NFL Power Rankings, Week 9: Rams avoid first loss, Texans white hot

28. Arizona Cardinals (32)

Prior to Week 8, the only win recorded by rookie Josh Rosen happened to come at the beginning of the month in a game when the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers. So with the NFC West rivals meeting for a second and final time on Sunday, the former UCLA star seemed to be in a good position to finally earn win No. 2, which ended up being a little bit more difficult than originally expected.

With the Cardinals trailing 15-3 early in the fourth quarter against the 49ers, all signs made it seem like Rosen would need to wait at least another two weeks for this to happen since the team is on a bye week. Turns out, Rosen had what it takes to help Arizona rally when needed the most by scoring two touchdowns in the final quarter, including a nine-yard touchdown catch by Christian Kirk with 34 seconds remaining.

Wins aren’t going to come easy for the Cardinals when seeing how this season has been, and even if this was against another struggling team in the 49ers, this will still be a major help for Rosen since he needs all of the experience possible. In the long run, these are the games that will help Rosen develop into the kind of quarterback Arizona needs him to be, and he has to feel great about starting off his career 2-0 against San Francisco.