"No risk-it, no biscuit." Bruce Arians loves to repeat the mantra by which he coaches (and lives, but that's another blog post). Sometimes, that causes some to fret about the chances Arians takes late in games -- passes the Cardinals try that fall incomplete and stop the clock, or a shot down the field. But there is tangible proof it works.

Football Outsiders writer Scott Kacsmar tweeted out this amazing fact today: Arians, since 2012 (so including his stint coaching the Colts), is a stunning 31-1 in games where his team held a one-score lead at any point in the fourth quarter and overtime. The one loss came in Arians' very first game as Cardinals' coach, when the Cards had an 11-point lead going into the fourth quarter in St. Louis but eventually lost, 27-24.

It not only shows the ability of the Cardinals to play the kind of fourth-quarter offense necessary to hold on to wins but also rally (think of both wins in Seattle in 2013 and 2015.) It also underscores that the defense has made big plays to seal wins (Rashad Johnson and the secondary versus the Eagles in 2014, Tony Jefferson versus the Ravens last season come to mind.) Overall, it also shows a good team -- good teams know how to win close games. The Cardinals have definitely done that.