In recent blogs I have pointed out the question marks with regard to the Cardinals’ play this pre-season. However, now it’s time to accentuate the positives (starting with the offense–the defense and special teams article will follow next week), of which there are many. The fact is that numerous Cardinal players came ready to go [...]

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Enough has been written about Webb’s 42 consecutive scoreless inning streak. But what, if any, will be its lingering effects?

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Hold on to your seats…this one is going to be a rough ride. Can you handle the truth?

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The Ken Whisenhunt era begins in earnest on September 10 in Monster Park when the Arizona Cardinals open the 2007 regular season with a game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Ken’s mission is simple to state but difficult to achieve: Turn the Arizona Cardinals into a winning team that regularly contends for the playoffs.
Whisenhunt will probably [...]

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The injury to Chike Okeafor is a big blow to this defense.  Previous to the injury, I thought our defense didn’t have enough quality linebackers to make the transition smooth.  Okeafor’s injury just confirms it.
What can we do about it?  Realistically, not much of anything.  It is highly unlikely that an injury to one of your [...]

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Ken Whisenhunt and his staff are going to play the best players for their system, period. That is why just yesterday the news from camp was that the Cardinals’ highly-touted first round pick in 2005, CB Antrel Rolle, has been relegated to the second team in favor of 2007 unrestricted free agent signee, Roderick Hood. After [...]

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If there was one player in the Cardinal defense they could least afford to lose it was OLB/DE Chike Okeafor. Okeafor was the best playmaker in the front seven last year and was thriving at camp in his new role as a 3-4 OLB before he suffered what appears to be a season ending arm injury. The [...]

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J.A. Adande wrote a nice little piece on Amare Stoudemire that appeared on ESPN.com yesterday.
I have to say, the maturity Amare has shown me since the playoff incidents is remarkable. Granted, most players are taught to just say nothing, go with the “politically correct” answer and move on. But still, to field questions on [...]

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After the warm response that I received from the offensive line performance breakdown that I did in the Oakland game, I decided that I will do this for every game of the season.  
Notable changes from last week.  I have decided to use my patented rating system to judge the line’s performance from play to play.  [...]

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Going into this training camp, I felt as if the Cardinals had the deepest and most talented roster they have ever had. This morning, my patience is running very thin with many of the Cardinal players who are vastly underachieving. My patience is also running thin with Cardinal GM Rod Graves, who keeps telling the [...]

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