Los Angeles Rams: 4 things to watch Week 3 in the NFC West

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LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 16: Sam Bradford #9 of the Arizona Cardinals calls a play during the third quarter in a 34-0 loss to the Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 16, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

If you’re a fan of the Arizona Cardinals looking for something positive to come out of the Week 2 drubbing against the Rams, well, you’ll need to keep looking.

It’s getting to be a bad scene for a Cardinals team who looks lost. For those who thought Sam Bradford might offer something of a stabilizer with Carson Palmer retired, that simply hasn’t happened. Arizona is just bad, and how they get better is anybody’s guess.

Does this mean it’s finally time to park Bradford for rookie Josh Rosen? That’s a question likely picking up steam in the desert after the Cardinals couldn’t generate any offense against the Rams.

The 34-0 shutout puts Arizona squarely behind the eight ball as a change at quarterback doesn’t necessarily change the equation. But the upcoming schedule could.

The Cardinals get Chicago in Week 3, then NFC West rivals Seattle at home, and San Francisco on the road.

I say that because both Chicago and even an 0-2 Seahawks team probably leave Arizona 0-4 to open the first quarter of play in their 2018 NFL schedule. Meaning if the braintrust in the desert want to give Bradford a chance to right the ship and get to 2-2 before making a change, heading to San Francisco on October 7 may be the day they make such a call.

2-2 and being 1-1 in the division may buy Bradford some time, just not a whole lot of it.

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