TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill sounded confident when discussing the decision to relieve head coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves of their duties. Explaining that the decisions were necessary but not easy, he praised the job the two men have done over their time in the Valley. “Both are really […]
Ken Whisenhunt’s first game as the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals came in a loss to the 49ers in San Francisco. Did his final game with the club come with the same result against the same team in the same place? Arizona falling in its season finale by a score of 27-13 Sunday was […]
GLENDALE — Arizona Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell believes his team, which lost to the Chicago Bears by a score of 28-13 Sunday, is not far off from being on the other side scoreboard most games. “We’re a couple pieces away from the puzzle to be a great team, a really good team,” he said […]
Have a question or comment for Adam? Feel free to post it here or tweet Adam at @theAdamGreen Game over Onside kick fails and the Bears take over, kneel down time and this one’s over. 28-13 is your final, the Cards end their home schedule with a loss. Pretty terrible effort offensively, but that’s the […]
Glendale, Ariz. — Four weeks into the 2012 NFL season, the Arizona Cardinals were 4-0. They got there because of a stingy defense and big plays from special teams. Fourteen weeks into the 2012 NFL season, the Arizona Cardinals were 4-9. They got there because a mostly stingy defense was being sabotaged by an incredibly […]
Disclaimer: I’m as uneasy about the Arizona Diamondbacks trading Trevor Bauer away as anyone. That said, I’m willing to reserve judgment on Kevin Towers’ latest trade, the one that sent the former No. 3 overall pick along with pitchers Bryan Shaw and Matt Albers in exchange for shortstop Didi Gregorius, first baseman Lars Anderson and […]
As far as eras go, the Ken Whisenhunt-led one in Arizona has been incredibly successful. Two NFC West championships. Super Bowl XLIII. Four non-losing seasons in six years. It has also been disappointing. The Cardinals won 27 regular season games in Whisenhunt’s first three years with the team; they’ve won just 17 in the last […]
Ken Whisenhunt must be coaching for his job. How else would you explain the decision to name John Skelton the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game in Seattle? “Some of it has to do with Seattle — playing up there, having played against them once already this year,” Whisenhunt said of the move. “There are a […]
Rarely does a sporting event live up to its pre-game billing, but the Cardinals’ visit to New York did exactly that. This game, which the Jets “won” by a score of 7-6, was every bit as poorly played as we thought it would be. In fact, it may have even been more pathetic than anticipated. […]
Perhaps expecting anything more would have been our own fault. After all, how many quarterbacks taken in the sixth round of the NFL draft have success in their career, let alone year one? So to ask Ryan Lindley to come in and beat a Rams defense that held the Cardinals to just three points nearly […]
Have a question or comment for Adam? Feel free to post it here or tweet Adam at @theAdamGreen End of game That’s going to do it for another lousy game in Glendale. The Cardinals fall to the Rams by a score of 31-17. It’s their seventh-consecutive loss and their record falls to 4-7 on the […]
Ryan Lindley was no better than John Skelton Sunday afternoon in Atlanta. And why should he have been? A sixth-round pick this past April, Lindley is in no way ready to lead an NFL team…on the road…against one of the best teams in the NFL. Yet, Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt elected to turn to the […]
A friend of mine fired off a tweet a couple weeks back that I still believe holds true today. it is unbelievable how bad ASU has gotten this quickly — Tridiots (@Tridiots) November 4, 2012 The Sun Devils have gone from 5-1 to 5-5 (they were 5-4 when the tweet was sent), so yeah, the […]
It was easy to get over Steve Nash deserting Phoenix for Hollywood. He is an aging point guard whose game is declining (even if only a little), so if the two-time MVP wanted to hitch his wagon to the horse that is Kobe Bryant in search of a championship, that’s his business. But seeing Mike […]
My cousin calls Lambeau Field “Valhalla”, and it was great to finally see the place in person. Home of the Green Bay Packers and the Arizona Cardinals’ latest loss, is a hell of a place. The stadium is located in a residential neighborhood, and there is no upper deck — only a giant lower bowl. […]
For the first time since 2009, the Phoenix Suns are interesting. No longer are they a veteran-led team just spinning its wheels hoping to squeeze one last playoff push out of an era that had run its course. Gone are the likes of Steve Nash and Grant Hill, the final remnants of a Suns squad […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals are partying like it’s 2010, complete with a Monday night blowout at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. But unlike a couple years ago, no one is laughing about this one. Following a 24-3 loss to the San Francisco 49ers Monday night in Glendale, it’s apparent that no […]
Have a question or comment for Adam? Feel free to post it here or tweet Adam at @theAdamGreen End of game No garbage time TD for the Cardinals. This one ends with a score of 24-3. Pretty sad. 2:00 left in game Cardinals at the San Fran 39 as the game begins to wind down. […]
Like after every game this season, I fully planned on writing about the Arizona Cardinals’ 21-14 loss to the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. I didn’t (sorry, boss). That it was Arizona’s third-consecutive loss should be cause for concern. That the Cardinals lost a game win which the opposing quarterback threw for just 58 yards should be […]
Tempe, Ariz. — Arizona State head coach Todd Graham began his postgame press conference with an opening statement that lasted 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Of all the rambling (and don’t worry, this was not Billy Madison-type stuff), one thing the first-year Sun Devil boss said really stood out: “We were dominated by a team […]
My colleague Vince Marotta does not like it when I point to Arizona State’s schedule as reason to doubt the Sun Devils. He tells me it’s not ASU’s fault their schedule has been favorable, and either way the team is clearly better than most expected it to be. He’s absolutely right. It’s not ASU’s fault […]
For the first time since October 23rd, 2011, the home locker room at University of Phoenix Stadium was a somber one. It’s been a long time since the Arizona Cardinals lost a home game, a streak that spanned nearly a calendar year and eight games. “Coming into the locker room today and not see guys […]
Have a question or comment for Adam? Feel free to post it here or tweet Adam at @theAdamGreen Game over Lindell is good from 25 yards out and the Cardinals lose 19-16 in OT. What a game. 11:55 left in OT Facing a 3rd and 10 Skelton fires a pass to Doucet. Bad ball, interception. […]
There are few things worse for a sports fan than a mediocre baseball team. Neither bad enough to be upset nor good enough to be excited, an average team leaves fans simply waiting out the summer with little to look forward to except the offseason rumor mill. So, like the wait for season two of […]
