NFL Power Rankings, Week 12: Eagles fall to Saints in embarrassing fashion

31. Arizona Cardinals

Josh Rosen has only defeated the San Francisco 49ers so far in his career, but a Sunday matchup with the Oakland Raiders made it seem the rookie quarterback would be in for his third career win in the NFL. With three touchdown passes, these kind of numbers make it seem like the Arizona Cardinals had little trouble defeating the Raiders, but unfortunately that was far from the case after Daniel Carson connected on the game-winning field goal from 35 yards out.

As frustrating as this may seem, keep in mind that Arizona has been near the bottom of the league with Oakland all season when it comes to the rankings since they’re clearly still another year or two away from being a contender. Once the Cardinals made the decision to move forward with Rosen as their new starter, the team knew the most important factor from this season was to give their new quarterback as much experience as possible to benefit him in the long run.

Arizona would have obviously preferred to see fewer turnovers from Rosen, but the three touchdown passes should work out to be a confidence booster since two was the most he had ever thrown in a game, and it only happened once.