Cardinals response to shock loss to Lions leaves Twitter in splits

The Arizona Cardinals were heavy favorites heading into their Week 15 clash against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.

However, Detroit came away with its second win of the 2021 NFL season, defeating Arizona 30-12 at Ford Field in Detroit.

Arizona were handed their second straight loss after losing to NFC West division rival the Los Angeles Rams in Week 14.

Jared Goff leads Lions to easy victory over Cardinals as Kyler Murray misfires

Arizona Cardinals v Detroit Lions

In the game, the Cardinals out-gained the Lions in total yards as the Cardinals had 398 total yards to Detroit's 338.

The Cardinals expressed their acceptance of losing the game using a classic scene from the 2003 movie, "Love, Actually."

For Detroit fans, it has been a difficult season up to this point. After going 0-10-1 in their first 11 games, head coach Dan Campbell and his team have won two of their last three games.

For the Cardinals (10-4), their fan base has come to terms with losing to Detroit (2-11-1) as they are now tied with the Rams (10-4) in the NFC West.

Quarterback Kyler Murray went 23 of 41 for 257 passing yards with a touchdown pass and an interception for Arizona. The lone touchdown catch was a 26-yard pass to wide receiver Christian Kirk.

Colt McCoy came in relief of Murray and went six of nine for 56 yards passing. Running backs James Connor and Chase Edmonds combined for 14 carries and 92 yards rushing.

For the Lions, quarterback Jared Goff went 21 of 26 for 216 yards passing with three touchdown passes.

The recipients of Goff’s touchdown passes were wide receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Josh Reynolds, and inside linebacker Jason Cabinda.

Yes...Cabinda is an inside linebacker that has been used this year on the offensive side of the ball for the Lions.

Lions running back Craig Reynolds had 26 carries for 112 yards rushing, the most he has had all season. Cornerback Amani Oruwariye got his sixth interception in the third quarter off of a Murray pass intended for wide receiver A.J. Green.

Where the Cardinals and Lions Stand

Arizona Cardinals v Detroit Lions

Despite the loss to Detroit, Arizona is currently the fourth seed in the NFC and are ahead of the Rams because of their divisional win percentage (80%).

Detroit is heading towards their fourth straight losing season as they last finished a season above .500 back in 2017.