TEMPE, Ariz. -- Green Bay and Carolina are leading contenders, but five weeks from the end of the season, no team is a bigger disappointment than the Arizona Cardinals.After going 13-3 last season, they were a trendy pick to win it all, a team whose players and coach said that nothing but a Super Bowl would make the season a success.And here they are at 4-6-1.A day after the Cardinals were beaten 38-19 in Atlanta, coach Bruce Arians took aim at his players.He spoke of selfishness instead of selflessness thats crept in.Without naming names, Arians criticized the teams leaders.Right now we are not making the critical plays to win he said, and its got to be corrected soon.He pointed to four or five plays every game that determined the outcome.So why are the players not doing their job 12 weeks into the season?Im very surprised, Arians said. Weve been talking about it for four weeks and the veterans obviously havent done anything about it, so maybe the young guys will step up and make the opportunity they need.He singled out defensive lineman Corey Peters for his outstanding performance against the Falcons.That was the example I used to the rest of them, Arians said. If you just do your job, youll be on the stat sheet.Peters appreciated Arians compliment but brushed it aside.None of that really matters, he said. We didnt get the job done as a whole. Thats my only goal. Thats the only thing I really care about. Weve just got to get back to the drawing board and try to get it fixed.Then there was a matter of his teams lack of ferocity.Why we werent as physical as I thought we would be is a question, Arians said.He used the teams goal-line defense as an example.You just dont allow people to run the ball, Arians said. You let them throw it in, but you dont allow them to run it in, and they ran it in twice.Peters agreed with Arians assessment.I think they ran for 120-something yards (actually 116). Thats always a good way to kind of judge the physicality of a game, he said. We just watched the tape and we definitely failed in some areas. But its not anything thats not correctable. Were running out of opportunities to get things fixed around here so I think everybody is going to be really locked in and focused this week.After losses on the road to Minnesota and Atlanta, the Cardinals are home against Washington on Sunday.Arians and Peters still held out some hope for a playoff spot, a thought that seems ludicrous given recent performances but is mathematically possible due to the jumbled battle for the NFCs second wild card spot.Definitely the season has been disappointing this far, Peters said. but were still hopeful. Were kind of moving on and kind of taking the mindset of `the next game attitude.Arians said you take them one at a time.I think once we win one well be fine, he said. I think well add them up at nine (wins) and I think we still have a great shot because were going to be playing some of those teams that are going to be in the same spot were in. We just have to win one.As of Monday, Washington was in the second wild card spot at 6-4-1. Minnesota (6-5), Tampa Bay (6-5), Philadelphia (5-5 and playing 4-6 Green Bay on Monday night) and New Orleans (5-6) were all ahead of Arizona.And theres no evidence that these Cardinals are poised for any big run.Game notes Arians said that, due to injuries, he would go with the same young, inexperienced offensive line that had so much trouble against Atlanta. ... Arians said cornerback Patrick Petersons sore knee did not have any structural damage so well see how it goes. .... 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Sydney star Luke Parker says fellow Swans midfield dynamo Tom Mitchell has been a major reason for their AFL success this year and hopes he will stay at the Swans despite interest from Hawthorn.Mitchell remains the one prominent unsigned Swans player for next year and he could be a victim of a salary-cap squeeze.Mitchell and Gold Coasts Jaeger OMeara have both been strongly linked with moves to the Hawks.The son of former Swans favourite Barry Mitchell, 23-year-old Tom Mitchell has enjoyed a breakout year after struggling to cement a regular place in his early seasons with the club.Mitchell has averaged 28 disposals a game and established himself as a vital member of a deep Swans midfield rotation, with his inside work especially valued.I hope he stays, Im sure him and the club will sort it out the next few weeks, Parker said at the Swans Mad Monday celebrations.He has been a massive contributor, a big reason why were so successful this year.With all those young blokes coming through, playing their role and really taking their game to another level.Weve seen Tommy just getting better every yeaar.ddddddddddddMitchell was again one of Sydney best in Saturdays grand final loss to the Western Bulldogs, tallying 26 touches, 13 tackles and two goals.The Swans were left to reflect on an ultimately unfulfilling season, failing to finish the job on the weekend after winning the minor premiership.To have the opportunity to win and not take it is pretty shattering but at the end of the day thats football, Parker said,We move on and we improve and we look forward to next year and hopefully get another opportunity.Asked which areas Sydney could improve in, Parker said Weve shown that our best is very competitive..Its more the consistency of having the high standard every week and the same mindset coming in every week.Its hard to do over the course of the season, but we saw in the two finals leading up to the grand final we were really ruthless out there and pretty brutal and our pressure was huge.To then go in to the grand final we were a little it off in that area. 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