With a win Monday Night, the Cardinals can wrap up their second straight NFC West crown. The 49ers would like nothing more than to play spoiler to a team they really don't care for.
As Darnell Dockett points out, ""We're talking about the only team in the division to beat us the last two years," defensive lineman Darnell Dockett said. "This is probably the most exciting game of the year for me. It's going to be a physical, grinding game with a ton of trash talk on both sides." [...]
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It was a disappointing outing for the Cardinals tonight as they were rocked by the Colts 31-10 on Sunday Night Football. What was supposed to be a shoot out turned into a Prime Time schooling by one of the better teams of the past decade over a Cardinals squad that is still new to success.
If there is anything Arizona should have learned from the Dolphins failure to beat the Colts this past Monday, is that with Peyton's Colts, you simply can't mess around. It simply doesn't matter what positives you accomplish, if you don't score a TD when you are in the red zone you are not going to win. And you certainly can't turn the ball over. [...]
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Preseason Game 3 was supposed to be a time for the first string to gel and play like reigning NFC Champions across the board. Instead it was another sloppy outing for Kurt Warner, and a downright embarrassing one for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Luckily for Arizona Cardinals fans, that is only part of the story in their 44-37 loss to the Green Bay Packers Friday Night.
Offense
Matt Leinart had what may be his best outing as a pro, 24/38, 360 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT in one half of play. Playing with a command of the offense and accurate passing, Leinart brought the Cardinals back from a 28 point deficit and had the team primed to take the lead on a two point conversion, which was placed perfectly into the hands of Early Doucet, [...]
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Part II of the breakdown of the actual personnel matchups in Super Bowl XLIII. View Part I (Cardinals Offense vs. Steelers defense).
Steeler quarterback vs. Cardinal safeties
Ben Roethlisberger is a step below mediocre when it comes to making presnap reads, but he’s two [...]
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