Arizona Cardinals Discussion Thread - Page 15

SeanTaylorRIP · 11-02-2008, 10:12 PM

Yes Finally Tim Hightower is the starter. Enjoy Cardinals fans the guy is a beast. Best natural collegiate runner I have seen a while even though he was playing inferior competition.

Jensen · 11-03-2008, 12:33 AM

I didn't get to watch the game today, but sounded like Hightower had a monster game. Glad to see that he took over the starting RB duties, hopefully he can keep putting up games like this. Defense appeared to play pretty solid, which is kind of a surprise. How did the O-line look fenikz?

fenikz · 11-03-2008, 12:39 AM

When the game was close the O-line looked the best I have seen it all season, Warner had a ton of time and JJ and Hightower had some huge holes to run through, but towards the end of the game they had quite a few mental lapses, Gandy got beat 3 or 4 times to the outside and Hightower kept getting over 100 then having it called back for a dumb penalty then getting over 100 again and then getting tackled in the back field for 4 or 5 yard loss

and yes the D was actually tackling people, except for Eric Green who has to get burned for a 50+ yarder every week

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80c25797
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80c26db8

fenikz · 11-08-2008, 01:06 PM

Starting to get some national pub

Rolle was the defensive player of the week, Warner was he Fedex air player of the week

Fitz on PTI
http://www.justin.tv/clip/4d893f38c91

Jensen · 11-16-2008, 10:05 PM

Turnovers nearly cost the Cards that game. Whisenhunt needs to work on that and he desperately needs to work with the Cards on penalties. It seems like they always take stupid penalties at the worst times.

Also, after today's game I think it's safe to say that RB is definitely a 1st round need. The running game was absolutely terrible today. I don't know if its the O-Line or the RB's or what, but something needs to get fixed.

DRC saved that game for the Cards. Not only does he get his first two career INT's, his second one sealed the game.

Teams that rush Warner are the teams we will have trouble with. I noticed today that everytime he was under pressure he either threw it away or threw a bad pass. I think the Giants game will be a bad game for Warner.

Boldin and Fitz had great days. Boldin probably had his best game of the year.

fenikz · 11-16-2008, 10:09 PM

The Refs were terrible today, 0 penalties against the Seahawks, seems as if Q and Fitz are being held on every single play. Without any sort of respectable ground game it's going to be very difficult to beat the Giants next week, I rather see us run the ball 40 times and lose by 20 then to have Warner dropping back 50 and possibly getting injuried

Jensen · 11-19-2008, 11:15 PM

Some info on Boldin:

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This much is certain -- the Cardinals plan on having Boldin around long-term. General manager Rod Graves declined to talk much about Boldin or any of the Cards’ possible contract situations, but he clearly is optimistic when it comes to Boldin.

Hearing Graves talk about Boldin, it’s easy to see why. Graves called Boldin “the heart and soul” of the Cardinals, noting that “someone like Anquan helps us not only on the field but in the locker room.”

In all honesty, it’s hard to imagine Boldin in any other uniform.

More...

fenikz · 11-20-2008, 12:02 AM

As most of us have been saying for awhile he isn't going anywhere

holt_bruce81 · 11-28-2008, 07:37 PM

Arizona hasn't looked to good these last 2 weeks. Their the class of the NFC West no doubt, congrats on being (early) Division Champs, first time since 1975. But it's hard for me seeing this team doing anything come playoff time.

Jensen · 11-29-2008, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by holt_bruce81

Arizona hasn't looked to good these last 2 weeks. Their the class of the NFC West no doubt, congrats on being (early) Division Champs, first time since 1975. But it's hard for me seeing this team doing anything come playoff time.

They didn't look that bad against the best team in the NFL.

I don't think anybody was expecting the Cards to beat Philly Thursday. I know I wasn't. The Cards never win on the east coast, especially on 4 days rest. The team definitely didn't look good in that game.

fenikz · 11-29-2008, 04:31 AM

Basically what we thought, though 4 games in 17 days anything above .500 would be amazing, I think we should win our division games and one of MIN or NE ending 10-6

Jensen · 11-29-2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jensen

at Carolina - Loss. Carolina looked really good against New Orleans, and I think the Cards might be a little rusty coming off a bye week.
at St. Louis - Win. Not jumping on the bandwagon with STL.
vs. San Fran. - Win. They suck.
at Seattle - Win. They suck too.
vs. New York Giants - Loss. I think this will be a close game, but I just can't see the Cards winning this game.
at Philadelphia - Loss. On the road against Philly...don't see it happening.
vs. St. Louis - Win. Should be an easier win.
vs. Minnesota - Win. I think this will be a high-scoring game, but the Cards come out on top.
at New England - Loss. Not feeling it on the road against an eastern team.
vs. Seattle - Win. They still suck by week 16.

Overall Record: 10-6, first in NFC West.

6 for 6 so far. :D

fenikz · 12-07-2008, 06:03 PM

we're going to disney world!

Jensen · 12-07-2008, 11:48 PM

I didn't get to watch too much of the game today, infact I only saw about a quarter of it, but the guys looked pretty good. If the Cards expect to go far in the playoffs, we absolutely must find a running game. The Cards definitely need to address the O-Line in the offseason, and bringing in Terrell Suggs would help with the pass rush as well.

fenikz · 12-08-2008, 12:07 AM

I feel our defense is one good pass rusher away from being elite, DRC is a lock down corner in the making and his speed is Primetime-esque, was high stepping at the 50 yard line and still gaining ground on people

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80d1d185

yodapoop · 12-08-2008, 12:09 AM

Congrats on being division champs guys. It was nice of my team to be somewhat there while u were clinching. Go out and kick someone's assholes in the playoffs. Shut all the haters up.

fenikz · 12-09-2008, 02:58 AM

DRC is becoming an amazing corner, still needs to hit the weight room in the off season but I think that he can be a legit shutdown CB, 18 pass defenses and 3 picks in 6 starts, I can think of only 1 time he got beat man to man for a TD

d34ng3l021 · 12-09-2008, 03:18 AM

You know how the Cromartie cousins respond after starting only a certain amount of games and doing well...

fenikz · 12-09-2008, 05:15 PM

They make the probowl?

I agree DRC should be in the probowl this year

d34ng3l021 · 12-09-2008, 05:32 PM

By respond, I meant do the next year.

I wanna watch DRC play. Maybe playoffs I will get to see him play.

fenikz · 12-09-2008, 05:33 PM

Believe me he plays nothing like his cousin, far less of a risk taker

d34ng3l021 · 12-09-2008, 05:36 PM

Yeah. Antonio is so bad this year. He just has no idea what he is doing (at least in the Falcons game, he didn't).

It seems I was pretty wrong about some guys in this draft class. I thought Flacco and DRC both would be terrible if they were moved into the starting role in their first year. Both were extremely raw in my opinion. They are proving me wrong.

Jensen · 12-14-2008, 06:54 PM

The Cards offensive line was non-existant today. I would seriously not mind using our first 3 or so picks on the O-Line.

vikes_28 · 12-14-2008, 08:28 PM

good game kids. the NFC north is ours to lose.

fenikz · 12-14-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jensen

The Cards offensive line was non-existant today. I would seriously not mind using our first 3 or so picks on the O-Line.

ya, just wow, idk if it's Grimm or the players but something has got to be fixed