played with Miami (15 – 9 rushing; 6 receiving). year with 100+ rushing yards in each of the fi rst nine games. The 2020 season marked just the second me (1984) in the last 60 years (1961-20) that the Cardi- Da ng back to the fi nal three weeks of the 2019 season, Drake has 16 rushing nals rushed for 100+ yards in each of the fi rst nine games of a season. TDs in his last 15 games played. RUNNING FOR 150 & 200 UNDER KINGSBURY Drake scored two rushing TDs in Week 12 against New England, marking his The Cardinals have rushed for 150+ yards in 12 of 29 games under Kingsbury. fourth career ou ng with mul ple rushing TDs, all of which have come as a Arizona had seven such games in the three seasons (2016-18) prior to his arrival. member of the Cardinals. The Cardinals are 10-2 when rushing for 150+ yards over the last two seasons. Drake Career Games w/ 2+ Rushing TDs Arizona has rushed for 200+ yards in a game fi ve mes under Kingsbury, in- Opponent TD cluding twice this season. The Cardinals had 200+ rushing yards in a game just 12/15/19 vs. Cleveland 4 fi ve mes in the previous 15 seasons combined (2004-18) prior to Kingsbury’s 12/22/19 at Sea le 2 arrival. 10/19/20 at Dallas 2 11/29/20 at New England 2 LONG DISTANCE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS RB Kenyan Drake had a 69-yard rushing TD in Week 6 at Dallas giving Arizona HITTING 100 YARDS WITH ARIZONA four rushing TDs of 20+ yards in 2020 (QB Kyler Murray - 2; RB Chase Edmonds - In Week 10 vs. Buff alo, Drake posted 100 rushing yards on 16 carries (6.3 avg.). It 1). That is the most in the NFL this season. was his seventh career 100-yard rushing performance and his fi h with Arizona. A er pos ng 100+ rushing yards in a game just twice in 54 contests with the Dolphins, Drake has fi ve 100-yard ou ngs in 20 games with the Cardinals. ARNOLD A MAJOR WEAPON AT TIGHT END
TE Dan Arnold caught two passes for 27 yards AMONG THE BEST IN OVERTIME against the Giants last week, including a sev- en-yard TD recep on on a third-down pass In defea ng the Seahawks in OT on Sunday Night from Kyler Murray in the second quarter. Football in Week 7, the Cardinals earned their 27th all- Over the last two games Arnold has four re- me OT victory. In NFL history, only Denver (28) has cep ons for 87 yards, with three of those more OT wins than Arizona (27). catches resul ng in TDs. He had his fi rst ca- NFL History – Total OT Victories reer mul -TD performance in Week 13 vs. the Rnk Team Wins Rams. 1 Denver 28 A er going without a TD catch in the fi rst nine 2 Arizona 27 games this season, Arnold now has four TD 3t Washington 25 recep ons in his last four games. 3t Chicago 25 5t NY Jets 24 With three games remaining, Arnold has 22 5t Minnesota 24 recep ons for 313 yards and four TDs in 2020. He is the fi rst Cardinals TE to have 300+ receiv- The win over Sea le gives the Cardinals a .617 win ing yards and 4+ TDs in a season since both Rob Awalt (454 & 4) and Jay Novacek percentage (27-16-4) in their 47 over me contests. (569 & 4) both did so in 1988. That is the best OT winning percentage in NFL history. Claimed off waivers by the Cardinals in December of last season, Arnold has NFL History – Total OT Victories played in 16 games with Arizona and has 28 recep ons for 415 yards (14.8 avg.) Rnk Team Win% Record and six TDs. 1 Arizona .617 27-16-4 A LONG DISTANCE TD VS. THE RAMS 2 Denver .604 28-18-2 Arnold hauled in two TD catches against the Rams in Week 13, including a 59-yard 3 Washington .591 25-17-2 TD reception in the first quarter. It was the longest TD catch by a Cardinals TE since 4 Buff alo .583 21-15-0 Hall of Famer Jackie Smith had a 68-yarder from Gary Cuozzo on 11/12/72 at Dal- 5 NY Giants .575 22-16-2 las. In two games vs. the Rams since coming to Arizona last season, Arnold has six Da ng back to 2007, the Cardinals are 11-2-2 in their last 15 OT games. They are receptions for 137 yards (22.8 avg.) and three TDs. 4-0-2 in OT games since 2013. 