Imagine the baseball Cardinals going into the NLCS without Wainwright or Lance Lynn, Molina, Peralta, Carpenter, Holliday or Adams and having to start Tyler Lyons in game one.
That's close to what we are looking at as Cardinal football fans.
Trouble is we have been winning some and losing players. If Calais is out for any length of time our Defense is toast. The game didn't get out of hand when Stanton went down it went south when Campbell was lost.
It's getting so bad it's going to have to be "next woman up".
I know the Koolaid flows freely here but you can't lose half your top players on defense and expect to continue to compete. Tired? No just ran out of top level talent.
This game so far shows how football savvy ASFN posters are. The knock in the team to date is the lack of a pass rush and Stanton's propensity to throw high and behind receivers. And that is exactly what is hurting the team.
Of course it would help if the WRs would grab some of those wide...
Which begs the question. Why didn't Denny have any great years in the desert? Eating too many hot dogs? Fishing instead of game planning?
You gotta luv Cardinal football.