Don’t let the Arizona Cardinals’ 3-9 record fool you. They’re better than their three wins indicate.Of their nine losses, seven have been by four or fewer points. And since Jacoby Brissett took over for the injured Kyler Murray, the offense has improved and become more consistent despite lacking any semblance of a reliable running game.Sean McVay certainly isn’t going to take the Los Angeles Rams’ Week 14 opponent lightly, praising their effort and personnel ahead of Sunday’s game.“I see a really tough football team, a team that we’re very familiar with,” he said Wednesday. “They’re really well coached. They have good personnel all over the place. I think they’re really sound schematically. They pose a lot of issues on both sides of the football. They’ve obviously always been really good in the kicking game, had continuity at the coordinator spot. I have a lot of respect for this group. I think if you look at the record you’re kidding yourself because this is a team that really outside of the Seattle and the San Francisco game, every one of those games they’ve been in and it’s been right down to the wire and one-possession games. We have a tremendous amount of respect for this group. We have to be ready to go for sure.”Brissett is a journeyman quarterback who hasn’t gotten much attention on a struggling Cardinals team, but he’s playing well. He’s completing 67.5% of his passes, averaging 312 yards per start and has 13 touchdown passes with four interceptions.He obviously doesn’t have the mobility or playmaking ability of Murray, but from a pure passing standpoint, he’s been an upgrade – particularly for Trey McBride.Here’s what McVay said about the veteran quarterback and the way he’s played.“It’s amazing. He’ll stand tall in the pocket. He’ll move around. He can still buy time with his legs and activate all parts of the field. He’s a hard tackle. He’s obviously very experienced,” McVay said. “You can see there’s a comfort in terms of reading with his feet, getting through progressions and recognizing coverage. He has great overall command, really impressed with his body of work. You’ve seen, there’s a lot of production from the numbers, but then once you start to dive into the tape, he’s playing at a really high clip. He’s doing an excellent job of getting a lot of different people involved. They’re pushing the ball and he poses a lot of problems. I’ve been very impressed with his body of work.”The Cardinals come in riding a four-game losing streak, but their last two losses were in overtime to the Jacksonville Jaguars and by only three points to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Rams just lost in shocking fashion to the Carolina Panthers so they know what a motivated, hungry team looks like when playing the role of underdog.This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Rams’ Sean McVay shares thoughts on Cardinals, Jacoby Brissett