In Monday night’s wild-card game, the Arizona Cardinals made the bold decision to blitz Matthew Stafford heavily. He was blitzed on a season-high 50% of his dropbacks, but it proved ineffective.
Stafford picked apart the Cardinals’ defense, completing 13 of 17 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns – with three of his four incompletions being drops. And when the Cardinals did blitz him, he completed seven of his nine passes for a whopping 148 yards and a touchdown.
Again, it was a terrible decision by defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and the Cardinals.
