Cardinal of the Week: Preseason Edition

by Andrew602 on Aug 15, 2009 5:00 AM MDT in Arizona Cardinals Player of the Week

If you're new to the site, then you're probably not familiar with a segment that we rolled out last year. That is ROTB's Cardinal of the Week. You can check out all of last year's COTW awards, including any in the playoffs. As if it's not already self-explanatory, after every Cardinal game, we dish out the nominees for the Cardinal of the week. They can be the players with the best stats, or the game winning plays. It's open everybody if they wish to nominate somebody, and I'll update it as quick as possible. But I always try to nominate the players that would make the most sense. Seeing as it's the preseason, not many stats are going to stand out to anyone, but if you're not an original poster, then this is a good way to break this segment in. So here are the nominees for the COTW: Preseason Week 1 edition:

As always, feel free to nominate somebody that you feel is the Cardinal of the week.

Poll

Who is the Cardinal of the Week: Preseason Week 1?

QB Tyler Palko - 8/15 103 Yards 1 TD 1 INT

65 votes

WR Steve Breaston - 5 Rec 52 Yards 10.4 AVG

24 votes

CB Michael Adams - 5 Tackles

7 votes

WR Michael Ray Garvin - 165 All purpose yards

84 votes

Calais Campbell 2 Tackles

14 votes

194 votes | Poll has closed

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Calais Campbell

this guy did not get amazing stats but he came out with all that pressure on him, made a stop for loss on the first play and generally disrupted the steelers’ backfield, nearly getting a sack and a safety…pretty impressive methinks

by beanbaglovers on Aug 15, 2009 5:35 AM MDT reply actions

+1

I agree Calais’ performance was excellent and game changing even though we missed the sack.. we constantly had good penetration with the 1st string mainly because of Calais

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by Jwit on Aug 15, 2009 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions

+1

Without a doubt, his was the most eye-opening performance. I heard and read too much of him not being a high-motor guy, and choosing to take plays off, but he was a beast on basically every play he was on the field for. If he can remain at that level of play throughout the season, then our d-line will be in FAR better shape than anybody thought it would be.

by Chg91 on Aug 15, 2009 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions

NO "PLAYER OF THE WEEK"

Football is a team sport.

GBR

by jeffgollin@aol.com on Aug 15, 2009 9:09 AM MDT reply actions

MRG

Football is a game of inches and starting 1st and 10 from the 40 vs from the 20 could mean the difference between a win and a loss.

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by hevchv on Aug 15, 2009 9:30 AM MDT via mobile reply actions

+1

While many think it’ll be luck for MRG to make the team, if he can stay consistant I think he’s a shoe in for the position and makes the final 53.

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by CardsFan08 on Aug 16, 2009 5:45 PM MDT up reply actions

Palko looked awesome! Does he get a shot at the #2 Whiz?

That pick wasn’t his fault either it was a bobbled pass.

Other stand outs not mention:
*CC

Herman Johnson looked very good and athletic for such a big body
*Jerheme Urban – How about that block he made
L. Long was Leinart’s favorite target and always seemed to be open.
Timmy looked very good and LSH had a solid game
Leinart minus the first series
The Ugly:
*Gandy getting burned every other play like usual
Wright had almost no pop or burst of speed and looked like a 3rd stringer to me
St. Pierre looked auwful and had no cohersion with any0one on the field

Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
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by boogatt66 on Aug 15, 2009 9:38 AM MDT reply actions

Nobody seems to have noticed

but Ben Graham looked pretty impressive. He had three punts inside the 20 and a couple of really long ones as well. I was also impressed by MRG, LSH, Palko, Herman Johnson, Campbell, Toler, Lance Long, and Leinart. I was very disappointed in the way that BSP played. I thought that he would step up to the challenge and play well, but instead he just made bad decision after bad decision while Leinart had a pretty successful outing [wish we would have got that TD on 4th down) Maybe he was just nervous, but he will have to play a lot better next week if he wants a chance at that number 2 spot.

by CARDSxFAN32 on Aug 16, 2009 3:22 AM MDT reply actions

+1

I had a long post about Ben and how well Mike Leach did snapping and covering on kicks ready to go until my seven month old hit the “back” button on the keyboard and all was lost. Seeing a different guy in #48 will take some time to get used to but as long as I don’t notice the snap and see him in the mix on tackles, all is well. Garvin excelled at returns and should get a lot more work the next three weeks. Starting drives at the 30 means one less Hightower rush for 2 yards and one less Warner in the pocket play. The pressure on the punter was there and I’m assuming it was Morey as usual. Or did anyone notice if it was Lance Long? Our blocking on punts was suspect as Graham had a couple of close calls. I thought Timmy looked strong as well but needs to keep his feet under him. His nine yard gain could have been 20+ if he had kept his balance through the hole and weak arm tackles. Stephens-Howling showed some moves and looked a lot better in his first pre-season game than Arrington did. Herman showed some promise as well, looking pretty strong at times, certainly better than Vallejo or Keith did at this same point. Keith is coming along well.

All in all, the team is developing some solid depth which is a luxury considering for many years our preoccupation was newbies cracking the starting roster immediately. It’s sucks to lose but it’s preseason so no worries…yet.

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Aug 16, 2009 1:03 PM MDT up reply actions