Remind Josh Sweat that the season is only in Week 5 and the Cardinals outside linebacker will shoot it down in a heartbeat.
"Obviously it's early, but it's still a loss man," Sweat said. "We are doing anything to throw it away at this point. It's killing me. I'm going to be real, it's killing me because I see what this team can be. First half, you can see it."
For the third consecutive week, the Cardinals lost on a walk-off field goal. This time, the Titans earned their first victory. In the Cardinals' three losses, they have lost by a combined five points.
Each game with key moments that attributed towards their respective losses.
"If you want me to be completely honest, we need to just stop doing dumb (expletive)," Sweat said. "Ain't nobody got to be perfect. It's football, (expletive) is going to happen, but consecutively like that, hell no."
While it's challenging to find optimism following such outcomes, Sweat's performance to start the year is a positive. Against the Titans, Sweat recorded two sacks, four tackles, and a pass deflection. According to TruMedia, Sweat recorded four pressures.
Sunday marked the fourth consecutive game that Sweat had a sack. His five sacks are the most the pass rusher has recorded through the first five games in his career. It's the eighth time in his career he finished a game with two-plus sacks.
Upon his arrival to Arizona, Sweat was eager to take part in the scheme because of how he was utilized under Jonathan Gannon while he was the defensive coordinator in Philadelphia. He described it as a defense that gives him "freedom."
It has paid off so far.
"People are probably like 'He's just talking,' but it really makes a difference not being stuck on one side of the field," Sweat said. "It's too hard to play that way. You don't get loose, you're stagnant, you get stuck.
"I'm not saying I just get stuff freed up for me, but even if I'm going to get chipped, I'm working against a different guy, and I can do different things."
Sweat said his skills while staying on the left side of the line of scrimmage are "way different from my right side. I just need to move around. It's working." According to TruMedia, Sweat has lined up in eight different locations on the field, ranging from the typical nine-technique to a three-technique defensive lineman with his hand in the dirt.
"It's a little bit of a matrix, I call it, because I'm greedy and I want to be able to do all that stuff and then (think) what's the best coverage to take away this guy or take away this route," defensive coordinator Nick Rallis said. "That's what I'm working on now."
Rallis said Sweat's ability to move around and play along the defensive line, coupled with the versatility of Zaven Collins and Baron Browning, "allows you to be more creative and be more flexible," he said.
The outside linebackers have generated a solid pass rush. In eight games last year, Browning had three quarterback hits. He has four this season. After playing 17 games last season, Collins finished the year with seven quarterback hits. Through five games this year, he already has six.
"It makes everybody multiple in our rushes, so we're never just stuck playing left and right," Sweat said. "When you can move around and even if you're whooping somebody's ass, it's like, 'Alright, we'll go get some looks over here.' Even the quote-unquote, 'we got an easier matchup,' it's the change up."
The Cardinals will have their work cut out for them as they get set to travel to Indianapolis to play a Colts team who beat the Raiders, 40-6.
"We need to take care of the football, get the football back to the offense, and play as a team," Sweat said. "I'm telling you, if we play as a team, we're good."