6 Turnovers is No Obstacle in Beating the Cardinals
Earlier this afternoon, ESPN.com released their training camp edition of Power Rankings – this was the 2nd crack at power rankings of the off-season. In the May edition – our heroes, the reigning NFC Champions, ranked a mildly disappointing 9th behind the Fightin’ Criminals Steelers, Patriots, Giants, Eagles, Colts, Ravens, Chargers, and Titans. Not exactly the respect befitting a team who made it to within 35 seconds of a Super Bowl victory but at least they were top 10. Well not anymore! It appears that in the 2 months since the May off-season rankings, the Cardinals have actually gotten three spots worse. Thanks to fun facts like Jeffri Chadhi dropping the Cardinals EIGHT SPOTS (from 5th to 13th), and John Clayton keeping them consistently 16th (behind the likes of Green Bay and Houston mind you) – the Cards now hang out behind Atlanta (8th), Minnesota (9th), and Carolina (11th).
Now I’m no super genius (I’m more of a regular genius) – so someone please tell me how exactly did these teams rise up while the Cardinals fell? I seem to remember a certain Atlanta team losing to the Cardinals in the first round of last years playoffs while losing doesn’t really do justice to what the Panthers did against the Cards in the divisional round. After Jake Delhomme’s personal Hindenburg – they too are better than the Cardinals? Oh and don’t forget about the Vikings – yea I’m sure if Favre doesn’t come back that T-Jax and Iowa State’s finest (Rosenfels) won’t take any offense to various members of the squad begging Favre to come back. That’s team chemisty 101 baby. But it’s not just that these teams are ranked ahead of Arizona – it’s that they pulled ahead within the last 2 months…when nothing was going on. Is it because Kurt Warner got 2 months older? Matt Ryan got more smoke blown up his ass? The Panthers replaced Delhomme with Willie Beamon?
Teaming Up With Steve Smith in 2009
Hopefully this slight will help motivate the Cards back to the (near) top.
