Arizona Cardinals

Cardinals GM rips team after 'unacceptable' loss to Patriots

Published Sep. 12, 2016 6:17 p.m. ET

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The Arizona Cardinals were playing at home against a Patriots team without Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski. The team really couldn't ask for anything more, but still found a way to narrowly lose 23-21 to an undermanned New England squad Sunday night.

And the Week 1 loss obviously didn't sit well with general manager Steve Keim.

"You wake up Monday morning with a loss. You're angry, disappointed, embarrassed, and that's the way we should all feel," Keim said on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM, via ESPN. "Just didn't get it done, and a lot of reasons why we didn't get it done. And that needs to improve. That's certainly unacceptable."

But Keim was far from done laying into a Cardinals team that made it to the NFC title game last season. He said the special teams were "very disappointing in every area" and the passing offense was "out of sync" in the first half.

The Cardinals had a chance to make up for the miscues at the end, but kicker Chandler Catanzaro missed a 47-yard, potential game-winning kick with 41 seconds left. Catanzaro's timing might have been affected after rookie long snapper Kameron Canaday snapped it low.

"We were obviously not ready to play," head coach Bruce Arians said after the game. "They outplayed us and we will learn from it and grow from it and continue.

"There's a long way to go and regroup and see if we can win the next one."