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You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who argues that the Arizona Cardinals are a good football team, but at 2-6 are they really the worst the NFC has to offer?

NBCSports.com's Evan Silva thinks so, and he predicts the team to win just one more time this season.

On the bright side, Silva notes, Beanie Wells has been good for the Cardinals, picking up seven touchdowns and 506 yards on 113 carries. He also says Patrick Peterson has sparked the Cardinals' special teams.

However, that's where the good stuff stops.

Arizona's defense is easy to move the ball against because it can't stop the pass. Safety Kerry Rhodes, the team's best defensive back in coverage, fractured his left foot on Oct. 9 and remains out indefinitely. No NFC team has allowed more completions of 20-plus yards. Offensively, quarterback Kevin Kolb has been a bust. Now injured, the $65 million summer addition has more turnovers than touchdowns and arguably the worst pocket presence in football.

Silva says unless Kolb overcomes his fear of the pass rush the Cardinals won't get anywhere, and that unlike other bad NFC teams, the Cardinals have already played the easy part of their schedule.

Three wins from here on out would be an accomplishment.

Harsh words, but the Cardinals haven't exactly done much to prove him wrong. There is still time, though, and maybe Sunday's win will spark the team to a second-half turnaround.

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    CardsFan_ wrote...
    Easiest part of the schedule gone?
    November 8, 2011 12:03 pm
    With Cleveland, St Louis, Seattle, and a very mediocre Dallas team still on the schedule? Cards could still very possibly get 4-5 more wins the rest of the way.
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    the cooker wrote...
    Evan Who?
    November 8, 2011 2:09 pm
    Has anybody ever heard of Evan Silva??? Sounds like a bottle water company out of France! Somebody tell me who this clown is anyway!
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    Tennisgrandpa wrote...
    Media is a Joke
    November 8, 2011 4:32 pm
    Does anyone value anything these people ever say? Most are those booger eaters nobody wanted on their teams at recess and that if they didn't get picked, their parents would sue.
    Dale
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    FitzIsMyHero wrote...
    Evan who? Agreed. But his evaluation
    November 8, 2011 4:53 pm
    is correct. He's right though!!! The Defense cannot stop the pass. Please do me a favor and follow AJ Jefferson next Sunday against Philly's WR's. You'll see how bad he sucks and what Evan is talking about. AZ only has 1 good CB in PP. He's not even that good just good enough. His return skills make up for it. Kolb has played like a busted QB. He's skerd! But I'll give him this... His degression is due to a combination of bad O Line play and bad O play calling. Blame the Whiz and Grimm.
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    DanTheTimid wrote...
    I don't know
    November 9, 2011 7:01 am
    I could see arguments for both the rams and the seahawks being worse. Aside from the fact the cards just beat the rams and have a better record, the ram's point differential is a staggering -111 to the card's -34. As for the hawks, well I recall back when they were 2-4 Mike and Mike in the morning saying something to the extent of "the seahawks may be the worst 2-4 team I've ever seen". Not saying the Cards are better, but I don't think its so cut and dry. Its a shame the 49ers suddenly got good or one of these teams might have made the playoffs then stunned the world by winning a game or 2.
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    sundevil7901 wrote...
    Are Cardinals the Worst?
    November 9, 2011 2:31 pm
    No. They proved that when they beat the Rams last Sunday. I agree with CardsFan- Cleveland, St. Louis, Seattle are beatable and we've matched up well against the Cowboys in recent years. But even if we win all those, 5-11 is nothing to be proud of.
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