Steve Keim was blunt.

"It's 'The-sky-is-falling' Monday and we have to use that as a chip on our shoulder to make sure it doesn't happen again," the Cardinals General Manager said during his appearance on "Doug and Wolf" on Arizona Sports 98.7.

The sentiment summed up Sunday night's loss to New England. Keim didn't see a whole lot that everyone else didn't, but had the reaction that many fans are feeling. Asked if there was such a thing as a good loss, Keim didn't hesitate. "Not when you are playing a backup quarterback missing some playmakers, and it's a home game." It was not the way the Cardinals or Keim planned on starting the season, and you could hear it in his voice.

"You wake up Monday morning angry, disappointed, embarrassed and that's the way we all should feel," Keim said.

-- On special teams, Keim said they were "very disappointing, in every area." It was a rough night. In addition to the missed field goal, the Cards could not make the kickoff returns work and Drew Butler didn't punt well.

-- Keim said the defensive play, especially on third downs, was "very frustrating." He wasn't particularly surprised it was hard to pressure Jimmy Garoppolo because of three-step drops, but "the cushion that we played with, the isolations that they got with some of their inside slot receivers on safeties and the lack of leverage, the inability to tackle in space, those were all extremely disappointing."

-- Two of the three sacks Carson Palmer absorbed were coverage sacks, Keim said, and overall, Keim thought the offensive line play was OK. Too many times Palmer and his receivers weren't on the same page, and in the first half specifically the offense wasn't in sync.

-- "More than anything, we did not tackle well" on defense, Keim said.

-- Safety Tyrann Mathieu needs to knock the rust off. Keim said he doesn't think Mathieu's knee is an issue. As for cornerback Brandon Williams, "there were some mistakes he made that were very, very critical to the game." Keim likened Williams' play to an offensive lineman who holds up the vast majority of plays but gives up a couple of key sacks.

-- So the Cardinals, for so many a favorite to make the Super Bowl, are 0-1. "The thing is, I don't place hype on our team," Keim said. "My job is to try and produce the best roster that I can and I know we have a talented bunch. At the same time, if they don't play to their level, we're going to have disappointment. That's what happened (Sunday). We have to regroup."