Paul Calvisi is wrong. My co-host on Sports Interactive likes to say “it can always get worse.” Against their division rival, in a game that both teams have pointed to since August, on the second biggest stage in the sport, the Arizona Cardinals laid down and had their tummies scratched. I defy anyone to tell […]
On Sunday the Cardinals crossed a threshold. Not the pain threshold, goodness knows they crossed that one a long time ago. No, they passed what I’ll call the “tomorrow” threshold. Today no longer matters; tomorrow is all that counts. It relegates the rest of the 2010 season to one giant audition. Who checks out? Who […]
And with the 6th selection in the 2011 NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals select —-. We’ll, it was fun while it lasted but all good things must come to an end. After three years of being relevant in this town and giving the fans competitive football, the Cardinals are back to what we remember the […]
Well that just about takes care of that…..doesn’t it? The Arizona Cardinals have been hobbling around for most of the season, resting the weight of their playoff hopes on two crutches; the dreadful NFC West and their heaven sent schedule. Sunday, both gave out and the Cards collapsed in a heap. In a game that […]
The Cardinals won the turnover battle, got exactly the kind of steady performance that we’ve been waiting for out of a starting quarterback and had a two touchdown lead with four minutes and 39 seconds left in the game. And they still lost. Their star wide receiver had his first 100 yard game of the […]
In rifling through my daughters Halloween candy, I usually settle on the 3 Musketeers bar. Why? Partly because she won’t notice they’re gone, but mostly because the wrapper screams to me 45% LESS FAT! I shouldn’t be eating any of this crap, but if I’m going to be weak, I rationalize the choice by telling […]
I keep thinking of that super-old game show, The $25,000 Pyramid. Clues: Your dad without a map….a teenager’s ipod……the passengers of Oceanic 815……the Cardinals quarterback situation. Answer: Things that are lost. That’s where the Arizona Cardinals are when it comes to their quarterback dilemma. Lost. True story…..An anonymous manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks grew so […]
There are several words that can describe Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt when it comes to his decision to start Max Hall these last three games. Arrogance, blind loyalty, defiant, cocky and stubborn are a few that come to mind. While Whisenhunt gets a ton of credit, and rightfully so, for turning around this […]
Watching the Suns opener the other night and it occurred to me that Suns basketball is like a rock concert. And I don’t mean that in a good way. Let me clarify; Phoenix Suns basketball is like the end of a rock concert. We’ve all been to the rock concert. At the end, the band […]
I said it the day the decision to make Max Hall the starter was made and now I’ll say it again. While Derek Anderson is an average to below average quarterback in this league and will have no future with this team beyond this season, he does give Arizona the best chance to win right […]
Max or Derek? It’s like going to the movies only to find everything is sold out except for 3D Jackass and Life As We Know It. A vegan at a steakhouse has better choices. It’s a quarterback league and right now the Cardinals don’t have one. The excuse-makers will come out in force following the […]
Every now and then you have to go macro. Zoom out. Big picture. If you’re a Cardinals fan who has decided that Max Hall is football’s version of penicillin, let me pose this question to you: If 49ers Mike Singletary decided to start an undrafted rookie at quarterback, how would you react? You’d laugh, that’s […]
The baseball playoffs open today and all four matchups are expected to be hotly contested. No team has swept its way to a World Series title since the Cincinnati Reds did it in 1976 and no team will do it this year. The Phillies come in as the hottest team having gone 45-19 to close […]
The messenger was right on target. So was the message itself. The venue? That’s where it all went wrong for Beanie Wells. On Monday, the Cards second year running back officially waded into waters that had typically been reserved for Matt Leinart. He professed confusion about his role and a strong desire to get more […]
Maybe Cris Collinsworth will be right after all. Maybe two years ago when he said the Arizona Cardinals were the worst playoff team of all time it was just a premonition. Maybe he was predicting what would actually happen in 2011. Right now you would have to believe that if these Cardinals make the playoffs […]
