The week in London is nearing its end. The Cardinals are hoping it means something. The Rams didn't pull in until early Friday morning from Florida, while the Cards got here Tuesday morning. The players have adjusted for the time, but that doesn't mean it'd be any easier for Carson Palmer to throw the ball if it turns out to be rainy and windy Sunday night at Twickenham Stadium.

It's been a work week. Some players have gotten out — there were many who hit the city even Tuesday night, and I've just wrapped up a central London tour with rookies Haason Reddick and Rudy Ford, photos and video to come — but it's been work.

(An interesting sidebar: Before leaving Jacksonville, Rams running back Todd Gurley told ESPN "they need to stop this, all this stuff. This London, this Mexico City stuff, it needs to stop." He did say the the games are cool and he praised the fans, but it simply messed with the people's schedule too much.)

Certainly an experience. But as kicker Phil Dawson said Friday, if the Cards play well Sunday, spending a week here makes sense. If the Cards play poorly, everyone will say they were there too long. It is all about results, just like every week.

-- The trip to London probably muted what would have been a second straight week of Adrian Peterson buzz, but it's still floating around. Peterson was blunt when he was asked if he thought those weeks with the Saints might've just been the end of his career.

"Oh, no," Peterson said. "I definitely wasn't going to let the devil do that to me. No, not at all. I knew things were going to change. I didn't know when, but I knew. I refused to let that come into my mind. Like, 'This is not the way it's going to end. God has way more for me. My latter is going to be better than my beginning.' That's what's in my mind, and this is just the start of it."

There have been many players over the years who don't think their career is over but they are the only ones who cannot see it. Turns out Peterson was right. The Cards will benefit from that.

-- Offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin said last week's offensive performance was what the Cards were looking for all year (and likely what they had envisioned if David Johnson had stayed healthy.)

"We just hadn't got it," Goodwin said. "The plays didn't change, it's just the attitude changed when Adrian got here. … Even when he got tackled he's slapping guys in the back of the helmet. He's setting the tone and that's spreading throughout the offense."

-- Dawson has played in London before, and he played many seasons in the wind-whipped conditions of Cleveland. "The grass here reminds me a lot of Cleveland, Ohio," Dawson said. "The wind, the misty rain, the longer grass. Hopefully those years will prove me well, but one thing I've learned after all these years is just because you've played in conditions one time doesn't mean you'll be prepared for the next."

The weather forecast for Sunday night is the upper 60s and only a small chance of rain.

-- Bruce Arians reiterated cornerback Tramon Williams will have a bigger role in multiple packages. He did not say he was starting (although to be fair, he didn't say he wasn't either). Whatever happens, we will see how he does and how Justin Bethel reacts.

-- I've been lucky enough to meet some European Cardinals fans the last few days, and I expect that I'll meet a few more. Always good to know the team has a following around the world. Those here — and the U.S. fans who have flown in for the game — will see an important matchup Sunday. Being here, it is easy to lose sight of the magnitude of Sunday's result.

Until then, cheerio.