Michael Wilson came down with the 30-yard contested catch at the end of last week's game against the Colts, jumped up and started letting everyone know who was watching who was The Man in that moment.

The wide receiver smiled when recalling the moment. "I was just feeling like I was proving to myself and proving to everyone I can make those plays when given the opportunity," Wilson said. "There have been a couple times this year where the ball has been thrown deep and for whatever reason, not a great ball or me not putting myself in position to give myself a chance, I've let a couple of those slip through my fingers. That was just a big confidence boost. A play I needed to make."

That play, and a handful of others last week, breathed life into the passing game and into wide receivers who hadn't done much previously. The Cardinals ended up with seven pass plays in the game of at least 20 yards, after totaling seven such pass plays in the first five games of the season.

Those explosives "mean everything," Wilson said. "Field position. Momentum. When you get chunk yardage, that's a winning statistic."

Not all were down-the-field versions, like Wilson's or an impressive third-and-way-too-long conversion by tight end Trey McBride. There were also catch-and-runs, like running back Bam Knight or the impressive completion-while-falling by QB Jacoby Brissett to tight end Elijah Higgins, who ran for most of the yards.

But whether it is Brissett in at QB again, or whenever Kyler Murray gets back in the lineup, such gains are crucial. Wilson acknowledged the offense had been "stagnant" most of the time this season until the Colts game.

"It sparked a little bit of, 'Hey, we know what we are capable of doing so let's build on it,'" he said.

-- We will see what happens with Murray on Sunday. I wouldn't be surprised to see him sit for one more game and use the bye for extra rest on a foot he needs to be at his best. The Cardinals will have wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. back after he cleared concussion protocol.

-- Brissett is a confident guy, but he's humble. He's not going to say much about himself other than to say he'll be ready when called. He was most certainly ready last week (although with injuries, the Colts defense is not as good as the Packers defense, so if Brissett plays Sunday, it'll certainly be a different test.)

-- One of the most impressive parts of the Cardinals' offensive showing last week was that they did it once they lost tight end Travis Vokolek, who was going to be a big part of the run and play-action looks, and then Harrison. They still erupted through the air.

"We were manufacturing a couple things in the huddle and on the sideline," Brissett said. "(OC) Drew (Petzing) is telling me where to put guys and what were supposed to be doing. We did a good job of adjusting on the fly."

Brissett added there were times when he was telling receivers where to run as the huddle was breaking.

-- One of the biggest storylines of the week for the Packers was Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur noting that he has brought to the league's attention what he feels are missed holding calls on Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons (Parsons complained about it as well.)

"That's definitely a conversation pregame (with officials)," LaFleur said.

It is something to watch Sunday. My good friend Jason Wilde, who has covered the Packers forever, looked up the 2025 stats of referee Alex Moore and his crew – the crew that is officiating Sunday's game. No group has thrown more flags this season or granted more penalty yards than Moore's crew – 109 for 828. In six games they have thrown flags 24 times for offensive holding.

-- Parsons will move around, and while left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. is ready for the task – "Beauty of the NFL," Johnson said. "Amazing rushers every week." – Parsons does line up about 35 percent of the time outside the right tackle, in this case Jonah Williams.

-- The last Packers visit to Arizona was the infamous Thursday night game in which the Cardinals were trying to go 8-0 and looked like they would – but wide receiver A.J. Green didn't turn around in the end zone on a Murray pass, and Rasul Douglas made the interception to end the 24-21 loss.

-- I know some fans were upset with Emari Demercado a couple weeks ago. But with Demercado out Sunday because of an ankle injury, the Cardinals lose a key third-down back and pass protector, and are frighteningly thin at running back. Michael Carter and Bam Knight are now the main two options, and they will certainly bring someone up from the practice squad.

-- The Cardinals are the only team to have every game decided by seven or fewer points.

-- Budda Baker lamented his interception that wasn't in Indy, a play that would've saved the Cardinals a field goal against and might have gone for six the other way.

"Anytime the ball touches my hands I should catch it," Baker said. "You don't get many opportunities to get the football like that. I used my body. Gotta use my hands. Gotta catch those. … I have to catch those. Feel a type of a way when it happens, like 'Oh sh*t no,' but it's the next play mentality."

Baker did say he made sure to get more work on the JUGS machine this week.

-- This is a reunion of the second-oldest matchup in NFL history. Only the Cardinals-Bears is (barely) older. Sunday will mark the 103 years, 10 months and 29 days from the first time the Cardinals and Packers played, a scintillating 3-3 tie in front of about 2,000 at Chicago's Normal Park on Nov. 20, 1921.

-- Tight end Trey McBride, if he makes at least five catches this week, will join Mike Ditka and Zach Ertz as the only tight ends in NFL history to do such a thing in the first seven games of the season.

-- Calais Campbell will play his 79^th game at State Farm Stadium on Sunday. The only one with more is Larry Fitzgerald, with 121.

Last year, cornerback Max Melton wasn’t sure if he’d match up with brother Bo, a wide receiver for the Packers, on anything but special teams. This year, that's the only way it can happen, since Bo moved to cornerback in the offseason (and changed his number to 16, just like Max.)

"He's doing good," Max Melton said. "He hasn't really asked me too much, so I take it that's he's been doing good. And I've heard that from a couple players. It's rare that that happens, so I'm proud of him."

Melton said he had to get "between 20 and 30 tickets" for family and friends for the game. Bo was on the hook last year in Green Bay, so Max had to make the commitment this season.

-- The last word goes to, who else, veteran and wise soul Campbell, on the four-game losing streak:

"We're kind of at a crossroads. If we use this as a steppingstone for us to get better and we figure out how to close out these close games, it'll pay off for us in the long run and make us a better team. Which is what I am expecting to happen. But it is hard when you lose four in a row.

Emotionally you are like, 'What is going on. Can we win ballgames?' You have to remind yourself, 'Yes we can.'"

See you Sunday.