I understand what sells. What moves the meter. What gets people talking. Ben Affleck’s latest movie “The Town” isn’t a hit because of the subtly good performances, the symbolism, plot twists or anything like that. It’s a hit because it’s got action, guns and pretty people. The fact it has all those other things is […]
In an effort to give everything a conveniently catchy label, we in the media will often attach nicknames to certain games or moments. It’s a Statement Game. Seperation Saturday. A Turning Point Game. I even heard somebody once describe a game as a GPS game (a game to determine exactly where that team is “located” […]
It’s not that I want to be trendy, I just want to make sure I’m not missing out. So I’ve tried the bands Arcade Fire and The National. TV shows like Mad Men and The Wire. The book The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Just give them a chance everybody says, they’ll change your life. […]
In 2005 when the Arizona Diamondbacks named Josh Byrnes as the general manager to replace the departing Joe Garagiola, the runner-up for the job was Kevin Towers. At the time Towers was the general manager of the San Diego Padres, but he felt so strongly about the Diamondbacks job that he asked for permission to […]
The most difficult question following the Cardinals embarrassing 41-7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons was which was worse, the offense or the defense? You can make a case for either one but I’ll go with the defense here as it allowed the Falcons rush for 221 yards and pass for 225. A truly pathetic performance. […]
My son spent the weekend playing in a baseball tournament where, from time to time, the mercy-rule is used to save time and spare embarrassment. Up by 10 runs after four innings, or eight runs after five, and the game is over. On Saturday his team was run-ruled, on Sunday it was the Arizona Cardinals […]
The Arizona Cardinals take to the road to face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and for many Cardinals players it will bring back great memories. Just 21 months ago the Cardinals faced the Falcons in a first-round playoff game in front of a sold-out home crowd and came away with a 30-24 victory that propelled […]
It’s the reason they don’t put diving boards in the shallow end of the pool. Or why they remind you on your rear view mirrors that “Objects are closer than they appear.” Depth perception can be a tricky thing. Very deceiving. Just ask the Arizona Cardinals. When it comes to the wide receiver position, they […]
On Sunday my daughter celebrated a birthday. Six years from right now she’ll want, or maybe more appropriately, expect a car. If the grades are great, she is tattoo-free and she’s dating a boy from my pre-approved list….she’ll get one. But I better not hear any complaints about the color, make or model. Don’t like […]
3:45 press conference? Did he get traded? Did he get cut? Did the Arizona Cardinals just pull the trigger on the Matt Leinart era? You should have seen the starched shirts spring into action on Wednesday here at Sports 620 KTAR. Alert the reporters, have the web team standing by, deploy the talk show hosts, […]
Let’s get one thing straight on this quarterback change for Saturday’s pre-season game against the Chicago Bears. This is not about trying to light a fire under Matt Leinart’s rear end. This has nothing to do with trying to motivate Leinart or making him mad or challenging him. Simply put – Matt Leinart is just […]
The most significant development in the Cardinals search for their 2010 starting quarterback came not from anything Matt Leinart or Derek Anderson did on the field. It came from what the 2009 quarterback, Kurt Warner, tweeted off of the field: @kurt13warner OK, y’all… I am watching game… I am not coming back… and I would […]
Wednesday was “staples” day at Camp Cardinals. In the morning the team partook in a Ken Whisenhunt training camp staple; ditching practice and going to the movies. In the afternoon the media partook in a training camp staple; trying to figure out if Matt Leinart has the moxie to be the next quarterback of the […]
The Arizona Cardinals have never had a real rival. Not when they were in the NFC East with New York, Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington, and not when they moved to the NFC West in 2002. Arizona has been without a true rival – until now. For the first time in a long time Arizona has […]
It’s only one preseason game, but it’s hard not to come away impressed with some of the young players on the Arizona Cardinals roster. Clearly, second-round pick Daryl Washington was the best player on the field with his 13 tackles, pressure hits on the quarterback and fumble recovery, and he could make a huge impact […]
