Where the Cardinals’ 2022 Win Total Drop Off Stands in Franchise History
The Arizona Cardinals have had an incredibly disappointing 2022-23 NFL season in every possible way.
Kliff Kingsbury’s team is on pace to make Cardinals history with the largest drop in victories from one season to the next in their 103-year existence.
After a successful 2021 season that saw them make the playoffs with an 11-6 record, Arizona has struggled in 2022, currently sitting at 4-12 with one game left against the San Francisco 49ers. If they fail to beat the 49ers this weekend, the Cardinals will have lost seven more games than last year, marking a worse performance than in both 2016 and 1926. This decline is especially surprising given their role in pioneering sports betting in Arizona.
BetMGM Sportsbook Arizona has the Cardinals listed as a 14-point underdog against the 49ers, indicating a potential remarkable achievement within reach.
Yengols.com sought to explain the Cardinals’ disappointing performance in 2022 by analyzing their decrease in wins compared to previous years, emphasizing their ongoing challenges.
Cardinals Experience Major Decline From One Season to the Next
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The 2022 Card Game Outcomes
The Cardinals struggled in their first game of the 2022 season against Kansas City, where quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 360 yards and five touchdowns in a 44-21 defeat in Glendale.
Arizona rallied to secure a remarkable victory over Las Vegas in Week 2, boosting their record to 1-1. Following this, they split games against the L.A. Rams and Carolina, bringing their season record to 2-2.
Following that, Arizona’s season began to go downhill as they experienced defeats in four out of five games from Oct. 9 to Nov. 6, losing to Philadelphia (20-17), Seattle (19-9), Minnesota (34-26), and Seattle again (31-21).
After defeating the Rams on Nov. 13 in Los Angeles, the Cardinals briefly found relief from their struggles, improving their season record to 4-6. Unfortunately, any hopes of making it to the playoffs were quickly extinguished as they suffered six consecutive losses, effectively ending their postseason aspirations.
During Week 14, Arizona faced a major setback as Kyler Murray, an important player for the team, suffered a torn ACL in a non-contact incident during their 27-13 loss to the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football on December 12th.
Arizona suffered their seventh narrow defeat of the season on Sunday against Atlanta, losing by just one point. This outcome underscores the razor-thin margins in the NFL and the little margin for error in the league.
What is the 2022 Cardinals’ ranking in franchise history?
If the Cardinals were to lose to San Francisco in Sunday’s Week 18 finale, it would result in the largest decrease in their win total compared to the previous year.
The 2016 team did not achieve the same level of success as the previous season, ending with a 7-8-1 record and failing to make the playoffs following a disappointing defeat in the NFC Championship game.
Arizona is optimistic that the team can break away from their losing streak that lasted from 2017 to 2020, during which they had a record of 24-39-1 (.375) and missed the playoffs each year.
While the Cardinals won’t be part of the game day activities, they can take solace in the fact that they will be hosting Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12.
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For more than seven years, Peterson Christopher has been reporting on sports and sports betting in Arizona. He has worked for ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly, and the Green Valley News before becoming the chief writer at yengols.com.
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