5 RECORD-SETTING DEBUT SEASON IN AZ AWARDS COME POURING IN
WR DeAndre Hopkins has been as good as adver sed in his fi rst season with WR DeAndre Hopkins was named the "NFC Offensive Player the Cardinals, who acquired the three- me 1st-team All-Pro in the off season in of the Week" following his 43-yard Hail Mary TD grab in the a trade with Houston. Cardinals 32-30 win vs. Buffalo in Week 10. Through 13 games, Hopkins has 94 recep ons for 1,155 yards and fi ve TDs. It was just the second "Player of the Week" award for Hopkins, who also earned the honor in 2015 (Week 6) with Houston. He is currently on pace for 116 recep ons and 1,422 receiving yards in 2020. In the win over the Bills, Hopkins caught seven passes for 127 The recep on total would establish a new franchise single-season record while yards, including a 43-yard game-winning TD with just 0:02 re- the receiving yardage total would rank fi h in team history. maining in regulation. His current career highs for both recep- It was the Cardinals 4th “Player of the Week” selection of ons (115) and receiving yards (1,572) 2020 and third “Offensive Player of the Week” award. The came in 2018. three “Offensive Player of the Week” awards are the most the Cardinals have had Through 13 games in Arizona, Hopkins has: in a season since 1996 (four). --6 games with 100+ receiving yards MURRAY AND BAKER CLEAN UP IN OCTOBER --3 games with 10+ recep ons The Cardinals piled up the awards in the month of October. --1 game with 14 recep ons (career high) S Budda Baker was named "NFC Defensive Player of the --10 games averaging 10.0+ yards per catch Month" for October, and QB Kyler Murray was named "NFC --1 game-winning Hail Mary TD catch Off ensive Player of the Week" in Weeks 5 and 7. GAME-WINNING CATCH IN WEEK 10 Between Murray and Baker, the duo combined for three con- Hopkins caught seven passes for 127 yards secu ve "Player of the Week" awards (Weeks 5-7) and one in the victory over the Bills in Week 10, in- "Player of the Month" award - all of which came in October. cluding the 43-yard game-winning TD with just 0:02 remaining in regula on in which It is just the fourth me (2015) in team history that the Cardi- he out-jumped three Buff alo defenders to nals have had “Player of the Week” winners in three straight weeks. come down with the ball. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH (OCTOBER) - S BUDDA BAKER Baker was named the “NFC Defensive Player of the Month” for his performance It was Hopkins' fourth career game-winning TD catch in the 4th quarter/OT and in October, marking the fi rst me in his career he has earned the honor. the fi rst to come with under a minute le on the clock. He fi nished the month of October with 31 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 2 INTs (90 return Hopkins Career Game-Winning TD Catches (4th Qtr/OT) yards), 3 TFL, 3 QB hits, 2 PD and a FF in three games played - all Arizona victories. Opponent Qtr Dist Time Remaining He played all three games with a cast on his thumb a er having surgery which 11/15/20 vs. Buf 4 43 0:02 forced him to miss Arizona’s Week 4 game at Carolina. 