The Arizona Cardinals' season began with a lot of question marks. One of the biggest was how would their defense respond with a new coordinator and a new scheme?
Despite reaching their first ever Super Bowl, Ken Whisenhunt fired Clancy Pendergast afterwards. To those outside of the organization it may have come as a bit of a surprise, since the outstanding play of the defense was no doubt one of the main ingredients in their playoff run. Creating confusion with a lot of movement and offering an endless amount of looks, all of Pendergast's clever ideas came together at the most opportune time.
Until the final drive of the last game. Ben Roethlisberger's two-minute drill ending with Santonio Holmes' perfect catch is now legendary, and perhaps the most glaring example of the [...]
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Last postseason the Arizona Cardinals showed flashes of what this team could turn into this season- one of the league's best. They are still not there yet, but if they continue this level of play for a few more games even Chris Collinsworth and Al Michaels will be drinking the Kool-Aid. As well as their defense played in the playoffs, this defense is better. As much as their running game produced in the playoffs, this running team is stronger and has more big play potential. Those are just a few of the exciting possibilities on the horizon for the Cardinals, after their impressive road victory over the Giants to put them atop the NFC West at 4-2.
Rushing offense: B-
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>>>First things first.
How does a team that is trying to get their running game going, decide to rush the ball a total of sixteen times versus the Texans? This after having initial success on their very first drive that ended in a TD. Tim Hightower bolted for an 11-yarder, and Beanie Wells dashed for a 9-yarder. Coach Ken Whisenhunt insists the Cardinals didn't take their foot off the throttle in any way.
Coach says they were run-pass check [...]
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September 10, 2009 by
Chris Farmer |
Anquan Boldin,
Beanie Wells,
Bill Davis,
Frank Gore,
Glen Coffee,
Ken Whisenhunt,
Kurt Warner,
Mike Singletary,
Shaun Hill,
Tim Hightower
Perhaps the most encouraging stat for Arizona fans going into their Week 1 matchup versus the 49ers is that Ken Whisenhunt's teams are 14-4 at home. They will desperately need that home field advantage assuming San Francisco has taken on the personality of their new head coach Mike Singletary, whose fire and intense gaze struck fear into opponents throughout his illustrious Hall of Fame career.
Singletary promises a rush first offensive attack, made apparent by their selection of Shaun Hill as their starting QB. Hill does not possess outstanding athleticism or an exceptionally strong arm. He does however exude leadership and a throwback, tough attitude reminiscent of [...]
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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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