Surprised? D. Hopkins

[DaveThePanther2008]

I am surprised no one has really brought up that our secondary limited arguably the best WR in the game to 7 catches for a minuscule 41 yards.

I thought Hopkins would be a terror for our DBs but they kept him wrapped up.  

[panthers55]

He was hurt and didn't practice all week. Not sure he was 100% so can't really make huge assumptions.

[t96]

It was a really nice game from our secondary for sure, but he was clearly quite limited.

[hepcat]

2 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

He was hurt and didn't practice all week. Not sure he was 100% so can't really make huge assumptions.

This. He was a decoy most of the game.

[Moo Daeng]

The Cardinals were playing the short game as demonstrated by Murray's passing chart. He got catches but they weren't pushing it downfield 

[BrianS]

Let's see how they look this week vs Atlanta.  While the Falcons haven't been good this year, they have always been good against us.  And those receivers are pretty darn good.  At 6'1" and 6'3" those are not good matchups for Donte.

[top dawg]

Yeah, Hopkins had been injured, but he shouldn't have been playing if he couldn't play. 

Our defense put the brakes on him, that's what happened! Douglas was handling his business!

[cardiackat88.]

2 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

The Cardinals were playing the short game as demonstrated by Murray's passing chart. He got catches but they weren't pushing it downfield 

Isn’t Murray always playing the “short” game?

[electro's horse]

he also still nearly managed the greatest catch in nfl history but the ball was thrown out of bounds

[DaveThePanther2008]

Fair enough, but even as a decoy we limited Murray to less than 200 yds.  

Injuries are part of the game and adapting to them are another part of it.   If he was on the field than he's is an asset for the offense.  

He was targeted 9 times with 7 catches.  Seems we bottled him up.  

As far at the catch that didn't count.  That was great defense.

[KSpan]

7 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

he also still nearly managed the greatest catch in nfl history but the ball was thrown out of bounds

But Marvin McNutt doesn't play for the Cardinals...

Throwback reference to 2013 for the uninitiated.

[1989]

3 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

The Cardinals were playing the short game as demonstrated by Murray's passing chart. He got catches but they weren't pushing it downfield 

They were playing the short game because our secondary took away the long game, thus, the OP’s point. 

[cookinbrak]

Isabella wasn't hurt....

[BPF]

6 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

Isabella wasn't hurt....

I was actually more worried about him, with how we have been gouged from WRs like him in the past. Maybe Snow really is a good DC.