Comments on: Cardinals’ Personnel Notes: The Underachievers

By: CoCoNutWireless

CoCoNutWireless — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:26:56 +0000

I seem to recall that Francisco was listed with a sprained ankle after the game in Oakland. Francisco was very active against the Texans during the plays that he was on the field. I did not see the same kind of hustle from Holt. I would like to see the same kind of hustle that Francisco exhibts from the rest of the players in front of him.

By: soyuztm

soyuztm — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:28:18 +0000

Player’s effort was truly disgusting but it should not have gotten to that point. Kevin spencer has a lot of work to do in the next 3 weeks. The D will come around. AW only played for one or two series. They did not blitz at all. Buster Davis looks slow and confused. there is no excuse for the failure of the DE to stay home on the misdirection plays.

By: Jeff Gollin

Jeff Gollin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:21:39 +0000

Three things: (1) The topic was underachieving players. You did a good job of listing those guys (and explaning why). The piece should have ended there but continued on and on until my eyes began to glaze over. (2) While I agree with most of your “selections”, I’d definitely disagree with you about Antonio Smith and also feel Darnell (aside from that one roughness call) has been doiing well. I’d go a bit easier on Watkins. Receivers are tough to evaluate because how much they flash is dependent on how much time they play and whether they’re thrown at. (3) I’m always leery about trades that “must” be made (and especially made under time-pressure) - because there has to be someone out there you want to trade for, it takes two teams to tango and you have to give up quality to get quality. And - if you’re desperate, there’s a better-than-even chance you’ll be taken to the cleaners.

By: superspck

superspck — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:06:28 +0000

I love the reads Mitch, hopefully as the begining of the season approaches we’ll see a spark, or a fire that’ll get us to like those who’ve hurt us in the past.

By: Chandler Mike

Chandler Mike — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:47:53 +0000

Oh yeah, keep ‘em coming Walter…great stuff. Can’t wait for the regular season.

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:47:21 +0000

Player should be on there if only for his goofy looking “American Choppers” goatee thingie whatever it’s called. Holy crap.

By: Skkorpion

Skkorpion — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:25:54 +0000

Agree with both TCF and K9 on their observations. And, this is pre-season, so don’t jump to too many conclusions yet.

Whisenhunt is clearly letting several players play themselves off the roster. The next game will tell us more, but only a little. Again, it is pre-season and we are playing vanilla base defense without blitzing (Read Somers article this morning on this).

By: kerouac9

kerouac9 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:35:12 +0000

Man, talk about flying off the handle after one bad preseason game…

…The problem with marketing Rolle as a safety is that there are a glut of good veteran safeties available on the free agent market that no one seems to want. Who is going to want a failed cornerback that has never played the position before?

I’d really rather swallow Rolle’s salary for the next two seasons than let him leave for a #3 quarterback. We don’t need another Thomas Jones for Some Guy trade.

By: TheCardFan

TheCardFan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:32:58 +0000

Boyd is not a RB or WR…he is a scambling QB. He will not be nearly as effective rushing with a change of position. His forte is the QB draw.

Qasim Mitchell is outplaying Gorin for the #3 T spot. Watch the tape from Houston…I counted 3 pancake blocks in the 4th qtr at LT.

Cooper should start over Smith at DE. His motor is non-stop and he lives in the backfield.