Arizona Cardinals Quick Hits: Super Bowl Edition Part Deux

by Hawkwind on Jan 24, 2009 6:00 AM MST in Arizona Cardinals Links/Bird Droppings

Arizona Cardinals news is flying fast and furious so lets jump right in:

The Cardinals are the "home" team because the NFC is always at home on odd years. That means that they got to choose which jersey's they would wear and surprise, surprise they chose the home Red uniforms.
Mike Sando breaks down the third quarter performances of Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger in the playoffs and the regular season.
Adrian Wilson, one of the longest tenured Cardinals, talks about what the past three weeks have meant to him and this organization.
USA Today lets you vote on who's got the edge with each personnel group.
NBC Sports will also let you vote on who's got the edge by position.
NBC also gives us 10 reasons why we should write off the Cardinals (thanks for that, I think).
Sports Illustrated looks at the differences between the cities of Pittsburgh and Phoenix.
Sports Illustrated also breaks down the differences between the Steelers and Cardinals franchises.
Finally Sports Illustrated also looks at how small school players have helped shape the Cardinals and NFL.
ESPN says that Anquan Boldin's season was defined by a his rebound from a vicious hit and not an argument on the side lines.
ESPN also lays out five keys to the Super Bowl, including three on the Cardinals passing game.

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Sports Illustrated,

nost notably Stewart Mandel and Brett Favre’s BFF Peter King take some serious shots at the Cardinals being in the SB(there’s a shock, huh?). Here’s a direct quote from Mandel’s column:

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present the living embodiment of a devalued regular season: The Arizona Cardinals.

Something tells me that if the Eagles(and Donovan McNabb) were there instead, the hyperbole would be much less than it is now, if not non-existent.
And last night, I caught Showtime’s NFL show, and Whiz was not shy about skewering Chris Collingsworth for his “worst Super Bowl team ever” comment. Good for him, I say.

Look, I’m used to the snide comments and other remarks regarding the Cardinals over the years. Hell, I’ve had a few “unkind” things to say myself(mostly directed at Bill Bidwill), but the almost blanket dismissal of this team has bothered me more than it has in the past. Maybe it’s because I went through the same crap with the baseball Cardinals in ‘06, so I’m a bit more sensitive to the subject. They shut everybody up back then; maybe this team can do the same.

by cfaddct on Jan 24, 2009 9:50 AM MST reply actions

A recent article on ESPN called the 2006 Colts one of the most overrated to get to the SB

So I’m sensitive to any team who makes it to the Super Bowl being slapped for what they did to get there. Hey. You got there. You followed the rules to get there. The system rewards teams who lock up a spot early in the season and has the unintended consequence of giving the team the choice to ease up and save their energy and health for what matters. Not the Cardinals’ fault. Oh and you’ve stepped up when it counted – in… the… playoff… games. Apparently nobody credits your team for having felled both a hot team led by the Rookie of the Year AND the incredibly resurgant Eagles. F*** them.

From this fan, congratulations again and GO CARDS!

by LovinBlue on Jan 24, 2009 11:13 AM MST up reply actions