11/21/19 vs. Ind 4 4 12:34 11/16/15 @ Cin 4 22 14:20 Baker became the fi rst NFL player in the last seven seasons (2014-20) to record 9/15/13 vs. Ten OT 3 10:32 at least 30 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 2 INTs and a FF in a single calendar month. Hopkins' 43-yard game-winner against the Bills was the fi rst go-ahead Hail OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - KYLER MURRAY (WEEKS 5 & 7) Mary in the 4th quarter since 12/3/15 when Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers Murray was named the “NFC Off ensive Player of the Week” threw a game-winning 61-yard TD to TE Richard Rodgers as me expired to for his performance against the Jets in Week 5 and the Se- give the Packers a 27-23 victory over Detroit. ahawks in Week 7. Murray became the fi rst Cards QB to be named “Player of It also marked the fi rst me the Cardinals won a game on a TD pass on the fi nal the Week” twice in the same season since Warner in 2009. scrimmage play of regula on since Josh McCown’s 28-yard TD pass to WR Nate Poole as me expired on 12/29/03 vs. Minnesota. That TD gave the Cards an WEEK 7 VS. SEATTLE: Murray completed a career-high 34- 18-17 win and knocked the Vikings out of postseason conten on on the fi nal of-48 pass a empts (70.8%) for 360 yards, 3 TDs and a 104.5 day of the regular season. passer ra ng. He also added 67 rushing yards and a TD on 14 carries. He became the fi rst player in NFL history to throw for 350+ yards and 3+ HOPKINS AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS TDs while also rushing for 50+ yards and a TD in a game. Hopkins ranks third in the NFL in recep ons and fi h in receiving yards in 2020. WEEK 5 AT NY JETS: Murray completed 27-of-37 pass a empts (72.9%) for a NFL Leaders – Recep ons (2020) NFL Leaders – Receiving Yards (2020) career-high 380 yards, a TD and a passer ra ng of 103.4. He also ran for 31 yards Rnk Player (Team) Rec Rnk Player (Team) Yds and a TD on nine carries. His 380 passing yards led the NFL in Week 5 and were 1 Stefon Diggs (Buf) 100 1 Travis Kelce (KC) 1,250 also the most passing yards by a Cardinals QB in a win since Carson Palmer threw 2 Keenan Allen (LAC) 99 2 D.K. Metcalf (Sea) 1,180 for 419 yards in a 27-14 victory at Jacksonville in 2013. 3 DeAndre Hopkins (AZ) 94 3 Stefon Diggs (Buf) 1,167 4 Davante Adams (GB) 91 4 Tyreek Hill (KC) 1,158 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - S BUDDA BAKER (WEEK 6 AT DALLAS) Baker earned his fi rst career “Defensive Player of the Week” a er recording 7 5 Travis Kelce (KC) 90 5 DeAndre Hopkins (AZ) 1,155 tackles, a sack, his fi rst career INT, a tackle for loss, two QB hits, a pass defensed HOPKINS GOING FOR THE LEAD and a forced fumble in the Monday night victory over the Cowboys. Although he has never led the NFL in recep ons or receiving yards in a season, Hopkins fi nished second in the NFL in receiving yards (1,572) in 2018 and has twice fi nished third in recep ons (115 in 2018; 111 in 2015). KIRK HEATING UP IN THE DESERT --He led the AFC in recep ons in 2018 (115) and ed for the AFC lead in 2019 (104). --He led the AFC in receiving yards in 2018 (1,572). Third-year WR Chris an Kirk has 38 catches for 512 yards and a career-high six TDs in 2020. The Sco