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We are 5-3.
If we were the Colts or the Patriots, we'd be wondering just what the heck was wrong with our team.
We are 5-3.
If we were in the east or south divisions we'd be no better than 3rd place If we were in the north, we'd be tied for first.
We are 5-3
Most of us have come to the foregone conclusion that everyone might as well "Crown Our Asses" as NFC West Champs.
These next 2 weeks will define our 08 season. As fans we have the right to feel anyway we'd like. Basking in the new found success in this the 2nd season under coach Whiz and a resurgent Kurt Warner we are in a position very strange to this Cardinal Nation.
We are 5-3
It's scary.
Are we being set up by the "Football Gods"? Is this just another cruel joke waiting to be sprung on us?
If it is, I have fallen hook, line and sinker. This season "feels" different. It looks different. We seem to have a confident swagger. We are winning games by 20 points and when we do lose we never seem to be overmatched or out of it. Even down 35-0 to the Jets this team clawed their way back into the game enough to silence to home town crowd.
I don't want to temper my enthusiasm. I don't want to think this is just another dream that we will wake up from. I don't want to be the fan waiting for the other shoe to drop.
As much as we want this team to change their culture, we as fans need to learn how to change ours. I don't want to see "kool-aid vs darkside" anymore. I don't want to be the brunt of every loser joke although the Raiders and Lions have helped deflect those remarks.
You can also bet we will continue to hear from many the "Remember, this is the Cardinals we're talking about" rhetoric as we make our way thru the second half of the season, win or lose.
This much I do know. This team is coming together. The fans our coming together. This forum is coming together.We the TRUE diehards are starting to believe and develop our swagger. It may take a year or two of winning before the entire 'glass half empty' syndrome is cast from our minds and our hearts. It will still take some time before we KNOW Rackers is going to make the 45 yarder to win the game. It will take some time before we KNOW we are going to win the game. Thats what umpteen years of failure will do to you.
So, I'm going to continue to enjoy my dream season. Please, do not disturb!
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I am definitely not too high. We are 5-3. That is where most better than average or good teams expect to be eight games in. There is a lot of season left and I wont believe that we are in the playoffs until I enter the stadium that day.
I've never seen a Cardinals team that could put up points like this one, in the almost twenty years I've been a die-hard fan. I think this is a very good team that is bound for the playoffs, barring catastrophic personnel loss due to injuries. That said, I expect we will still hit some big bumps, maybe a loss or two to teams we are supposed to beat. People will panic. Some loser will yell "same old cardinals." There will be adversity this season, I have no doubts about that. But I expect us to make it through.
We are on a pace to finish 9-7 or better and win the NFCW for the first time ever. That's exciting.
No kidding. The Cards at 5-3 with a 3 game division lead is like 8-0 for any other team except the Lions.
And never forget that the Cardinals won a World Championship just two years ago with the worst regular season record of any Championship team in league history.
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No kidding. The Cards at 5-3 with a 3 game division lead is like 8-0 for any other team except the Lions.
And never forget that the Cardinals won a World Championship just two years ago with the worst regular season record of any Championship team in league history.
you have a big lead in the division, an offense that is putting up some silly passing production and a team that is delivering an entertaining product
you've beaten two good teams in dallas & buffalo - you've played two good teams close on the road in washington & carolina
try not to worry about contracts, players feelings, as none of that matters right now
expect to win, expect to watch a product that will do well, know that losses do happen and that outsiders will grab the shovels everytime one does - but also know that you're in a good position
once you are in the playoffs all that other stuff takes care of itself - weak division, questionable secondary, ability to win on the road, blah blah blah ........ at that point you're 1 of 6 in the conference and the chips will fall as they will
so why not get amped up? what harm can it cause?
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Samuel Clemens
expect to win, expect to watch a product that will do well, know that losses do happen and that outsiders will grab the shovels everytime one does - but also know that you're in a good position
once you are in the playoffs all that other stuff takes care of itself - weak division, questionable secondary, ability to win on the road, blah blah blah ........ at that point you're 1 of 6 in the conference and the chips will fall as they will
so why not get amped up? what harm can it cause?
None.
Plus we have to consider that our defense is ranked 10th in yards allowed. If they finish there it will be the Cards highest ranking since 1994!
D FENSE!!! Its been a long time since we could yell that convincingly.
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5-11 with 'em. 5-11 without 'em.
you have a big lead in the division, an offense that is putting up some silly passing production and a team that is delivering an entertaining product
you've beaten two good teams in dallas & buffalo - you've played two good teams close on the road in washington & carolina
try not to worry about contracts, players feelings, as none of that matters right now
expect to win, expect to watch a product that will do well, know that losses do happen and that outsiders will grab the shovels everytime one does - but also know that you're in a good position
once you are in the playoffs all that other stuff takes care of itself - weak division, questionable secondary, ability to win on the road, blah blah blah ........ at that point you're 1 of 6 in the conference and the chips will fall as they will
so why not get amped up? what harm can it cause?
Nice post!!
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