29 Dec
Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals are definately not where they wanted to be at the end of the season. 7-8 (with a chance to go 8-8) is a far cry from the playoff aspirations this team had coming into the 2007 campaign. In what was supposed to a year from the sidelines [...]
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24 Dec
Well, they made it look difficult against a really bad team, but a win is a win. And right now, with a chance to go 8-8 and take some momentum into the off season, the Arizona Cardinals have to be happy with their 4th quarter rally and eventual overtime victory over the floundering Atlanta [...]
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18 Dec
Whatever slim chances the Arizona Cardinals had to still make the playoffs this year evaporated with Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota’s victory over Chicago on MNF. Thanks to the Bears horribly putrid offense (13 points off of 4 Vikings turnovers), the Cards were eliminated from the discussion as they cannot [...]
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15 Dec
One of the most important aspects of the game and certainly the most overlooked aspect of the game is special teams. Special teams play dictates field position, which dictates scoring drives, which dictates the pace of the game, and on and on and on……
Trust me, special teams are critical, and they will play a [...]
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15 Dec
Now let’s take a look and breakdown the team’s defenses for Sunday’s showdown.
Arizona Cardinals:
The Cards come into the game with the #14 ranked defense in the league. They are ranked 3rd with 32 takeaways on the season and still allow less than 100 yards per game rushing. In 13 games they have only [...]
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14 Dec
Today we are going to break down each team’s offense for this weekend’s CRITICAL, MUST-WIN matchup between the Arizona Cardinals and the New Orleans Saints. Simply put, the winner of this game will still have a shot at the playoffs, the loser is out.
So how do the teams stack up?
Arizona Cardinals:
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt [...]
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13 Dec
New Orleans Saints PK Olindo Mare was placed on injured reserve by the team on yesterday, ending his 2007 campaign. They immediately went out and signed career journeyman Martin Grammatica to the roster.
I think this is freakin great! Martin Grammatica has absolutely no elevation on his kicks, leading to many blocked field goals [...]
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13 Dec
Well on Sunday the Arizona Cardinals lost another starter to a season ending injury when TE Leonard Pope went down with a dislocated ankle. That brings the total number of starters on the roster lost to injury up to seven, SEVEN STARTERS!!
Every one of these guys is a huge, HUGE contributor to the Cards [...]
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12 Dec
Well here we are, it’s the playoffs!!
As we who are in the league know, there were 10 teams but only 8 playoff spots. Unfortunately, the might Tight Ends and my TJ Howsyurvanillas did not make the cut and are playing in the loser’s bracket. I ended up there by losing 5 straight, DAMN!
But [...]
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12 Dec
Well boys and girls, our sports network of blog sites just keeps getting bigger and bigger. We’ve launched three new sites over the past week as we continue our quest to be your one stop shop for all your football addiction needs.
StripeHype - A Cincinnati Bengals Blog
Our lead blogger for the newly launched Bengals forum [...]
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