sdale na ve has as many TD catches in 12 games played THE YOUNGEST IN HISTORY TO 700 CAREER RECEPTIONS this season (missed Week 3 due to injury) as he had in his fi rst two NFL seasons A er catching fi ve passes in Week 11 against Sea le, Hopkins surpassed 700 ca- (2018-19) combined (6). reer recep ons. At 28 years, 166 days old, Hopkins became the youngest player CHRISTIAN'S LONG-DISTANCE TD CATCHES in NFL history to reach 700 career recep ons. The previous record was held by Of Kirk's 12 career TD recep ons, fi ve have covered 50+ yards. Da ng back to Larry Fitzgerald, who hit 700 catches in Week 3 of the 2012 season when he Kirk's rookie season in 2018, only the Chiefs Tyreek Hill (7) and Titans A.J. Brown was 29 years, 23 days old. (6) have more TD recep ons of 50+ yards. NFL History – Youngest to Reach 700 Career Recep ons NFL Leaders – TD Recep ons of 50+ Yards (2018-20) Rnk Player (Team) Age Years Rnk Player (Team) TDs 1 DeAndre Hopkins (AZ) 28 years, 166 days 2013-20 1 Tyreek Hill (KC) 7 2 Larry Fitzgerald (AZ) 29 years, 23 days 2004-12 2 A.J. Brown (Ten) 6 3 Antonio Brown (Pit) 29 years, 129 days 2010-17 3t Chris an Kirk (AZ) 5 4 Brandon Marshall (Chi) 29 years, 267 days 2006-13 3t DeSean Jackson (Phi) 5 5 Calvin Johnson (Det) 30 years, 54 days 2007-15 3t D.J. Moore (Car) 5 BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH MULTIPLE TDs Hopkins also became just the fi h player in NFL history with 700+ recep ons and Kirk had two TD catches against the Cowboys in Week 6 and against Sea le in 9,000+ receiving yards in his fi rst eight seasons. Week 7. He became just the fi h diff erent player in franchise history to have mul- NFL History – 700+ Recep ons & 9,000+ Receiving Yards in 1st 8 Seasons ple TD recep ons in back-to-back games. Player (Years) Rec Yds Cardinals w/ Mul ple TD Catches in Consecu ve Games Marvin Harrison (1996-03)+ 759 10,072 Gms Player (Year) TDs Opponents Antonio Brown (2010-17) 733 9,910 2 Chris an Kirk (2020) 4 2 at Dal (10/19); 2 vs. Sea (10/25) DeAndre Hopkins (2013-20) 726 9,757 2 Larry Fitzgerald (2015) 5 3 at Chi (9/20); 2 vs. SF (9/27) Torry Holt (1999-06) 712 10,675 2 Anquan Boldin (2007) 4 2 at Bal (9/23); 2 at Was (10/21) Brandon Marshall (2006-13) 712 9,050 2 Larry Fitzgerald (2004) 4 2 vs. StL (12/19); 2 at Sea (12/26) +Hall of Fame Inductee 2 Sonny Randle (1960-61) 5 3 vs. Pit (12/18/60); 2 at Cle (9/24/61) 2 Mal Kutner (1948) 4 2 at Det (11/25); 2 vs. GB (12/5) 6 NEXT MAN UP ON VANCE'S DEFENSE REDDICK'S RECORD-BREAKING DAY IN JERSEY
The Cardinals have suff ered some heavy losses LB Haason Reddick established a franchise sin- on the defensive side of the ball in 2020, includ- gle-game record with 5.0 sacks against the Gi- ing the loss of team captains LB Chandler Jones ants last week. He fi nished the game with fi ve and DL Corey Peters for the season and a host tackles, 5.0 sacks and three forced fumbles. of other key contributors landing on the injured reserve list. Reddick and Rams DT Aaron Donald (4.0) are the only players in the NFL this season with at Of the seven players currently on IR, six are defen- least 4.0 sacks in a game. sive players. Franchise Record – Sacks (Game) The team has had 18 diff erent defenders miss Rnk Player Sacks Opponent a combined 78 games due to injury already this 1 Haason Reddick 5.0 12/13/20 at NYG season 2 Cur s Greer 4.5 12/18/83 vs. Phi 3t Chandler Jones 4.0 12/22/19 at Sea Arizona's Defense Through 13 Games in 