When an NFL team starts a season 1-5, there’s plenty of blame to be spread around. Fans have mostly sprinkled that blame among the quarterback, the offensive line, the coaching, the lack of pass rush and the play of the secondary. ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Ron Jaworski breaks it down in an even more […]
Darnell Dockett is not having a particularly good season. A Pro Bowl talent, Dockett has recorded just 18 tackles and half a sack this season, failing to really make any kind of impact that would show up on the stat sheet. While some have argued Dockett’s play can be attributed to the contract extension he […]
According to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb, getting his footwork accustomed to the Cards’ offense has been a very delicate act. “It’s a fine line you’ve gotta walk and I’m trying to walk it as fine as I can,” Kolb said Wednesday. Apparently, Kolb is used to a standard seven-step drop, hitting his back foot […]
It’s the constant battle between pro athletes and the media. Do you listen, watch or read the criticism that’s coming your way? Most athletes claim they pay no attention to what we have to say but whether it’s true or not, we may never know. Wednesday it was Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb’s turn to […]
It has been a difficult slide for Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt. Since the Super Bowl appearance in 2008 followed by the 10-6 season in 2009, the Cardinals have won just six of 22 games. The joke around the Valley is that Whisenhunt has taken the place of ASU football head coach Dennis Erickson on […]
For Arizona Cardinal fans who tune into Sunday’s road game against the Baltimore Ravens, there may be a little feeling of nostalgia. How can you blame them? It’ll be the first time that Anquan Boldin, who spent his first seven years in the league in Cardinal red, will play against his former team. But on […]
When the Cardinals play in Baltimore on Sunday the team will see a familiar face on the other sideline. Wideout Anquan Boldin played the first seven seasons of his career with the Cardinals before being traded to the Ravens prior to the 2010 campaign, and while this could be looked at as a big game […]
The legend of Anquan Boldin began fairly early. A 2nd round pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, “The Quan” was the second receiver taken by the team that April but quickly ascended to folk hero status. That must be what happens when a rookie follows up a good training camp and preseason with a 10-catch, […]
Even though the Cardinals haven’t won in five games and the defense hasn’t looked very good in that time, defensive coordinator Ray Horton has come through in one way. Horton promised, when he was hired, that the defense would be more aggressive and the team would blitz on more occasions. According to ESPN’s Mike Sando […]
Much maligned, the Cardinals offensive line has taken quite a bit of criticism this season. Much of it has been deserved, as Kevin Kolb has been sacked 18 times in six games and the running game, while solid, is nothing special. However, as Pro Football Focus points out, the group had a pretty decent game […]
PHOENIX – The Arizona Cardinals at 1-5 have all kinds of problems from lack of a pass rush, inexperienced secondary, struggling offensive line and Kevin Kolb trying to learn the offense. However, not much has been made of their lack of a true number two wide receiver to take pressure off Larry Fitzgerald. A potential […]
PHOENIX – When Cardinals running back Beanie Wells left the game in the first half against the Steelers with a knee injury, it was feared he might be lost for the season. Luckily, that’s not the case and it’s even possible Wells could suit up against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. “It’s just a matter […]
A football player wants to be on the field. Not being out there, especially when the team is struggling, is tough to deal with. Thus is the plight of Cardinals safety Kerry Rhodes, who watched a game from the sidelines for the first time Sunday. “It was very, very weird,” Rhodes told Arizona Sports 620’s […]
Six games and seven weeks into the season, the biggest number surrounding the Arizona Cardinals is 1-5. That’s the Cardinals record through 6 games, and they’ve lost their last 5. That mark also puts them four full games behind the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West standings with ten games left to play. In […]
Arizona Cardinals running back Beanie Wells has battled through nagging injuries all season but despite that he is playing the best football of his career. Wells has faced criticism on his toughness his whole career but he has done a good job quieting those critics this season while playing hurt. Sunday’s game against the Steelers […]
