There were a lot of stats the Cardinals put up on Sunday in their loss to the 49ers, but some of them are the ones that evaporated. In particular, Bam Knight's 60-yard touchdown run that wasn't.

Knight finished with only 24 yards rushing, thanks to a game in which the Cardinals were behind big for a long time. Knight's "TD" could've changed that, but tight end Pharoah Brown was flagged for holding – and Knight was five yards beyond Brown and his opponent by the time it was called – and it all came back.

This isn't about whether it should've been called or not. In the moment, Cardinals analyst A.Q. Shipley said Brown was finishing a block and it shouldn't have been a penalty. Brown clearly disagreed after. The score and an extra point would've made it 25-17, and who knows what happens then. But it was also a microcosm of the flags that turned Sunday's effort sideways.

It was other stuff too. Elijah Higgins was less than a yard from scoring a touchdown, and he got hit and lost a fumble. The near-miss on a deep shot from Jacoby Brissett to Michael Wilson, had the ball just been a little bit more to the inside part of the field.

Brissett said the Cardinals can't stop trying to fix their problems. Calais Campbell talked about keeping the standard of play high week to week. Jonathan Gannon talked about needing to adjust, like when a team knows they have an officials' crew that throws a lot of flags.

Gannon noted again, the issues start with him, and asked why he keeps saying it, he was blunt. "I'm the head coach and I am obviously not doing a good enough job right now."

The Cardinals have to find a way to make plays like a 60-yard touchdown run stand up.

-- Michael Wilson has always been capable of games like Sunday. OK, maybe not 15 catches every week kind of stuff – few are – but the idea he needed to be replaced never made sense to me.

-- Huge passing numbers often come when a team is behind. Brissett said plainly, "I promise you I can't care less" about his 452 yards or his NFL-record 47 completions. It mattered to teammates, however.

"It's guys like that, they're going to fight through the entire game to try to pull us back in the game," left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. said. "I think I see a guy like that, and we're going to continue to follow him, because he's choosing to make that decision each and every drive."

Brissett broke the record of 45 shared by the Rams' Jared Goff in 2019 and the Patriots' Drew Bledsoe in 1999. The Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger had 47 in a 2020 playoff game, but the postseason has a separate record book.

-- Brissett also had a streak if 168 straight passes without an interception snapped.

-- Trey McBride had a TD catch for a fifth straight game, the first Cardinals tight end to do it in the Super Bowl era (since 1967.) He also extended his streak of games with at least five catches to 12, and if he does it against Jacksonville he will tie Larry Fitzgerald's franchise record.

-- Isaiah Adams was subbed in for four series at right guard in place of Will Hernandez. Adams had been the starter there until Hernandez returned from his ACL tear.

-- Linebacker BJ Ojulari returned to a game for the first time since the end of the 2023 season. He did not record an official stat, but he did sack 49ers QB Brock Purdy on a late two-point attempt. (The Niners were going for two despite a large lead because kicker Eddy Pinero suffered a hamstring injury.)

-- Wilson, Brissett and McBride all had huge games, but Greg Dortch was fantastic, especially on special teams.

Dortch's 40-yard punt return was part of a weird day for special teams. Kitan Crawford blocked an extra point. But the Cardinals also allowed the 98-yard kickoff return, a 42-yard return, and a field-goal block by Calais Campbell was wiped out when Campbell was called for contacting the long snapper, leading to a new try on the final play of the first half.

-- Brissett, asked about the penalties, all 17 of them – a franchise record.

"I've been in the league 10 years and I don't know the words where you don't get fined, so I'll just ignore that and not even comment," Brissett said.

-- Speaking of penalties, McBride was flagged for a "nose wipe" after a 28-yard catch in the first half. It wasn't directed at any particular 49ers player, but the league outlawed the gesture – which apparently has gang connotations – back at the March league meetings.

-- The last word goes to Brissett, who was asked what the Cardinals can do at this point in the season to fi things that have yet to be fixed.

"However you have to clean it up. It's like a stain. You try to put baking soda on it, you try to put club soda on it, you try washing it, you've got to figure something out. It's the mindset of not quitting on the process and not quitting on idea that we can clean it up."

That's all for tonight.