If the Diamondbacks are concerned about big heads due to being "offseason winners," they need look no further than to a division rival as a cautionary tale.
Prior to the game there was plenty of talk about how the Cardinals had yet to beat a winning team and were not nearly as good as their record may have indicated.
Fantasy owners who had Brown in their lineups got a big fat zero from one of the game's more productive receivers, and may have lost a crucial game because of it.
In their 47-7 thrashing of the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in Glendale, the Cardinals showed the entire league that their fast start in 2014 was not a fluke.
Any fan who spent their money on a ticket to be at the game did their job. From there, it's up to the players to give that fan something to cheer about.
Where the scenarios are similar is that the players have most of the leverage, and in some way could choose their path. Fitzgerald chose to stay; Dragic chose to leave.
End of game Indeed it did. Stanton kneels down a few times and that does it in Glendale. Pretty? No, not in the least. But a win is a win, and the Cardinals are 9-1. 2 minute warning Facing a 3rd and 11, Larry Fitzgerald makes a catch for 11 yards. Knew where the sticks […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco 49ers have played in bigger games than this one. Yet, when the pressure started to mount, they started to wilt. On Sunday afternoon at University of Phoenix Stadium, it was the Arizona Cardinals who kept their composure; it was the Cardinals who rose to the occasion. Arizona went into […]
Over and over toward the end of last season, random Arizona Cardinals members could be heard lamenting how the team let a win slip away from its grasps in the first week of the season.
Game over Dwyer picks up a first down on a run and that’s it. Cards escape with a 18-17 win. Big. Very, very big. 1:43 left in fourth quarter Larry Foote deflects Rivers’ fourth-down pass, Cards take over. They can’t quite kneel on the ball, but they’re close. It’s 2nd and 8. 2:00 left in […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The pendulum does swing both ways. For as good as the Arizona Cardinals looked at times in their first two preseason games, they looked just as bad at times during their third. The offense mustered just 298 total net yards while converting on just 3-of-13 third down attempts, with some passes being […]
In this job you are not really supposed to “root” for teams. Though you may have grown up following them, you are supposed to become an impartial spectator who can simply write the facts without being jaded (or blinded) by previous loyalties. Sadly, even if I wanted to root for the Arizona Diamondbacks, they are […]
As the Arizona Cardinals open training camp in 2014, the setting has a decidedly different vibe from past years. There is no uncertainty at quarterback, as Carson Palmer not only has the job, but has proven he can handle it. The coaching staff is back for another go round, and Bruce Arians’ seat could not […]
