Is it time for Cardinals to worry about the pass rush after Week 1 performance?

Gannon postgame on Cardinals pass rush having a slow game in Week 1:

“I thought it was a function on how well [the Saints] are coached. Kellen and his staff did a really good job of not letting us rush, and that’s real in a game. But when they do that, you can’t give up explosive [plays]. You should keep the score down, and that’s what we did.”

Moore and his staff game planned against Arizona’s strong pass rush by running plenty of no-huddle, fast-pace offense. The Saints offense was trying to tire out the defensive line and not allow them to sub out to limit the amount of pressures quarterback Spencer Rattler faced.

Rattler abused the underneath, quick routes like slants and curls to get the ball out quick before the D-lineman had a real shot to get to the ball. The 24-year-old have an average passing yards per pass of 4.7, which is extremely low and shows New Orleans’ game plan to get the ball out quick.

While only having three tackles for loss can seem discouraging, it was just the gameplan to limit the Saints explosive plays and scoring. Regardless of the gameplan, investing that much money into a new pass rush for none of them to get a sack or tackle for loss in the first game is tough to digest.