It is Christmas Day and the Arizona Cardinals will have a practice. They will not play. There are two NFL games on Christmas Day, though, as Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans will stream on Netflix.
The Cardinals have played three times on Christmas Day in the last 15 years, including twice this decade. They are 1-2 in those games.
Let’s look back at them.
Christmas Day, 2022
The Cardinals lost 19-16 in overtime to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home. Trace McSorley started at quarterback for the Cardinals against Tom Brady for the Bucs. Brady was picked off twice and the Cardinals led 16-6 in the fourth quarter, but Tampa scored 10 points in the final 8:03 in regulation and had the game-winning field goal in overtime.
James Conner had 79 rushing yards and a touchdown and added 41 receiving yards on seven catches, while Greg Dortch has 10 catches for 98 yards.
Christmas Day, 2021
The Cardinals lost 22-16 at home to the Indianapolis Colts. Kyler Murray had 245 passing yards and a touchdown and rushed for 74 yards, but the defense struggled as Jonathan Taylor had 108 yards on the ground and quarterback Carson Wentz had two touchdown passes.
Christmas Day, 2010
This was a Christmas miracle in Dallas. Rookie John Skelton made his first-ever NFL start against Jon Kitna, who got hurt and was replaced by Stephen McGee.
The defense had two pick-sixes and Skelton had a 74-yard touchdown pass to Andre Roberts.
Dallas got a 37-yard touchdown pass from McGee to Miles Austin but the extra point was missed with 1:41 left.
Larry Fitzgerald’s only catch of the day was a 26-yarder on a fourth down that set up game-winning, 48-yard field goal from Jay Feely with five seconds left to give the Cardinals a 27-26 win.
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