The San Francisco 49ers did not provide much to watch in Week 3, but 49ers fans deserve a hand. Early in the game, it sounded like there was a lot of noise when the Cardinals offense was on the field. The Cardinals offense seemed to struggle with it, and the team confirmed as much on Monday. Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians told the media the team had to switch to a silent snap count because of the crowd noise.
"Wish it wouldn't happen right now," Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said. "We would hope that the visiting team wouldn't get that many tickets and have to use a silent count at home
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Silent counts are supposed to be reserved for road games, when raucous crowds are unmanageable.http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/181606/49ers-fans-force-cardinals-into-silent-count
They're usually tucked away for home games, when quarterbacks can control crowd noise like a maestro conducting their orchestra. That wasn't the case Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium.
The Arizona Cardinals were forced to go from a verbal snap count to a silent one on the first drive against San Francisco because the 49ers fans in attendance got too loud.
[ Edited by Phoenix49ers on Sep 29, 2015 at 8:19 AM ]