PHOENIX – With the Arizona Cardinals loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, many are starting to question whether Kevin Kolb is the answer at quarterback for the team. Don’t count tight end Todd Heap as one of them saying the rest of the team hasn’t lost confidence or hope in their new signal-caller. “There’s […]
The Arizona Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 32- 20 Sunday. The Arizona Cardinals allowed Ben Roethlisberger to throw for 361 yards and three touchdowns and the Arizona Cardinals lost their fifth straight game. But the team’s motto is “We do this together,” and that includes the fans. So, as safety Hamza Abdullah pointed out […]
At 1-5 the Cardinals’ 2011 season, for all intents and purposes, is over. There will be no division title, no wild card berth, no magical playoff run and no Super Bowl. Honestly, at this point, nobody can even guarantee that there will be anymore wins. That, however, doesn’t mean it’s time to enter the Andrew […]
It’s no secret that new quarterback Kevin Kolb has been less than stellar in his first season as a Cardinal. Kolb’s season started off promising with a two touchdown, 309 yard performance in the Cardinals’ Week 1 victory over the Panthers, but the wheels have fallen from there. Since that win Kolb’s completion percentage and […]
That’s now five straight losses for the Arizona Cardinals. There’s little relief in sight as the team travels to Baltimore Sunday, especially knowing the Cardinals have lost 10 straight on the road dating back to last season. As can be expected, head coach Ken Whisenhunt says it’s time to evaluate the team in hopes of […]
The 32-20 defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers hung on them wasn’t the only loss suffered by the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Running back Beanie Wells left the game with a right knee injury in the second quarter and did not return. Alfonso Smith took over the spot and ran for 17 yards and a touchdown on […]
The Cardinals needed Beanie Wells to step up this season, and the third-year pro has responded by averaging 4.6 yards per carry and scoring six times. The Ohio State product has looked every bit the feature back — when he’s been on the field. Wells, who missed the team’s Week 3 game in Seattle, left […]
You can’t say that the Arizona Cardinals weren’t aware of Ben Roethlisberger to Mike Wallace passing combination heading into Sunday’s game. They were. Defensive coordinator Ray Horton spoke last week about scaling down the defense and taking a lot of looks out of the rotation because, in his words, they “weren’t ready.” Horton also explained […]
Larry Fitzgerald said the players will fight hard for each other, Kevin Kolb talked about how the team can improve, Vonnie Holiday knows there is a lot of talent on the roster and Ken Whisenhunt is confident his team will continue to work. Such are the themes of a 1-5 football team. The Cardinals, who […]
Ken Whisenhunt spoke for three minutes and 20 seconds. The Cardinals head coach didn’t say much after the Cardinals’ 32-20 loss to the Steelers, the team’s fifth straight, other than the same thing he has since Week 1. “It was a good football team that we played, and they made the plays today and we […]
The Arizona Cardinals talked a good game and said all the right things during their bye week leading up to Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. There were emotional team meetings. There was the fact that NFL teams with home games after the bye had won with great regularity over the last two seasons. None […]
The Cardinals scaled back their defense after a week three loss to Seattle and the team is chomping at the bit to put more back into the scheme. But defensive coordinator Ray Horton is doing what he’s supposed to do as a coach, and he’s telling them they’re not ready. “I didn’t think they were […]
The Cardinals, after a week off, return to the field to face arguably the best team they have all season: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not quite a rematch of Super Bowl XLIII, the 4-2 Steelers could effectively end the Cardinals’ season with a win, seeing as how a 1-5 hole would probably too deep for Arizona […]
In the Ken Whisenhunt era the Arizona Cardinals have played the Pittsburgh Steelers twice. All Cardinals fans should remember one of those occasions was in Super Bowl XLIII, which the Cardinals lost in the final seconds. But before that the teams met at University of Phoenix Stadium in 2007, where Whisenhunt picked up his second […]