2020 3t Chandler Jones 4.0 10/20/19 at NYG 24 players have started at least 1 game; only Jax (28) & NYJ (26) have had more 3t Bertrand Berry 4.0 11/14/04 vs. NYG 16 players have at least 1.0 sack; total ranks #1 in the NFL Reddick became the fi rst NFL player with at least 5.0 sacks and three forced 10 players with 2.0+ sacks; total ranks #1 in the NFL fumbles in a game since Vonnie Holliday had 5.0 sacks and three forced fum- 5 players with an INT bles vs. Buff alo on 12/22/02 while playing for Green Bay. 3 players with 2+ INTs Reddick is just the fourth NFL player in the last 11 seasons (2010-20) to record With all the turnover on defense, the unit s ll ranks among the top-15 in: at least 5.0 sacks in a game. He is the fi rst to do so since Atlanta’s Adrian Clay- Sta s c # Rnk born (6.0) on 11/12/17 vs. Dallas. Goal-to-Go TD Pct. 54.17 1 NFL Leaders – Single-Game Sacks (2010-20) Tackles for Loss 71 t-4 Rnk Player (Team) Sacks Opponent Passing Yards Allowd/Play 6.27 5 1 Adrian Clayborn (Atl) 6.0 11/12/17 vs. Dal Red Zone TD Pct. 53.3 6 2 Aldon Smith (SF) 5.5 11/19/12 vs. Chi Sacks 37 6 3t Haason Reddick (AZ) 5.0 12/13/20 at NYG Yards Allowed/Play 5.27 8th 3t Khalil Mack (Oak) 5.0 12/13/15 at Den QB Hits 83 10 Entering last Sunday’s win over the Giants, Reddick had played 107 games at Passing Yards Allowed/Game 224.9 11 the NFL and college levels (60 w/ Cardinals; 47 w/ Temple) and had never re- Off ensive TDs Allowed 32 t-11 corded more than 2.0 sacks in a game. His previous career high in the NFL was Passing TDs Allowed 20 t-11 2.0 at Dallas in Week 6 earlier this season. Yards Allowed/Game 344.5 12th Takeaways 18 t-13 Reddick’s three forced fumbles against the Giants equaled the total he had in Points Allowed/Game 23.3 13 his fi rst 60 career games entering last Sunday's contest. Rushing TDs Allowed 12 t-14 Through 13 games, Reddick has recorded 50 tackles, 10.0 sacks, 13 tackles for Intercep ons 10 t-15 loss, 15 QB hits, four passes defensed and three forced fumbles. His sack, forced fumble, QB hit and tackle for loss totals are all team highs and also represent career highs for Reddick. He has as many QB hits in 2020 (15) as he had in his PRESSURE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE fi rst three NFL seasons combined (15). A er not recording more than 4.0 sacks in his fi rst three NFL seasons, Reddick Despite missing the NFL’s leading sack artist in LB Chandler Jones, the Cardinals ranks #6 in the NFL with 10.0 sacks in 2020. defense continues to find a way to get to the QB in 2020. Following an eight- NFL Leaders – Sacks (2020) sack performance against the Giants on Sunday, Arizona now has 37.0 sacks Rnk Player (Team) Sacks this season. That total ranks sixth in the NFL. 1 Aaron Donald (LAR) 12.5 NFL Leaders – Team Sacks (2020) 2 T.J. Wa (Pit) 12.0 Rnk Team Sacks 3t Myles Garre (Cle) 10.5 1 Pittsburgh 45.0 3t Trey Hendrickson (NO) 10.5 2 Philadelphia 43.0 3t Za’Darius Smith (GB) 10.5 3 L.A. Rams 42.0 6 Haason Reddick (AZ) 10.0 4t Washington 40.0 7 Jason Pierre-Paul (TB) 9.5 4t Tampa Bay 40.0 8t Jamal Adams (Sea) 8.5 6 Arizona 37.0 8t Leonard Williams (NYG) 8.5 7t New Orleans 36.0 10t 4 players ed 8.0 7t Denver 36.0 7t Seattle 36.0 REDDICK'S DEEP ROOTS IN CAMDEN AND PHILADELPHIA 10 Green Bay 35.0 For the second me in his four-year NFL career Red- dick is set to play the Philadelphia Eagles, a team the The Cardinals lead the NFL with 16 different players having recorded at