Cardinals Singing Same Song and Dance

ARIZONA -- It's been the same old song and dance for the Arizona Cardinals this season: Fight hard, but come up short.

The team's 3-12 record has been anticipated, though rarely has Jonathan Gannon's squad been blown out when the clock hits zero.

Their most recent loss - coming to the Chicago Bears - again saw prominent names such as Gannon and Kyler Murray continue to boast about the team's effort:

Gannon: "You start the game down 21-0, it's tough to dig back. But I do think that we fought back and got playing better. I thought special teams made a lot of impactful plays. Defense started to get some stops. Offense got somepoints there. Cut it to a one-score game. Just didn't have enough in the tank. But appreciate their fight, and we'll come back here ready to work. Going to put all our eggs in one basket. Maximize our opportunity. Going to play against a really good team in Philadelphia."

When asked if repeating that message was getting old for Gannon, he responded with:

"Not at all because it's the truth. I know they fight, I know they battle, I know they prepare the right way. Just got to help them out and we've got to coach and play better. You get down 21-0, we didn't stop them really.

"The play extension I thought killed us. We've just got to start a little bit better on offense, generate some first downs and score some points to end the game. We did some good things there in the second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter. We've just got to start a little bit better. That's on me. That's on coaching. Come out like that, I didn't think we were flat, but I just thought we didn't execute at a high enough level."

Murray co-signed by saying:

"Do we have a sense of urgency? Everyone knows the situation we're in as far as our record. and stuff like that. But I've seen no quit as far as the urgency goes. Everybody, team full of grinders. Work hard throughout the week. Understand what we're about, what we're trying to be about around here. Moving forward, I think the mindset is right."

Arizona's on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 17.