If yesterday proved one thing to me it wasn't that the Arizona Cardinals are capable of playing a nearly perfect game and dominating an opponent. I watched the playoffs last year so I know what this team is capable of doing in a given week when they bring their A-game. What this game proved to me is that the Seattle Seahawks of 2009 and the foreseeable future are not the same team that dominated the NFC West four of the past five seasons. The Seahawks are an old, broken down, shadow of their former selves. The NFL, like most things in life, is a cyclical system right now we're watching the downward spiral of the Hawks. Over the next five years or so we should witness the complete rebuild of this team and I for one, can't wait to see them suffer.

• Quarterback: Bad-beck is obviously done and his value to the organization at this point is just to mentor whoever they draft next year or the year after.
  
• Running Back: There's no way around it, the Hawks backfield is terrible. Julius Jones isn't too old but he's proven many times that he's not a starter in the this league. 
• Wide Receiver: T.J. Houshmandzadeh hasn't been a terrible signing at wide receiver but many questioned why an old team would sign on old WR. He's 32 years old and Nate Burleson and Deion Branch have been inconsistent threats when they're actually healthy.
  
• Offensive Line: At the very least the Hawks need a left tackle. The right side of their line and center are fairly young but left tackle might be their biggest need heading into this year's draft.
  
• Defensive End: Patrick Kerney is still a force on the outside when he's healthy but yesterday's game was a microcosm of what his game has become. He's capable of killing a quarterback and then limping off the field on the very next play. At 32 years old and a growing history of injuries it's time to look for his replacement.
  
• Secondary: With so many other needs the Hawks might push this to the back burner and hope that some of their young guys pan out but without Marcus Trufant playing at his 2007 level this is a poor group of spares. 

Even the linebacker corps, which was easily the strongest group heading into the season, looks like a shell of it's former self now. Leroy Hill, who received a big contract in the offseason, has only played in one game and their middle linebacker and defensive leader, Lofa Tatupa, is gone for the season now. To make a long story short, the Seahawks have already been falling and they might be starting their free fall right now.

The Hawks enter the bye week at 2-4 but with road games against the Cowboys, us and the Vikings in the next four games (with a home game against the Lions sandwiched in between) the Hawks could be staring a 3-7 record right in the face. The rest of their schedule is pretty manageable (@STL, SF, @HOU, TB, @GB, TEN) but even with several winnable games left it might be an accomplishment just to avoid double digit losses.

Either way, their time in the sun is over. It's the Cardinals time now!!