least 1.0 Camden, NJ na ve grew up watching from across the sack in 2020. With LB Markus Golden recording his second sack since returning Delaware River. to Arizona, the Cards also lead the NFL with 10 players who have registered at least 2.0 sacks this season. Following a record-breaking senior season at Temple, Reddick was selected by the Cardinals 13th overall in Cardinals Players w/ a Sack in 2020 the 2017 NFL Dra , which took place in Philadelphia. Player Sacks Just a few days before hearing his named called in the LB Haason Reddick 10.0 LB Dennis Gardeck 5.0 fi rst round, Reddick received Camden’s key to the city S Budda Baker 2.0 during a ceremony aboard the Ba leship New Jersey. DL Corey Peters 2.0 He fi rst played the Eagles as a rookie in 2017 when the Cardinals traveled LB Isaiah Simmons 2.0 to Lincoln Financial Field where played his last home game as a Temple Owl LB De'Vondre Campbell 2.0 just 316 days earlier. His second mee ng with Philly comes one week a er LB Devon Kennard 2.0 breaking the Cardinals franchise single-game record with 5.0 sacks against DL Jordan Phillips 2.0 the Giants at MetLife Stadium, just 95 miles from Camden. DL Angelo Blackson 2.0 LB Markus Golden 2.0 A er moving around Arizona’s depth chart during his fi rst three NFL sea- LB Josh Mauro 1.0 sons, Reddick has se led in at outside linebacker with a team-high 10.0 CB Byron Murphy 1.0 sacks in 2020. A self-made NFL prospect, his NFL career arc resembles his LB Chandler Jones 1.0 path to the pros. Injuries ended both Reddick’s junior and senior seasons DL Zach Allen 1.0 at Haddon Heights (NJ) High School, and he went to Temple as a walk-on DL Michael Dogbe 1.0 cornerback. During his redshirt freshman season in 2012, Reddick was told DL Trevon Coley 1.0 by the coaching staff he would not have a spot on the team the following GOLDEN SETS THE TONE IN WIN OVER FORMER TEAM year, but a coaching change saved his college career as he was off ered a Just 52 days after he was traded from New York to Arizona, LB Markus Golden chance to return as a defensive lineman. was back at MetLife Stadium to face his former team last week. It didn’t take him Reddick did not receive a scholarship un l a er his junior season. To help long to make a major impact in the game. On the fifth play of the game Golden out, his mother, Raelakia, took out a loan for a meal plan so he wouldn’t sacked QB Daniel Jones at the Giants 44-yard line, causing a fumble on the play. miss out on bonding with scholarship players on the team a er prac ce. Golden scooped up the ball and returned it 30 yards. He went on to excel in his fi nal season, star ng all 14 games and totaling 65 It marked the second time in three games Golden made a big play on the oppo- tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, an INT, three forced fumbles and a nent’s opening drive. Against New England in Week 12, he posted his first career fumble recovery. His 22.5 tackles for loss led all players in the FBS and also INT on a Cam Newton pass on the Patriots opening drive. set an AAC single-season record. 7 BAKER & HICKS HIT THE CENTURY MARK DEFENSE DOMINANT IN WIN OVER GIANTS
