February 23, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
2010 NFL Draft,
Brandon Marshall,
Broncos,
Cardinals,
Deion Branch,
Jimmy Clausen,
Kevin Mawae,
LaDaianian Tomlinson,
Matt Hasselbeck,
Nate Burleson,
NFL draft,
Pete Carroll,
rumors,
Sam Bradford,
Seahawks,
TJ Houshmandzadeh
In an effort to further inform the readers on NFLtouchdown.com and especially the Seahawks section I’ve decided to have a weekly article about any and all Seahawks notes and rumors from around the league.
With the Seahawks being one of the most “link attached” teams this off season it will be interesting to see what unfolds under this new direction of Seahawks football under head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider.
With the Seahawks having an owner in Paul Allen, who early in the off season made it apparent that he is not afraid to make a bold statement with a lot of cash attached to that statement.
The [...]
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January 24, 2010 by
Lars Hanson |
Arizona Cardinals,
Brett Favre,
Cardinals,
Green Bay Packers,
History,
HOF,
Kurt Warner,
Minnesota Vikings,
Opinion,
Packers,
Rams,
Super Bowl,
Vikings
In the NBA you have Kobe or LeBron. In the NHL you have Crosby vs Ovechkin. For the most part in the NFL it's always been Brady vs Manning deciding who's the best quarterback in the NFL.
I decided to go beyond the usual comparison of who is the best quarterback in the NFL right now with Manning and Brady. I decided to compare two forty year old quarterbacks who've been making "comebacks" for three years now.
Warner with Arizona and Favre with Green Bay, NY Jets and most recently Minnesota.
I've never heard someone compare Brett Favre and Kurt Warner so I decided to be the first and even [...]
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If you hadn't watched every snap of the Cardinals season as I did and only caught their playoff performance, you might surmise that their defense is awful. To be sure, Arizona's season ended on a sour note at the hands of a very good football team.
Nothing went Arizona's way: I mean let's face it, it is hard enough to stop the No.1 ranked offense with a full, healthy roster. With LB Gerald Hayes (arguably the Cardinals best run-stuffing backer) already having been declared inactive for the game, after Pro Bowl CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (the Cardinals' only true cover DB) and Pro Bowl alternate Safety Antrel Rolle were both injured early, and it was game on for the Saints. [...]
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He has been ridiculed for getting beaten repeatedly in pass coverage in recent weeks, leading critics to proclaim that at 5'8", Cardinals' CB Michael Adams is simply overmatched because of his less than ideal height.
Darrell Green was one of the best defensive backs in NFL history and he was 5'9"/184 lbs. Adams is 5'8"/181 lbs.
While Green's best asset was his Olympic-caliber speed, Adams has shown off an astounding vertical leap. Adams is a work in progress and a great prospect if he continues to improve. He has flashed tremendous athleticism and is a hard worker.
Yet those positive qualities are not going to keep fans off of his back [...]
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While the Cardinals pieced together a calculated patchwork of backups and starters on pitch counts, the Packers played three quarters of the game as if the outcome mattered. Only time till tell which strategy was the right one, but there were clearly two entirely different approaches to yesterday's game between Green Bay and Arizona.
Green Bay chose their poison: momentum, flow, sync and confidence, wanting to start the postseason on a roll . Arizona selected their strategy: to rest players, hold their cards close to their vest so as to reveal virtually nothing.
The result is that Cardinals fans are quick to point out that it appeared the Arizona [...]
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Minnesota hosts the New York Giants in an early Sunday game, and the outcome will dictate the Arizona Cardinals' game plan for their later game slot against the Green Bay Packers.
If the Vikings win the Cardinals will surely fall back on plan B, which will be to rest key players and keep the game plan as plain as Breyer's vanilla bean ice cream. With the strong likelihood of facing the Packers the following week on the same field in the first round of the playoffs, it would be foolish to reveal too much to Green Bay.
If the Vikings lose, the Cardinals will be gunning for the #2 NFC seed. Of course, they will [...]
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In the most complete game Arizona has played since upending the Vikings three weeks ago, the Cardinals took care of business by ousting the undermanned Rams 31-10 to earn 10 wins for the first time since 1976.
With the NFC West crown wrapped up last weekend, the Cardinals also still have an outside chance of earning the No.2 seed in the NFC playoffs should the Vikings lose their last two games. Aside from that, this game served primarily as a much needed tune-up for the playoffs after two shaky outings.
The game featured several milestones:
Kurt Warner became only the second QB in NFL history to pass for [...]
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It is hard to criticize a team after a win that helped enable them to bring home their second consecutive division championship, but playing down to a 2-11 opponent and barely eeking out a victory will never earn high marks. The Arizona Cardinals did just enough to oust the lowly Lions, and the Eagles did their part by bettering the 49ers, to give the Cardinals the NFC West crown and another playoff berth.
Here are my grades for their performance.
Rushing offense- B
With Tim Hightower still battling a thumb injury, it was Beanie Wells who secured the ball and a heavy workload. He responded with his first career 100-yard game as a pro including a 34-yarder and an 18-yard touchdown run.
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You have to like the Cardinals chances to bounce back after losing on Monday Night Football to the 49ers despite the short week and having to travel East. They haven't lost two games in a row this season and have won 5 of their 8 games on the road.
They are facing a Detroit Lions team that not only has just two wins, but is without their starting QB, RB and possibly WR. Matthew Stafford is still out with an ailing shoulder, Kevin Smith is on IR, and Calvin Johnson is questionable.
There are some Cardinals injuries of note that will most definitely effect the outcome of this game and maybe more. While it appears Larry Fitzgerald is healthy enough to start and play after suffering what looked like a bad knee injury last game, Safety Matt Ware will not. [...]
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While all teams have their fair share of ups and downs, no team can turn on a dime quite as masterfully as the Arizona Cardinals.
One week after making one of the most complete teams in the league look like a JV squad, beating the then 10-1 Vikings convincingly in prime time, they returned to the field wearing flip flops and sun hats, sipping piña coladas through curly straws. Well okay not really, but they may as well have because they certainly didn't show up to play football against the 49ers.
After the Vikings game, ESPN's Mike Sando [...]
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