Not even sure how to wrap my head around that one, but judging by the way the Cardinals reacted after Sunday's harsh defeat to the Titans, I was not really the only one. Kyler Murray in particular seemed shell-shocked, and it's understandable.

Let's start with three straight games in which the opponent kicked a field goal on the game's final snap to beat the Cardinals. "Losing is losing," defensive lineman Dalvin Tomlinson said, "but losing on a last-second field goal stings that much more."

The Cardinals were in control. That first deep pass to Marvin Harrison Jr. was a thing of beauty. They weren't excellent at running the ball, but it looked better. They got some turnovers. It's hard to fathom, as one thinks back on how the game played out, that it ended that way.

"They were literally a play away from quitting, but we kept them in the game," quarterback Kyler Murray said.

The Emari Demercado TD-that-wasn't (more on that in a minute) hurt, but Jonathan Gannon is right. That wasn't everything. The Titans still had to go 80 yards after that fumble to get to 21-12, and on top of that they gut-punched themselves with a missed extra point that kept it a two-score game.

And the TD after the Rabbit Taylor-Demerson interception? That played out the only way it could've really hurt the Cardinals.

But what caught my attention the most was Gannon's acknowledgement after the game he told the team – everyone, coaches, players, etc. – that for everyone, the clock was ticking. That can be interpreted lots of ways. It's true for every one of those ways.

-- Kyler Murray was asked about Demercado's fumble, in which the running back was on his way to a 72-yard TD run until he released the ball after 71 and it became a touchback.

"I'm really close with Emari," Murray said. "I know his character, I know his IQ of the game. Never in a million years I wouldn't think Emari would do that, but obviously we all make mistakes. He's going to take that on the chin. But at the end of the day, we all have to be better."

I had the same thought about Demercado. He didn't seem like the kind of player who would even think about celebrating early. But along those lines, he's also the kind of stand-up guy that made sure he talked to the media knowing everyone wanted answers.

"I just made a mistake. Really no excuse," he said. "Obviously emotional. Big play. I just got to be smarter."

Demercado was walking back the sideline thinking he scored when he realized they were looking at the play.

"For sure getting back out there is helpful, but you're never going to completely forget something," he added. "You just got to keep pushing."

Tackle Paris Johnson Jr. said he reminded Demercado that the back had made "countless" plays in the past, and they would need him again.

"I wanted to be one of the first people to find him on the sideline and say wipe it off. Let's keep going," Johnson said. "Wanted to make sure he got that up front and that he wasn't catching looks and stares and people mumbling left and right. I didn't want him hearing any of that."

-- Getting a player carted off is never good. The Tip Reiman injury looked ugly, and we will see what happens, but for a running game that needs its key pieces, Reiman has been one of them.

-- The Cardinals' opening drive TD, set up by Harrison and finished by a one-yard TD run from Michael Carter, was their first such opening six points after an eight-game drought.

-- Josh Sweat has sacks in four straight games (five total), becoming the first Cardinal since Chandler Jones in 2018 to have a streak that long. Jones did it in five straight games.

-- The Cardinals definitely took more shots down the field than they had the first four games. There was one near-miss for tight end Trey McBride and a second 32-yard catch that was wiped out by penalty.

-- The last word goes to Jonathan Gannon: "You go right back to your process and do it better. … You're behind the eight ball at 2-3 and you feel like you gave one away, whatever. That's in the past. We've got good players in there that care. They're mentally trained and they'll go back to work tomorrow."

That's all for tonight.