Following their performances against the Giants last week, LB Jordan Hicks (8 In the victory over the Giants last week, Arizona’s defense posted season lows tackles) and S Budda Baker (6 tackles) both reached 100 tackles in 2020. They are in points allowed (7), total net yards allowed (159), fi rst downs allowed (10), the only pair of teammates in the NFL to have each reached 100 tackles in 2020. yards per play allowed (3.2) and me of possession (22:08). The Cardinals de- Hicks has 101 tackles on the year while Baker has 100. fense also registered season highs in sacks (8.0) and forced fumbles (4). With Both Hicks (who ranked 3rd in the NFL with 150 tackles in 2019) and Baker (who the addi on of a forced fumble on special teams, Arizona recorded a season ranked 4th in in the NFL with 147 tackles in 2019) have reached 100+ tackles for the high fi ve total forced fumbles. second consecutive season. Baker reached 100 tackles for the third time in his ca- Arizona became the fi rst team to record at least 8.0 sacks and fi ve forced reer (2018-20) while Hicks reached the century mark for the second time (2019). fumbles in a game since Tampa Bay had 8.0 sacks and eight forced fumbles NFL Leaders – Total Tackles (2020) in a win vs. Green Bay on 12/7/98. Rnk Player (Team) Tkl The Cardinals 8.0 sacks ed for the highest 1 LB Zach Cunningham (Hou) 126 total in the NFL this season. 2 LB Jaylon Smith (Dal) 123 3 LB Roquan Smith (Chi) 122 2020 NFL Leaders – Sacks (Single Game) 4t LB Blake Martinez (NYG) 118 Rnk Team Sacks Opponent 4t LB Devin White (TB) 118 1t Arizona 8.0 12/13 at NYG 6t LB Bobby Wagner (Sea) 113 1t New Orleans 8.0 11/22 vs. Atl 6t LB Joe Schobert (Jax) 113 1t L.A. Rams 8.0 10/11 at Was 8 LB Neville Hewitt (NYJ) 110 1t Philadelphia 8.0 9/27 vs. Cin 9 LB Eric Kendricks (Min) 107 1t Washington 8.0 9/13 vs. Phi 10 S Jordan Poyer (Buf) 104 Of the Giants 159 total yards of off ense, 75 came on one drive. New York’s 11 11 LB A.J. Johnson (Den) 103 other drives gained 84 total yards. The Giants had just two drives that gained 12 LB Jordan Hicks (AZ) 101 more than 15 net yards. 13 S Budda Baker (AZ) 100 Hicks (251) and Baker (247) rank #5 and #6 in the NFL in total tackles over the last two seasons (2019-20). THE TURNOVER TURNAROUND NFL Leaders - Total Tackles (2019-20) Rnk Player (Team) Tkl 1 LB Blake Martinez (NYG) 273 The Cardinals defense had three takeaways (all fumble recoveries) in the win 2 LB Bobby Wagner (Sea) 272 over the Giants last Sunday. A unit that ranked ed for 27th in the NFL with just 3 LB Jaylon Smith (Dal) 265 three takeaways through the fi rst fi ve weeks has now recorded 15 takeaways 4 LB Zach Cunningham (Hou) 263 (9 INT; 6 FR) over the last eight games. That is ed for third in the NFL da ng 5 LB Jordan Hicks (AZ) 251 back to Week 6. 6 S Budda Baker (AZ) 247 NFL Leaders – Takeaways (Since Week 6) Rnk Team TA INT FR 1 Pi sburgh 18 11 7 CAPTAIN BAKER - CARDINALS HEART & SOUL 2 Miami 17 12 5 3t Arizona 15 9 6 ""TheThe guyguy isis a humanhuman eraser.eraser. HeHe makesmakes a tonton ofof tackles,tackles, hehe bringsbrings energy,energy, 3t New Orleans 15 10 5 hhee bbringsrings juice,juice, he'she's physical.physical. He'sHe's ourour leaderleader andand ourour heartheart andand soulsoul onon 3t L.A. Rams 15 9 6 ddefense."efense." - GMGM SteveSteve KKeimeim ""NobodyNobody meansmeans moremore toto thisthis footballfootball teamteam thanthan BuddaBudda Baker,Baker, andand youyou 2 1 NOW WITH 28 INTERCEPTIONS ccanan taketake tthathat toto thethe bank."bank." - WRWR LarryLarry FitzgeraldFitzgerald Signed to a four-year contract extension dur- Arizona selected CB Patrick Peterson with the ing training camp, S Budda Baker is delivering 5th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Dra and the quite the encore performance this year a er a eight- me Pro Bowl selec on has recorded 28 breakout campaign in 2019. INTs in his career. That includes three INTs so In Week 7 vs. Sea le, Baker posted a game- far this season, pu ng Peterson is some elite high 14 tackles, his second INT of the season, company among all- me Cardinals defenders. a tackle for loss and a pass defensed in the win Only fi ve players in franchise history, including over Sea le. It was a fi ng end to a remark- four Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, have able six-day stretch on the na onal stage in more INTs than Peterson. which the All-Pro was named a team captain, Franchise Leaders – Intercep ons (All-Time) totaled 21 tackles, 2 INTs (one returned 90 Rnk Player (Years) INTs yards), 1.0 sack, 2 passes defensed, 2 tackles 1 Larry Wilson (1960-72)+ 52 for loss, 2 QB hits, a forced fumble and an 2 Aeneas Williams (1991-2000)+ 46 NFC “Defensive Player of the Week” award 3 Roger Wehrli (1969-82)+ 40 (Week 6). The performance earn him NFC "Defensive Player of the Month" 4 Night Train Lane (1954-59)+ 30 honors for October. 5 Pat Fischer (1961-67) 29 Baker has registered 100 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 2 INTs, 4 passes 6 Patrick Peterson (2011-) 28 defensed and a forced fumble in 2020. Baker’s 100 tackles rank second among 7 Adrian Wilson (2001-12) 27 8 Kwamie Lassiter (1995-2002) 24 all NFL DBs behind only Buff alo S Jordan Poyer (104). 9 Norm Thompson (1971-76) 22 NFL Leaders – Total Tackles by a DB (2020) 10t Jerry Davis (1948-51) 21 Rnk Player (Team) Tackles GP 10t Ray Ramsey (1950-53) 21 1 S Jordan Poyer (Buf) 104 13 +Hall of Fame Inductee 2 S Budda Baker (AZ) 100 12 PETERSON 10 FOR 10 ON PICKS 3 S Vonn Bell (Cin) 96 13 With three INTs in 2020, Peterson now has at least one INT in each of his 4 S Jeremy Chinn (Car) 94 12 10 NFL seasons, which is the league's second-longest ac ve streak . 5 S Adrian Phillips (NE) 92 13 NFL Leaders – Consecu ve Seasons with an INT (Ac ve) Since the start of the 2019 season, Baker leads all NFL DBs in total (241) Rnk Player (Team) Yrs INTs and solo (159) tackles - and leads by a wide margin. 1 Devin McCourty (NE) 11 28 NFL Leaders – Total Tackles by a DB (2019-20) 2 Patrick Peterson (AZ) 10 28 Rnk Player (Team) Tackles Solo GP 3t Stephon Gilmore (Buf/NE) 9 25 1 S Budda Baker (AZ) 247 161 28 3t Tashaun Gipson (Cle/Jax/Hou/Chi) 9 25 2 S Jordan Poyer (Buf) 208 119 29 3t Janoris Jenkins (StL/NYG/NO) 9 26 3 S Jessie Bates III (Cin) 191 130 29 AMONG THE LEAGUE'S ELITE SINCE 2011 4 S Logan Ryan (NYG) 185 114 29 Da ng back to his rookie season in 2011, only three NFL players have 5 S Von Bell (Cin) 182 112 26 more INTs than Peterson. FIRST 50 GAMES, 0 INTS - LAST 8 GAMES, 2 INTS NFL Leaders – Intercep ons (2011-20) A er going without an INT in his fi rst 50 career games, Baker had an INT in Rnk Player (Team) INTs back-to-back games in Weeks 6-7. He tallied his fi rst career INT off Cowboys 1 Richard Sherman (SF) 36 QB Andy Dalton on Monday Night Football in Week 6. Prior to that two-game 2 Marcus Peters (Bal) 30 stretch, the last me Baker had an INT in consecu ve games was in his sopho- 3 Reggie Nelson (FA) 29 more year at the University of Washington in 2015 when he had an INT at Stan- 4 Patrick Peterson (AZ) 28 ford (10/24) and vs. Arizona (10/31). 5 Harrison Smith (Min) 27 8 KYLER MURRAY - AT A G LANCE MURRAY PUTTING UP RARE NUMBERS